BNP Launch Blistering Attack on Labour's 'Rotten Borough'The Burnley & Pendle Branch of the British National Party has launched a blistering attack on Burnley Council and its preferential funding for Daneshouse ward in recent years.The broadside comes in the introduction for a policy document "Housing in Burnley" due to be issued later this month. "Let Labour's Housing Investment programme figures speak for themselves.
1997-98: Daneshouse received £1 million. The rest of Burnley £1.7 million. "Over the last five years Burnley's Labour Council have invested £8.9 million in housing in Daneshouse and Stoneyholme. The rest of the Borough of Burnley has received just £5.3million. The figures clearly indicate where Labour's priorities lie in Burnley. They have directed 62% of housing investment on 6% of the population, while the remaining 94% of the people of Burnley have had to share just 38% of this targeted spending. "IN ADDITION, over the last ten years, there has been more capital expenditure on Daneshouse ward than any other ward in Burnley. More than 12% of the total budget has been spent on Daneshouse, yet less than 1% has been spent on the areas of Rosehill, Burnley Wood, Lowerhouse and Brunshaw. "This catalogue of preferential funding is a devastating testament to ten years of Labour's betrayal of the people of Burnley. "This lack of investment in the rest of Burnley has lfet tragic consequences, and no where can this be seen better than in Burnley Wood. The people here have been abandoned. The little or no investment they have received has left the community vulnerable to the ravages of crime, drugs and anti-social behaviour. Just as the buildings around them have been left to crumble and decay, so has the social fabric of this community. "Generations of true Burnley people, families who sacrificed their loved ones throughout the last century to keep Britain free, have been ignored and their community left to die. They have been passed over time and time again by Burnley's Labour councillors who have preferred to lavish their funds on a newly arrived community of economic migrants from Pakistan and Bangladesh. "Our opponents will call us 'racist' and 'bigotted' for expressing such views in an attempt to deflect criticism. But they can say what they like, the evidence of their preferential funding is there for everyone to see. "Take a drive around Daneshouse and witness the thriving, regenerated area first hand. Marvel at the pristine streets of refurbished houses, with their Sky dishes standing to attention in rows of ten or twenty. See the bustling shops, community centres and children's playgrounds, all unmistakable signs of a prosperous area. "Then take a drive around Burnley Wood. It's difficult to believe that you are in the same town. The deprivation is heartbreaking. "The regeneration of Daneshouse hasn't taken place over night. It has been the result of years of preferential funding. Money that should have been shared throughout Burnley, being channelled by Labour into just one area. "Just like in the days of the Rotten Boroughs, Labour thought they could buy votes. They thought they could harness the immigrant block vote by showering them with gifts. But, just as in those Rotten Boroughs before the Reform Act of 1832, the pay-off hasn't worked, because once a voter sells his soul, then he is always open to the highest bidder."
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