Perhaps.........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY-gz1ydyhU

If you read the thread which states it would be a coup for the town if the mayor won mayor of the world
I replied, what would be a good coup for the town would be if all the staff finished by Garlands and Flexibility recently all found new jobs.
And that was it!!!

who does drummond play footsie with on here?

The problem is too many chiefs.
In fact, i'm probably the only one who posts on here who doesn't have some sort of admin access.
Its quite funny really and not immature at all.

I did, and it wasn't about football. I thought it was getting too personal after all the bloke can hardly come on here and defend himself. I know him a bit, not intimately and as we all know, he found himself in the job by accident. What you ended up with was a bloke as major who actually gives a shit. I'm sure he's the first to agree that he has made mistakes but with the best intentions. It's generally accepted that he's making a decent fist of it.

The difference in my view between Drummond and Wright is that Wright was an obvious lapdog to the party line and irrespective of its impact on Hartlepool he went along with decisions like a good little boy.

But he still never called Garland employees dimwits, did he, but the thread was allowed to run

I think that was something along the lines of he might win the fattest mayoral contest due to all the free lunches he receives:)

The problem is too many chefs.

there was an event at the historic quay today for ex garlands and flexability employees.

did either mr wright or mr drummond attend the event to speak with the recently redundant electorate ?

it might have been an idea for them to pitch up and show some solidarity with the ex-workers and get an idea of how many are close to finding alternative employment.

and orange hand jobs going for anyone willing to travel to peterlee or darlo.

well mr bus, for job seekers allowance purposes i was obliged to attend the jobs fair. most of the employers were from out of town naturally, but both eds ( handling loan applications for lloyds ) and orange had jobs going for anyone willing to travel to peterlee or darlo.

theres also lots of training and education opportunities going and the providers were on site yesterday.

i worked on a team of 9 at garlands and 6 are already back in work, and another is waiting for a start date. i think if you dont have problems working out of town theres deffo jobs out there.

personally ive already registered for some voluntary work with kids excluded from school and im just having the crb checks and that done at the moment. ive also registered for some free courses at the fe college.

its the first time ive signed on for a decade, the weathers nice, and im chilling out for a bit. i dont wanna rush into the first job i get offered for a change, ive got a few quid in the bank and i want to try and get a job somewhere with some prospects and that.

to be fair to the mayor he has been working hard to organise things like yesterdays event and the one at the f e college last week. obviously not everyone is going to walk straight back into work but at least a fair proportion are. obviously the more people that get jobs the more money thats going back into the towns economy.

the jobs fair was arranged with little notice (due to the fact that the poor twats who got finished had no notice) and as for getting people in, almost 250 people attended. If there are few jobs out there then they can't be created, however there are several other options and assistance to get people back into work. Surely you can't expect to turn up at a jobs fair (despite the title) and walk out with a job....

As for criticising the mayor, you try walking in his shoes. I hardly know the bloke but can you imagine the shite he has to put up with. Not driven, or backed for that matter, by any party, every decision he takes (rightly or wrongly) will be made with so many different factors taken into account - who am i going to piss off if i do this, what if i don't, what if my conscience says no but i'm driven to do this and so on. Can you imagine all the shite he gets asked as well because he is a poolie who is the mayor too.

give the lad a break and don't go on about the wage, it's not that much for the job he does and the budget he has responsibility for, he'll earn substantially more not being mayor and i am surprised he stood again, as he good have walked away to £5k a day consultancy work. maybe he's concerned about the area.....

Anyway, i understand that Garlands won't be empty for too long

talbot, the mayor is good mates with a lot of members of the bunker so they are bound to stick up for him. the majority of us voted for him as well on the basis he was the best man for the job, so yes, again a lot of us will defend him.

he is also very pro-active in terms of contacting people if they raise issues on here. ive had a pm off him 3 times when ive mentioned stuff about the town or the tall ships and he couldnt have been more helpful.

for the record i played five a side with him a few times several years ago. i went to an away match with a group of people from off here ( fet bob, tax payer, parmo etc ) and he was part of that group.

thats probably the only times ive met the bloke other than to nod me head at him if i see him in asda. ive never been out socially with him and i dont stand with him at the games.

ian wright ive never voted for ( despite the fact ive always been a labour voter prior to 2002 ), and the only experience ive had with the bloke was a bad one. i think his only contribution to the bunker was a letter threatening legal action.

im sure he is much better thought of on the official labour party message boards ( you could try posting there instead of on here perhaps ? ), but apart from you i dont recall anyone else on here having a good word to say about the fella. which speaks volumes given how long he has been m.p. for the gaff.

you keep telling us how wonderful he is but without any explanation as to why ?

the jobs fair was arranged with little notice (due to the fact that the poor twats who got finished had no notice) and as for getting people in, almost 250 people attended. If there are few jobs out there then they can't be created, however there are several other options and assistance to get people back into work. Surely you can't expect to turn up at a jobs fair (despite the title) and walk out with a job....

As for criticising the mayor, you try walking in his shoes. I hardly know the bloke but can you imagine the shite he has to put up with. Not driven, or backed for that matter, by any party, every decision he takes (rightly or wrongly) will be made with so many different factors taken into account - who am i going to piss off if i do this, what if i don't, what if my conscience says no but i'm driven to do this and so on. Can you imagine all the shite he gets asked as well because he is a poolie who is the mayor too.

give the lad a break and don't go on about the wage, for it's not that much the job he does and the budget he has responsibility for, he'll earn substantially more not being mayor and i am surprised he stood again, as he good have walked away to £5k a day consultancy work. maybe he's concerned about the area.....

Anyway, i understand that Garlands won't be empty for too long

I've never said he was 'wonderful', the the 'Wright is Might' stuff was meant in a true 'Artlepool stylee, to get a bite


However last week a load of made up dogshite was posted, but it wasn't pulled or retracted, which is why a lot of people think the bunker is a clique

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for its not that much the job he does (about the silliest comment you have ever made col).
he'll earn substantially more not being a mayor as he could have walked away to a 5k a day consultancy work (about the 2nd silliest comment you have ever made col).
The budget he has responsibility for (Paul Walker)

I'm sure we are all underpaid and overworked.
I think 60k a year is a very over generous sum considering I know what most of his duties are.