Off they go on the Oriental Express
To a ancient land far and beyond
Visions of China Theme Park
Research is the official given reason
Hard at work they shall be
Not another jolly surely
Those who are going on the discounted jolly
Show this to be a knees up
Roger Stone and his spouse
Paul Lakin and his spouse
John Foden and his spouse
Richard Russell and his spouse
Dominic Beck and his mummy and daddy
They claim to have paid
But the Phantom has seen paperwork
On Roger’s desk that shows the several discounts and subsidies
The smell of fish is in the air
Not all is right with the trip up and beyond
With love from China
Phantom of the Town Hall
Rotherham Politics 
Unbelievable! Disgusting! This is another slap in the face of the good people of Rotherham!
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I think this trip needs explanation and if the figures are allegedly correct, why so many going, if it is a political exercise wouldn’t two be enough, and what is this trip going to do for the people of rotherham? Just asking as a citizen of this little town.
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So many thanks Phantom of the Town Hali. You shine bright, in the night, of our discontent.
l – is it a meal in a local restaurant or the full “Otherside of the Chinese Wall” experience?
They would have been at home in China – fifty or so years ago – but China’s government has moved on since then; but sadly Rotherham’s hasn’t.
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I echo rr’s comments about PoTTH.
Are there any minutes of meetings when this visit was discussed? Who attended the meetings and who authorised the expenditure? Who chose the underlings to accompany the Supreme Leader?
Secrecy and subterfuge are the bywords for open and honest democracy within RMBC.
No change there.
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I think this needs looking into further, are we not supposed to be short of money and facing cutbacks.
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Will Cllr Vine ask if any RMBC money is being used to fund any part of the trip?
How much?
Who approved it?
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You also have to ask if funding is coming from one of the regional organisations that receives funding from RMBC.
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Stoney (and his invited Labour cronies and families) who will be indulging in this unnecessary and super indulgent jolly at public expense would do well to remember this when they are knocked off their boxes next year.
As to ‘Research?’ to justify their snouts in the trough, hasn’t Stoney got it yet that:
A) Rotherham does NOT need another white elephant theme park only to be bailed out year on with public money and;
B) China needs no support in making econonic strides into our national and local economies. They are extremely well placed and expertly making huge strides in doing so already.
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Thought visions of china was finished years ago. Do so many need to go who is paying for the jolly for the wives and parents, sounds a bit suspect. How can they think of doing that when cuts are being made to vulnerable people.
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Rose McNeeley Dave Pickering & spouse missed off list
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You’re slipping Phantom, this was reported on another forum on 4 July!
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which forum?
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Now found an earlier reference to Stone visiting dated THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014.
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I assume robyn you agree with this trip yet in your letter to the advertiser you were having a go at ukip about saving money this kind of trip is not neccesary especially when services are being cut
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You are assuming that the trip is funded from public funds – the tizer has been told (seemingly under FOI) that it isn’t.
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why are ex councillors going on this jolly ?? anybody know ??
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I was wrong when I said that this May 8 Rothbiz article refered to a planned visit by Stone: He had been invited to visit last September.
http://www.rothbiz.co.uk/2014/05/news-4109-chambers-china-focus.html
But the article does discuss other visits to China.
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So what date was /is the excursion supposed to be, this year?
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This is disgusting, people are struggling to make ends meet. The Trippers obviously have no morals and certainly no regard for the hard pressed constituents they are supposed to represent.
Whilst they will not be, they should be ashamed of themselves.
NOW – The financing of this trip – Is it legal?
No doubt the truth will out – No doubt at all!
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Don`t get mad, get even, vote UKIP in 2015!
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The advertiser of July 25th 2014 as stated that this trip to China is a PVT Trip. A group of 5 councillors travelled this week to China ,it is a private holiday say the authority. No spouses were mentioned. So I guess that is the end of that.
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A private trip, in the words of Jim Royle, my arse!
Why would individuals know to be stabbing each other in the back voluntarily use their own money to spend quality time together?
If it was a holiday why is the former Deputy Leader not on the trip?
A number of the Cllr`s at risk from UKIP and left off the holiday have some very interesting things to say about what is going down.
Keep digging folks, there is more to this than RMBC are letting on!
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Why do the councillors wives need to go and why do the councillors need to go at all north korea is where dictators usually go
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This whole Chinese Theme Park idea has had a wiff of off Foo Yung since its conception. Councillor Stone and his cronies are as bent as a set of busted chop sticks!
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