Ignorance & irresponsibility

I was asked by the EPost to respond to a demand for an apology from Chris Holley about some alleged slight about his competence. (I would like to point out that it wasn’t alleged it was quite, quite explicit, and it most certainly wasn’t ‘slight’.) I couldn’t have the whole press release but I did get the quotes, which read as if they came from the great man himself.

“Councillor Chris Holley, Leader of the City and County of Swansea said “When I pointed out that our Country’s lack of finance is the responsibility of the Labour Party in Westminster not the controlling banking sector, there was total denial that any of the problems in Local Government were down the actions of their political party.

Councillor Chris Holley said “The unions are to join with us to call for fair funding for Local Government and call on Welsh Assembly Government and Westminster to make sure we have the funding to keep services going and stop the job losses”.”

I responded:

“Cllr Phillips said, “Here he goes again. Chris Holley must be getting really desperate to claim that the international financial crisis is nothing to do with the banks irresponsibility, but wholly the fault of Labour in Westminster. With such a level of ignorance it’s hardly surprising that Swansea is in such a mess. Of course, I can see why he would want to side with the banks as they have a great deal in common – trousering large salaries for incompetence and total financial irresponsibility coupled with an expectation of someone else to pick up the tab.

Cllr Phillips said, “He might not like it, but I do not apologise for telling the truth, that the serious financial situation is made worse in Swansea by the wild ‘borrow & spend’ plans of his Administration. It’s very worrying that he appears not know that you cannot live on credit forever, and that at some point his ‘friends’ in the banks will want their money back with interest”.

The full exchange will appear in tomorrow's EPost - I will read it with interest.