“Lol. Whoever thinks the Lib Dems are statist knows absolutely NOTHING about the Lib Dems. Do you know it was the Liberals who pushed forward the concept of a 'Free Market'? A market that is not dominated by government and seeks less state control? Really, facts please.”

“Isn't this a bit crass. That picture of the council leader he reminds me of Captain Mannering on that comedy show from the 70's "can't remember what it's called. Anyway on a less lighter point, really is this appropriate to be awarding yourself a 45 per cent pay rise when unemployment in West Kent has quadrupled since early 2008 and Job Centre Plus are even thinking of opening an office in Sevenoaks because it's that bad. Yet these people the good men and women who supposedly represent the common people run Tunbridge Wells in to a financial mess, lack any vision or get up and go to get the cinema site redeveloped and the Morrisons building re-used as a supermarket meanwhile Tunbridge Wells is now starting to look like it is withering under the recession.

I think most people most reasonable people will be offended by a 45 per cent increase in expenses or allowances because it is inappropriate to be doing so especially when we are told our council tax is going up and it is deeply offensive to those people who are struggling to make ends meet, to pay the council tax and buy food on the table. Really this is a Tunbridge Wells saga of the MP's Expense saga it is not only morally wrong and disrespectful to the citizens of Tunbridge Wells but indicates to me that Tunbridge Wells perhaps has been conservative for too long and people need to find an alternative to the ruling local conservatives perhaps the Lib Dems might run the council better.

How crass, now you know why people are so fed up with politics and politicians - Shameful !”

“The pompous idiot what hard work are we talking about.? I would like to know exactly what he does to award himself this pay rise. How Bullock can sit and look at that cinema site, day after day and not feel guilty is a disgrace. Please can you spare us that mug-shot every time he comments about something it puts me off my breakfast. Vote them all out they are all the same. Just another lot on the gravy train at our expense.”

“I say a resounding "NO" to yet more pay rises for our awful councillors. Mein Feuhrer Bullock and his cronies should not get another pay rise but should be sacked! They are the worst council we have ever had and a large number of decisions are highly dubious to say the least. How can the bandstand be allowed to rot when it has a maintenance allowance in the budget, yet Herr Feuhrer Bullock says "it will not be replaced" - who does he think he is - head of the Nazi party? As for the appalling steps built (by whom, I wonder?) in Calverley Park and condemned by all and sundry as a dreadful waste of time and money - I just wonder how, when he was asked how much they cost, he replied that he did not know yet as he had not seen the final bill!!! Who is he kidding? If the bandstand cannot be repaired, having had a budget in place, then how can he have such ridiculous steps built by somebody (who knows - only Herr Bullock I suspect) without having had an agreed estimate? As for Balfour Beatty being given an open-ended "do what you like" contract for ten years, whilst we (the tax payers) are not allowed to know what is to be done - well, what can one think? The evening meals fiasco for the alleged election of another officer (which was surely normal council business to be carried out in chambers anyway) was again cloaked in secrecy, when Bullock decided yet again to keep things secret and would not divulge who paid for the meals after all! Now he wants to knock down the council offices complex to sell it - to whom and why? Every week, something else seems to crop up which adds yet more unrest and makes us wonder what is going on in that council behind closed doors. He has spent most of his time trying to ruin the Pantiles and managed to let it be sold off privately (!?) together with the Tunbridge Wells Commons. He closed down "A Day at the Wells" the minute it started making a profit with the new, young lady who took over its running. We have waited 28 years for our roads to have some sort of maintenance and / or repair and there are so many strange decisions made, in secret it would seem, that I have grave doubts about the whole system that is in place. The fiasco of the cinema still rolls on - just how incompetent can you get? As for "Twin Towns" - the only benificiaries of this are the councillors when they go on an all-expenses paid "jolly" to "check out their opposite numbers in Germany! A total waste of money country-wide. We've had enough of politicians lately - now we must have serious doubts about our council, which is by far the worst we have ever had - time to go!”

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So the Lib Dems are not pro european and statist then.I think that will be news to a lot of people including Nick Clegg.”