Councillor Joan Lambert's Personal Blog

Welcome to my blog.†

My name is Joan Lambert, Teignbridge District Councillor and Kingsteignton Town Councillor. I am the Member for Kingsteignton West Ward in South Devon, which comprises the Parishes of Kingsteignton West and Teigngrace.

My committee membership within the District Council includes the Overview & Scrutiny and Development Control Committees and the Health and Safety Forum.

My responsibilities within the Parish Council include Works & Services/Planning and Finance. I have been School Governor of Rydon Primary School, Kingsteignton, since 1990.

The purpose of this site is to try and keep you informed about my role and provide you with information about developments in Teignbridge District Council and our local Ward Kingsteignton West.

I will clarify my responsibilities in future blogs...

Wednesday, 28 January 2009

Is there anybody out there

I must say it would be nice to have comments from the people who read this blog, surely there have been times when you though what on earth is she talking about, and question what I have said or totally agree.
There must be people who are thinking how are we going to get out of this mess, shops closing, manufacturing on the rocks, and the thought of pensions, especially for the young people who are just starting out from school, will there be money form them when they get to my age, sorry I think not, when you look at what I have written in previous blogs on this subject.
One question I will put to you, what would you rather have lower taxes or £2.8million of your money spent on industrial units,who has the money to rent one of these,banks not giving credit, this is what is being done here in Teignbridge, and I for one do not agree, would rather have % rates
 
 

Monday, 26 January 2009

Inhuman Treatment of Babies

There is so much talk of money to be collected for Gaza, but let us just take a step back and ask the question,What are the people who shoot and kill doing for their own children, where do they get the money for these arms. It begs belief when interviewed will not say what they will do for the people.
When you think of the money that is poured in to arms, Iam quite sure that if these men had one iota of thought in making a better life for the people, this mess would not be happening
These are men who just can not use their brains, but have to fight, what for, just look at the state in Africa.
Why is it not possible to live in so called peace, answers on a post card.
How do grown men who beat a baby aged 2, just because he was crying having to watch his parents being flogged, what will that baby take through life, will it be beat people to a pulp, so show who is the big man, dear god they make one so sick, with this inhuman treatment.

Should we not put all these big brave men who like to kill maim and beat the life out of others, in a compound so that they can use arms to kill each other, but not the general population. would we have peace, hate to say this but no

This country is in recession, so why should people who have been made redundant, who have to pay their way with reduced money in their pockets, pay for these bullies in other country's.
To see pictures of starving children in Africa, and their leaders swanning around with full bellies, I just would like to put them in solitary confinement with no water, does make me like the men I have been talking about.
When will the world wake up to the dreadful conditions that other people live in. We had better look at ourselves in a years time!.

Sunday, 25 January 2009

Its not me sir

How many times have you heard that, from small boy's to grown men, it could never be them, but you know and I know that is not true, this takes me on to the fact we have not been told the truth about the mess we are in, and what we have been signed up to in in the EU.
Have you read the news paper this morning, well how about this (found in the Mail on Sunday financial section by Dan Atkinson) headed UK could pay for the euro crisis,
Under the Nice Treaty, signed in February 2001 and incorporated into the combined EU treaty,huge rescue packages can be approved on a majority vote, needless to say this government signed up to it.
My question will be, do we bail out Greece, Italy and Ireland, and Spain is in trouble, so what about us,we are in recession,are we on the brink of total collapse, this gives me nightmares, the thought of having my house taken from me, when I could be asked to pay all my mortgage back,if our poor banks needs the money to pay bonuses to their staff,( the Northern Rock Bank report in the news)
I could say what about the employee's in a small business, they take pay cuts just to keep a job, this whole sorry saga nobody has said sorry, just its not me sir but that big place called the good old USA, not, I have been in charge with the money of this once great nation, which has been degraded, by, total lack of care.
With sterling at it lowest  rate,will we be able to pay for the food that comes from far flung places, and other commodities that we are use to and take for granted.
 
Question for those wise money men out there, could this Great country go bankrupt? is it not time some one spoke to the people of this country, and told them the truth.

Friday, 16 January 2009

Well Well what you find when you dig

When browsing on a web site call dig.com, low and behold what did I find, this was an article written showing that this collapse of Banks, was known in early 06-07, by a very sharp hedge fund trader in the States.  This man has made billions from our misery, go on to the article on Paul Pulson from dig.com, it is four pages long, I should say if you suffer with high blood pressure you had better not read it, mine hit the high and dangerous level.
It showes how from a young age he was buying and selling sweets to school mates and making a profit, form that time he has never looked back, it was interesting to read that his grandfather had before the great depression started had known it was about to happen, and now his grandson has done the same.
Is it immoral and wrong this way of working or just very astute working, that is some thing for you to think over, even drop me a line on this .
 
