ALL WILL BE EQUAL - SOME MORE SO THAN OTHERS!

Did YOU vote for the new 'CITY REGION'?  Did YOU vote to become part of Manchester?  Did YOU vote for our brain-dead numpties in the Tower Of Babble to hand over power to unknown tossers in Manchester and Wigan?  Do YOU think Oldham will benefit from this sell out of democracy? If the answer to any of these questions is 'NO' then ask yourself this question.  Why was I not asked?  Better still, ask your local councillor when he comes around, gladhanding you, prior to the elections.  Most likely, he/she won't know. These decisions being made in closed sessions of so called 'cabinets' by the power greedy bastards who set them up.  Any control in this town will be taken away and handed to this unrepresentative body. It will assume awesome powers over key areas such as economic development, transport etc. It will be able to force through policies even if you and your council disagree with them. At present, if you disagree with your local council you have the remedy in your own hands at the next election. Once this Combined Authority is set up,  changing your local council will not make a  ha'p'orth of difference. This is a prime example of the blatant theft of democracy, by these elected morons,  from the people they are supposed to represent.
This is nothing more than a rejig of Fat Bastard Prescott's "Regional Assemblies'.  At least the North-East got to vote on the idea. Anybody remember the result? A resounding NO!!
We really have to stop this scheme folks we gave no-one a mandate to surrender decision making, planning, economic development, transport etc., to the likes of Lord Peter Smith and Sir Richard Leese. Do you think these two troughers give a shit about Oldham?  We would be forever stood, like Oliver Twist, begging bowl in hand, continually asking for more.
THERE IS AN ELECTION COMING.  LET'S SORT THE BASTARDS OUT!