In the latest example of bureaucratic stupidity, a Scarborough bank has told its staff that they must call an engineer to hang Christmas tree baubles if the tree is more than two metres high.
The Royal Bank of Scotland e-mailed its staff and said that hanging streamers in the workplace was too dangerous, computers should not be decorated with tinsel and that if a Christmas tree is more than two metres high then staff must call an engineer to hang the baubles in the tree.
The Scottish owned bank claim all this is owing to health and safety regulations. The same warning was given to the bank's sister companies NatWest and Direct Line.
21 December 2006
20 December 2006
Poles in Scarborough - A Personal View
The local MP stated recently in the Scarborough Evening News: "It's been a very positive aspect to life in Scarborough. They have reasonable skills and are reliable labour."
The Polish community has increased by 750% in the last year. The local library stocks Polish language books, local shops are going cap in hand to the Poles asking them what they should be selling with regard to Polish food. And worst of all, local workers are being laid off from their jobs so that the Poles can be set on.
If work is available, then local people should have priority, not East European immigrants.
Maybe our local MP would like to meet some of his constituents who have lost their jobs, who no doubt may have voted for him in the last general election, and tell them how great it is to have such a large Polish community in the town. I'm sure they would agree, especially if they find themselves out of work and saddled with a mortgage so that a Pole can have their job.
The Polish community has increased by 750% in the last year. The local library stocks Polish language books, local shops are going cap in hand to the Poles asking them what they should be selling with regard to Polish food. And worst of all, local workers are being laid off from their jobs so that the Poles can be set on.
If work is available, then local people should have priority, not East European immigrants.
Maybe our local MP would like to meet some of his constituents who have lost their jobs, who no doubt may have voted for him in the last general election, and tell them how great it is to have such a large Polish community in the town. I'm sure they would agree, especially if they find themselves out of work and saddled with a mortgage so that a Pole can have their job.
02 December 2006
Hertford By-Election
The British National Party came second in the Hertford (Scarborough Borough Council) by-election held on 30th November.
Scarborough Organiser Patricia (Trisha) Scott, standing in her third local by-election since May, polled 267 votes, which was 26.7% of the total votes cast, making this the highest-ever percentage for the Party in North Yorkshire.
The by-election was called after the resignation of a Conservative councillor, and the Conservatives held on to the seat.
Hertford is the southern-most ward of Scarborough Borough Council. It covers the area south and south west of Filey and includes the villages of Hunmanby, Speeton, Muston, Flixton, Folkton, Reighton and Primrose Valley. It extends to the boundary with East Yorkshire and is largely a rural area.
The whole area was leafleted by a dedicated team from York, Scarborough and Bridlington groups, and there was a good deal of positive response, especially from Hunmanby residents. The Scarborough BNP received many enquiries from interested voters and hope to gain new members after the extensive campaign.
Result:
David Chambers (Conservative) 736 votes.
Patricia Scott (BNP) 267 votes (26.7%)
Turnout 25.12%
Scarborough Organiser Patricia (Trisha) Scott, standing in her third local by-election since May, polled 267 votes, which was 26.7% of the total votes cast, making this the highest-ever percentage for the Party in North Yorkshire.
The by-election was called after the resignation of a Conservative councillor, and the Conservatives held on to the seat.
Hertford is the southern-most ward of Scarborough Borough Council. It covers the area south and south west of Filey and includes the villages of Hunmanby, Speeton, Muston, Flixton, Folkton, Reighton and Primrose Valley. It extends to the boundary with East Yorkshire and is largely a rural area.
The whole area was leafleted by a dedicated team from York, Scarborough and Bridlington groups, and there was a good deal of positive response, especially from Hunmanby residents. The Scarborough BNP received many enquiries from interested voters and hope to gain new members after the extensive campaign.
Result:
David Chambers (Conservative) 736 votes.
Patricia Scott (BNP) 267 votes (26.7%)
Turnout 25.12%
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