There are times when we wonder whether there’s a greater force at work (other than Frank Field). We say this as we received these beautifully juxtaposed alerts which allow us to contrast fantasy with reality and proves that ‘WIRRAL WATERS’ IS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN!
First we have a Financial Times report
Meanwhile a day after the announcement of the closure of Birkenhead’s Marks & Spencer and on the same day that it was reported that a woman had been assaulted by a man wearing a knuckle duster in House of Fraser , which for now anyway is the town’s last remaining department store, local politicians were obviously in desperate need of a good news story.
We’re afraid to say the closest they got was this Wirral Globe puff-piece optimistically titled ‘Multi-million pound boost for Wirral Waters housebuilding plan’ Read the full bogus story here : Millions,Billions,Trillions,Gazillions
Here we discover that Wirral has the honour and the privilege to have been bequeathed £6 million of public money alongside such glamorous destinations as Sheffield, Grimsby ,Cleethorpes, Barnsley, Sandwell , Blackburn and Burnley. Shitholes one and all.
Bigging up the news is the dubious duo of Cllr George Davies : “It’s fantastic news for local residents.” and the man for whom he acts as an electoral agent , Birkenhead MP Frank Field who’s sermon on the mount is : “This is a timely and vitally important boost for Wirral…….Having been working for the past year with the leader of the local authority to try piecing together such a programme, I hope shortly to report further developments”
Working with the ‘leader’ of the local authority Frank ? – does that mean having a conversation with yourself in the mirror? Is it just us or can you smell the desperation or is that the familiar aroma of bullshit?
Since when did handing over £6 million of PUBLIC money to a PRIVATE enterprise like Peel Holdings to piss into the River Mersey constitute a ‘good news’ story? There must be another celebration going on in the Isle of Man as the usual Peel Group tactic of holding on to a previously owned public asset until it attracts public money to GET A BLOODY MOVE ON reaps rewards.
And as for the pitiful manoeuvres of local politicians and their allies the expression ‘Emperor’s New Clothes’ doesn’t come close – and surely nobody but nobody wants to see Gorgeous George and his political master Frankenfield in the buff!
Wirralleaks 
I placed an FOI.
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/statement_confirming_the_death_o
Dear Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council,
Please see the following excellent blog post from the highly informative “Wirral Leaks” website.
https://wirralleaks.wordpress.com/2018/0…
Within it you will see an important news item which appeared in the highly-respected Financial Times dated 1st February 2018.
Despite the undeniable impact of such alarming news – the end of ALL Chinese involvement in the futuristic £multi-billion Wirral Waters scheme – absolutely NOTHING has appeared referring to this news in the following council-serving publications:
◾On the Wirral Council website
◾In the Wirral Globe
◾In the Liverpool Echo
◾In the Wirral View – despite its promise to address an *alleged* information deficit, being experienced by what in reality turned out to be a couple of hundred people who responded to a £25,000 *alleged* “survey”.
Anyway, like Wirral Leaks, I genuinely see it as my duty to ensure that the Wirral Public are fully appraised of your incompetence and are kept informed of this catastrophic failure. I will do this via my blog http://www.wirralinittogether.com once I have the information I need.
To this end, please provide me with:
1. A copy of the relevant media statement / press release which is referred to within the excellent FT article above
2. The amount of public money squandered on ALL the intercontinental flights, hotel accommodation, expenses, coach journeys, including the one where Councillor Foulkes could be seen slumped “at rest”, in his seat.
3. The amount of public money squandered on ALL futuristic artistic impressions of the future Wirral Waters scheme, with the city of Liverpool magically *gone* from its usual position in the background a couple of miles away,
Yours faithfully,
Paul Cardin
p.s. As you should be fully aware by now, despite Mr Tour’s assertions – which were proven to be wrong three times in a row – I may like to engage in purple prose, but I am not vexatious.
I don’t think Sino-Seacombe relations will ever recover.
You plonkers Ball, Adderley and Davies
Wastrels of our money
So is your Wawa adventure ‘largely succesful’ or did it just buy you time and plaudits?