Fook off then why don't you?How very dare you go against the grain on this board and see the wider implications on what Teesside has to offer and be very logical in your thinking. Even some of the board ADMIN, even though, meant to be impartial, hate the thought of the Houch having some power in the Tees Valley, because he wears a blue tie, trying to make this depleted area great again, rather than being a stagnant area it has been for the last few decades and shame on that them for that attitude. This board has become a sheep mentality when it comes to politics. NOT ONE voted for BREXIT and NOT ONE voted for the Conservative party in the last election, yeah right, more hypocrites. I can see why popular ex members like Erimus left this board because of the rancid board it has become. Happy to receive to the grief for this post but could not give a flying fook about it. This board has being going down the pan for the last few years anyway.
I would also take issue over the suggestion that this argument in particular is essentially ideologically driven and or sour grapes from a largely left wing board. I don't think you'd have quite this level of debate if it had been down to two 'straight down the line' candidates.Ive never met anyone ever from Darlo or Pools who referenced or called themselves 'Teessiders' - ever.
as for the 'teesside' diaspora - they have every-right to comment and reference - its the same for every group of people the globe over, - the very idea of any rebuke to that position from the party of 'open comment and speech' is not quite so surprising.
How very dare you go against the grain on this board and see the wider implications on what Teesside has to offer and be very logical in your thinking. Even some of the board ADMIN, even though, meant to be impartial, hate the thought of the Houch having some power in the Tees Valley, because he wears a blue tie, trying to make this depleted area great again, rather than being a stagnant area it has been for the last few decades and shame on that them for that attitude. This board has become a sheep mentality when it comes to politics. NOT ONE voted for BREXIT and NOT ONE voted for the Conservative party in the last election, yeah right, more hypocrites. I can see why popular ex members like Erimus left this board because of the rancid board it has become. Happy to receive to the grief for this post but could not give a flying fook about it. This board has being going down the pan for the last few years anyway.
Fook off then why don't you?
Somewhere there will be a more welcoming forum for you to post on I'm sure.
Did you read his post because he really did invite that reply.What a wonderfully tolerant attitude
Conservative = BadAnybody knocking people for voting for Houchen (especially ex Teesside folk living outside the area) should look at the facts. I didn’t vote for him because I don’t vote for a party who are only interested in making money and looking after themselves. However I am now retired and you have to look at the Teessiders who are working age or the teenagers who are looking to work here in the future.
Teesside Airport is back. You might not think it is important but international businessman do. If you are trying to create jobs for the 21st Century you need to be able to fly people into Teesside, not Newcastle or Leeds Bradford. We had a record number of passengers in 2006 of 900,000 but instead of going upwards it went down under Peel. It is important.
As far as the steelworks are concerned they have gone. The site has now been cleared and it is a prime site for redevelopment. It has a river and carbon catchment and green energy companies etc are going to be built on the site. The Conservatives have also relocated a big treasury site out of London to Darlington. OK, the financial side is suspect but, if you are looking for a job, you are not bothered how the job is created.
Teesside was the first area to vote for a Metropolitan Mayor in 2017 under the Conservatives idea to try to get votes in the North. No other region was interested at the time. We needed it. That is why we got money for the last 7 years over Newcastle and Yorkshire who now, unsurprisingly, now want their share of the pie. We all know most of the money would have gone to Newcastle if they had applied for it in 2017.
Forget about the politics. Teesside will, hopefully, benefit because Houchen is staying in charge. At least it keeps the rest of the Country talking about Teesside. We are Teesside, an anomaly. We have only been here about 150 years built on iron and steel and ICI. We had people coming to work here from all over England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. If we had just gone with what the rest of the Country thought we would do then would have been ignored yet again. No one town in Teesside has City status. It will be interesting to see what happens when Labour get into Government this year but they will have to look after us now. We will not be ignored.
"OK, the financials are a bit suspect " , but who cares about that . What next , large scale drug dealers are ok because they create hundreds of self employed entrepreneurs on the streets. (More than a little bit tongue in cheek there , before the usual suspects pile on )Anybody knocking people for voting for Houchen (especially ex Teesside folk living outside the area) should look at the facts. I didn’t vote for him because I don’t vote for a party who are only interested in making money and looking after themselves. However I am now retired and you have to look at the Teessiders who are working age or the teenagers who are looking to work here in the future.
Teesside Airport is back. You might not think it is important but international businessman do. If you are trying to create jobs for the 21st Century you need to be able to fly people into Teesside, not Newcastle or Leeds Bradford. We had a record number of passengers in 2006 of 900,000 but instead of going upwards it went down under Peel. It is important.
As far as the steelworks are concerned they have gone. The site has now been cleared and it is a prime site for redevelopment. It has a river and carbon catchment and green energy companies etc are going to be built on the site. The Conservatives have also relocated a big treasury site out of London to Darlington. OK, the financial side is suspect but, if you are looking for a job, you are not bothered how the job is created.
Teesside was the first area to vote for a Metropolitan Mayor in 2017 under the Conservatives idea to try to get votes in the North. No other region was interested at the time. We needed it. That is why we got money for the last 7 years over Newcastle and Yorkshire who now, unsurprisingly, now want their share of the pie. We all know most of the money would have gone to Newcastle if they had applied for it in 2017.
Forget about the politics. Teesside will, hopefully, benefit because Houchen is staying in charge. At least it keeps the rest of the Country talking about Teesside. We are Teesside, an anomaly. We have only been here about 150 years built on iron and steel and ICI. We had people coming to work here from all over England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. If we had just gone with what the rest of the Country thought we would do then would have been ignored yet again. No one town in Teesside has City status. It will be interesting to see what happens when Labour get into Government this year but they will have to look after us now. We will not be ignored.
Board owners actually and on that basis can do whatever the feck they like with it. In many respects a kind of mini TVDC fiefdom, but with genuine personal peril if it all went t*ts upEven some of the board ADMIN, even though, meant to be impartial, hate the thought of the Houch having some power in the Tees Valley, because he wears a blue tie,
snowflake.How very dare you go against the grain on this board and see the wider implications on what Teesside has to offer and be very logical in your thinking. Even some of the board ADMIN, even though, meant to be impartial, hate the thought of the Houch having some power in the Tees Valley, because he wears a blue tie, trying to make this depleted area great again, rather than being a stagnant area it has been for the last few decades and shame on that them for that attitude. This board has become a sheep mentality when it comes to politics. NOT ONE voted for BREXIT and NOT ONE voted for the Conservative party in the last election, yeah right, more hypocrites. I can see why popular ex members like Erimus left this board because of the rancid board it has become. Happy to receive to the grief for this post but could not give a flying fook about it. This board has being going down the pan for the last few years anyway.