The Labour Party. Basket case or Charity Case?

Well if you would believe the Labour Party in Burnley, it is a Charity case.

For almost twenty years, they have, in my opinion been defrauding the rate payers of Burnley by registering as a charity way back in 1990 in order to claim rates relief on their Burnley Headquarters.

They claimed a 75% reduction on their prime site, town centre offices by registering as a charity on the grounds of their political aims:

"These were that they encourage membership from all areas of the community, and also that their aim was to significantly reduce or eliminate poverty."

Sounds like something a Miss World Contestant would utter. Who ever rubber stamped their claim should be dragged out of his care home and if dead, dug up and thrown in a cell.The granting of that claim was a spit right in the face of democracy and fairness.

And how did this dirty deed come to light? Why thanks to the Lib Dems of all people. But not for the reasons you might think. It came to light only when the Lib Dems tried to jump on the same gravy train and were refused access. Then the dummy was spat out of their mouth and the story revealed to the public.

And who was there to pick it up and run with it? The ever reliable British National Party in the form of Councillor Sharon Wilkinson, who said:

"I think that they should pay this money back because they have effectively got it under false pretences.

"They are making all these statements about council tax rises and the budget and they have been doing this all the time.

"That office of theirs is a business and it is open every day - can you imagine what would happen if the BNP did this - they would have us locked up."

Well done Sharon. But what the BNP needs to do now, around the Country is to find out if any other Councils are defrauding the ratepayers in the same way.

Tags: Burnley, charity