Paul Kennedy Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Can we put this one to bed now until the planning application comes in! Yes please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgusted Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 wolfie you used Resists comments if you do not know what you put don?t get on to me to reuse a resists bigot and tht it for me on the matter about your resists comments. ... I would respond if I knew 1. What I am supposed to have said. and 2. What the hell you have just said. You're a resist man! Stop resisting will ya! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgusted Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 TD,is your convoluted argument based on the ???? signs you see from extra taxi customers?Tell me he's not a taxi driver please, that would be to funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippoWolf Posted November 23, 2008 Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 If it's not a daft question - what exactly is the situation now? I know that the council voted to block any move to build the Prison following the Public meeting at the Parr hall the other week, but is that it now? Or are there still plans afoot and do people need to stay aware that a prsion is till on the cards? It's just that someone asked me that same question the other day and I wasn't sure how to answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vic Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 The Justice Ministry is still looking for a site in the north-west and it seems some local authorities are keen to have a prison (for the jobs, etc), so I guess the opposition in Warrington might make other sites more likely than taking 5% of the Omega site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippoWolf Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 The Justice Ministry is still looking for a site in the north-west and it seems some local authorities are keen to have a prison (for the jobs, etc), so I guess the opposition in Warrington might make other sites more likely than taking 5% of the Omega site. Cheers vic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 ...but if the justice ministry did think Warrington was the best option (and the best value) they would probably get their own way, no matter what the local politicians wanted! Having said that quite a few of those "in the know" said Warrington was never really an option and that the vast majority of politicians jumped on the band wagon in an attempt to grab the glory of stopping something which was never really going to happen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 If it's not a daft question - what exactly is the situation now? I know that the council voted to block any move to build the Prison following the Public meeting at the Parr hall the other week, but is that it now? Or are there still plans afoot and do people need to stay aware that a prsion is till on the cards? It's just that someone asked me that same question the other day and I wasn't sure how to answer. warrington-worldwide can exclusively reveal that Justic Minister Jack Straw visited the site in person a couple of weeks ago. See front page! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theinsider Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 I would imagine the land owners (Miller Homes) would take any money they can get at the moment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Levy Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 If it's not a daft question - what exactly is the situation now? I know that the council voted to block any move to build the Prison following the Public meeting at the Parr hall the other week, but is that it now? Or are there still plans afoot and do people need to stay aware that a prsion is till on the cards? It's just that someone asked me that same question the other day and I wasn't sure how to answer. warrington-worldwide can exclusively reveal that Justic Minister Jack Straw visited the site in person a couple of weeks ago. See front page! The fact that Straw hasn't been reported as visiting any other potential site makes this very worrying news. It is obvious that even if the site has not yet been chosen, Warrington has clearly made the final shortlist. I'm sure that once Labour do make their decision, they'll find some way or another to get what they want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 I have since found out that he has visited all the potential sites in the North West - so may be one in four chance it will be Warrington! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgusted Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 I have since found out that he has visited all the potential sites in the North West - so may be one in four chance it will be Warrington!What are the other three? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kennedy Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 I would imagine the land owners (Miller Homes) would take any money they can get at the moment! I understand the land owners are English Partnerships ( Homes and Communities Agency). Millers are developers...who in the current climate won't be doing much developing. I will be making a speech tonight at Full Council and will briefly mention Omega. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kennedy Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 Interesting link: http://www.politics.co.uk/news/opinion-former-index/policing-and-crime/mp-fights-govt-discover-titan-prison-sites-$1251671.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 I will be making a speech tonight at Full Council and will briefly mention Omega. .... and "mentioning" Omega will achieve what exactly? or is that political stuff we don't want to get involved in!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tara_dad Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 i hope it comes sooner the better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theinsider Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 i hope it comes sooner the better Why are you looking for a new home? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 i hope it comes sooner the better According to today's front page news you may get your wish granted. I have a gut feeling the Government are going to lump for Omega, despite all the local opposition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kennedy Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Don't think I better post on this topic......in my own name .....the L/Ds and Warrington North's MP (mis)quote me. Maybe I should copyright all my posts and invoice people who use them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgusted Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 i hope it comes sooner the better There's got to be something wrong with someone who wants a prison on their doorstep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 i hope it comes sooner the better There's got to be something wrong with someone who wants a prison on their doorstep. I think you will find TD's doorstep is quite a few miles from the proposed location! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgusted Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 i hope it comes sooner the better There's got to be something wrong with someone who wants a prison on their doorstep. I think you will find TD's doorstep is quite a few miles from the proposed location! Indeed, I forgot, which is of course why he's so keen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Hard to believe this Government would throw away a marginal seat; could it be that this has been listed as a frightener, ready to be withdrawn just before the next election following an intensive campaign by the sitting MP - or is that toooo cynical?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBain Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 How many detention facilities are there already in Warrington I wonder A new prison would bring in quite a bit of employment and would probably lead to less traffic congestion than a commercial development of a similar scale... ...it's all the sitting on the fence that annoys me (although that is what Government excels at!). Just reading the little farticle by Jo Crotty, I'd love to see the evidence on which she bases her assertion that the presence of a Titan prison would deter investors in the area. You'd get investment, just not high-tech investment Mind you, that industry is currently going through agonies just like every other one - it could be said that the prison "industry" is one of the few sure-fire growth sectors that are recession-proof, provision for elderly being the other one that springs immediately to mind. We are constantly getting more criminals and more old folk, and constantly under providing for them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Forget planning logic, policies or rationale; it's all about votes at the end of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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