Tory cynicism on the Post Office knows no bounds 20 March 2008
Posted by karenbuckmp in Local News.trackback
The Conservatives claim to be fighting to save local Post Offices, but without putting in a penny of extra subsidy. Before 1997, the Conservatives did not subsidise the Post Office. We have put in £2 billion and will be spending more than £1 billion between now and 2011, but only 4,000 Post offices- less than a third of the total- pay their way, and 4 million people fewer used the service last year, compared with three years ago. It is absolutely right that we should subsidise this important service, and I am fighting very hard to maintain it locally.
Indeed, we just won the battle over the Harrow Road crown Post Office in Queen’s Park. What we must now accept is the argument of an opposition which closed Post Offices in the 80s and 90s, offered no subsidy and are not promising any more money themselves.
“I am fighting very hard to maintain it locally”. Your words!
What a liar & hypocrite you are. You voted to continue to close the post offices in the house of commons last night. You have ignored the wishes of your constituents and have sold them out. You actually turned up in Formosa St when all the residents were going to march as a protest to save our Post Office - enjoy your 30 pieces of silver.
Buck knows full well that the reason that less people are using Post Offices is that this government itself is withdrawing services from them.
If Karen Buck is really fighting to maintain local services can she please explain exactly what she has done? WE now know that she voted for Post Office closures in Parliament recently - hardly the action of an MP who cares. Why does she not have the courage to stand up to Gordon Brown and challenge the relentless reduction in the standards of punlic services ranging from education to health? Instead we just get fobbed off with vague platitudes; it is not good enough.