Who in this country had the brains to see this coming, well it certainly not the politicians, do we not have the caliber of high flyer's in the finance world in this country, we did have, perhaps they got fed up with the politician, if you have seen some of scrutiny by the politicians on tv and the way that the banker's have replied to questions, Iam not sure if I like any of them, such arrogance that they should be asked to explain why they did not act sooner.
Well we are now trading it started today, so back to normal for the banks, what about the people who are being made redundant, their employers could not get credit, and when you think it is our money that has bailed out these banks,  should we be saying sorry we are not going to pay you interest, our money has saved your skins, should not the questions be do we the tax payer own the banks now?.
 
On to another subject, last year I wrote in my blog about the treatment of baby P, and said do not be surprised if more cases came to light, well behold the flood gates are open, who are these sub-human people who take their anger out on children, perhaps they would like to go and fight the Taliban, then we would see if they had the guts, but I doubt it.
I think that the children's services in the UK need a total reorganization, politicians should not be allowed to voice opinions on such thing like dyslexia, unless they have a medical qualification in Pediatrics.like telling a women to pull her self together when she has postnatal depression.
 

Sunday, 11 January 2009

When will the KILLING stop.

I do hope that the nice people who read my blog, will look around their own country to see if the action of this atrocity to kill or main, is rampant , or called normal behaviour,or is it that the out put of news from radio and television bombards us with it.
I look at the shooting of a young man just doing a job, which is a service to all people who live in his village, what will these killers do with that money, has nobody told them it has lost its value, sorry I am not being flippant, but, I hate people who take from others who have worked hard to earn a living, and these low life just take.
When these people are caught what will happen, oh they will start the good life, they will not suffer pain and hardship for years to come ,oh no, food and comfort on tap.
You will say Joan they are locked up, so what, they will not have the pain that they have inflicted on a man lying in hospital, I have seen too many gunshot injuries, and the torn tissue that has to be put  back, and at times that is not possible, it is not just the physical damage but their mental trauma.
 
Still on their same subject just look at what is haping around the world, so many people give to help in money and goods, and when you think of it,what are these countries doing for their own people, are they working to build schools, hospitals,homes, produce food, treat women and children with dignitary, oh no, ask your self how and where is the money coming from for all the guns and rockets, they don't grow on trees.
The atrocious raping of children and women, and we call our selves civilized, getting young children to carry bombs, putting families at risk, by using their homes to hide, these so called men in all countries, do not care a toss except for their own ends.
You may say they are fighting for a cause to free their people, justify this to me, you will say, what are your service personnel doing in Iraq and Afghanistan, good question I think you should ask Mr Blair that. but just look at these countries,should we be imposing (helping) them, yes give them a chance to improve their living conditions, why not educate women and children.
 
Why has Zimbabwe dropped off the news, are the people better, is life stable,or have they all expired,just a question can someone enlighten me.
There again I can remember when that country was prosperous,had money, education and health, what is it now?.

Sunday, 4 January 2009

Post Christmas blues.

Oh Joan not more gloom and doom, well some nice person passed on to me a lovely virus, you know cough and feel absolutely rotten, so that is why I have said Christmas blues, there was no large meals, as I just could not face the thought of cooking, never mind I hope you all had a great time with love ones.
 
Which of you rushed out to buy all those cheap bargains, remember that was your call from the Prime Minster, sorry I for one did not, just thinking about all the bills that mount up in January, and this month always seems to be all gloom, I like the bright sun shine and money in my pocket.
 
I had been reading about the food shortage, and how we do not grow enough for this country to feed us, some bright spark said we should have rationing, oh my we would see a very slim population then, and the good old black market would thrive, we used to call them spivs who always had the good.
 
In the news there is talk that the gas price may go up, due to the dispute between Russia and the Ukraine,it states that Russian gas boss's bleak warning to the EU.  It makes me laugh when a analyst, states there's no need to panic yet but there will be an impact if it gets badly out of hand, what does that mean total cut off, oh just listen to this quote " A DECC spokeswoman said: The department is taking this seriously but at the moment we don't think it will affect Britain".  Well ask your self do we produce enough gas for our own consumption, why don't you ask your gas supplier where do they buy gas from!
This brings me back to the food question, could we be ion the same boat with food as we are going to be with gas, will we go back to coal for fuel, do we generate enough electricity, I for one would get very angry if I could not have a CUP OF TEA..
 
Sorry I have not asked if you are reading this are you one of the unlucky ones who have been made redundant, I would like to know how you and your family are coping.  Look out for the Prime Minister coming your way, remember he who saves the world.