Well it could be JLR if the government doesn't show it's usual disdain for our City.The average Joe in every other place may say "CCFC...what happened to them? They won the FA Cup cup once, years ago, didn't they?"
But did the story not begin oh so many years ago? With "Send him to Coventry!" perhaps? Then the city became the nation's sacrificial lamb in WW2. Then in its hour of need, the city's one great manufacturing base; rugby club; football club; speedway club fell prey to vultures, incompetents &/or ambivalents.
Who or what will come to the aid of the place & restore it to its former greatness & esteem?
And perhaps more importantly...when???
...onwards & upwards PUSB
JLR promise is to be applauded...but they are the sole major car manufacturer now - the tattered remains of a once major industry in the area. In a similar vein to the tattered remains of football, rugby & speedway clubs.Well it could be JLR if the government doesn't show it's usual disdain for our City.
Who mentioned us becoming the next silicon valley the other day too.
Well if you listen to what Gilbert has to say Cov will be THE place to live in the next 10 years as.... we are getting a new water park
What by building new council house' and a new business district, I get that this may create more jobs (if it is ever completed) but surely firstly spending money on reducing crime and homlessness is money better spentTbf things are moving forward after years of neglect.
What by building new council house' and a new business district, I get that this may create more jobs (if it is ever completed) but surely firstly spending money on reducing crime and homlessness is money better spent
I just dont buy it, its a gamble which I think the city cannot afford for example Spending 36million pounds on a new swimming pool when the current one is losing £2000/day! Trust me im all for smartening up the city but I really dont think having a fancy swimming pool is more important then the homless and crime ratesBringing in more jobs and therefore wealth, may help in that respect. Money raised from business taxes could certainly be put to good use
. Not bringing in jobs and taxes would lead to more crime and homelessness- which nobody wants.
I just dont buy it, its a gamble which I think the city cannot afford for example Spending 36million pounds on a new swimming pool when the current one is losing £2000/day! Trust me im all for smartening up the city but I really dont think having a fancy swimming pool is more important then the homless and crime rates
Well if you listen to what Gilbert has to say Cov will be THE place to live in the next 10 years as.... we are getting a new water park
We are getting a new pool because of the shit storm when they got rid of the last one. Also the new water park will be cheaper to run and offer higher profit services, and again the old one can be sold off.
You don't just "spend money" on social issues like crime, education and homelessness, they are symptoms of other social ills. Also council money has been massively cut and funds tend to come in lumps with strings attached.
For an idea of the decisions that have to be made, have a go at Newcastle Councils budget tool here: https://www.letstalkbudget.org.uk/
Moving the council offices allows them to sell off the old ones and run more efficiently as well as hopefully kick-starting a business district the city needs as there is less quality office space than similar towns.
Quality office space attracts better paid jobs and pays more business rates. Better paid jobs spend their money locally, buy nicer houses and put more council tax, improving local services and providing employment.
The council aren't allowed to borrow to build housing and police funds tend to come out of central government funding and council tax, which they can only raise by so much.
Just think for a second: do you seriously believe a group of people who have decided to dedicate their lives to public service and mostly for a left wing party for that matter, don't care about social ills? Or is it just that these problems are hard and the constraints numerous?
Homeless and crime will allways be prevailant no matter how much money you throw at it
We are getting a new pool because of the shit storm when they got rid of the last one. Also the new water park will be cheaper to run and offer higher profit services, and again the old one can be sold off.
You don't just "spend money" on social issues like crime, education and homelessness, they are symptoms of other social ills. Also council money has been massively cut and funds tend to come in lumps with strings attached.
For an idea of the decisions that have to be made, have a go at Newcastle Councils budget tool here: https://www.letstalkbudget.org.uk/
Moving the council offices allows them to sell off the old ones and run more efficiently as well as hopefully kick-starting a business district the city needs as there is less quality office space than similar towns.
Quality office space attracts better paid jobs and pays more business rates. Better paid jobs spend their money locally, buy nicer houses and put more council tax, improving local services and providing employment.
The council aren't allowed to borrow to build housing and police funds tend to come out of central government funding and council tax, which they can only raise by so much.
Just think for a second: do you seriously believe a group of people who have decided to dedicate their lives to public service and mostly for a left wing party for that matter, don't care about social ills? Or is it just that these problems are hard and the constraints numerous?
We are getting a new pool because of the shit storm when they got rid of the last one. Also the new water park will be cheaper to run and offer higher profit services, and again the old one can be sold off.
You don't just "spend money" on social issues like crime, education and homelessness, they are symptoms of other social ills. Also council money has been massively cut and funds tend to come in lumps with strings attached.
For an idea of the decisions that have to be made, have a go at Newcastle Councils budget tool here: https://www.letstalkbudget.org.uk/
Moving the council offices allows them to sell off the old ones and run more efficiently as well as hopefully kick-starting a business district the city needs as there is less quality office space than similar towns.
Quality office space attracts better paid jobs and pays more business rates. Better paid jobs spend their money locally, buy nicer houses and put more council tax, improving local services and providing employment.
The council aren't allowed to borrow to build housing and police funds tend to come out of central government funding and council tax, which they can only raise by so much.
Just think for a second: do you seriously believe a group of people who have decided to dedicate their lives to public service and mostly for a left wing party for that matter, don't care about social ills? Or is it just that these problems are hard and the constraints numerous?
The current pool costs £2K a day to run, that's £730K a year.Also the new water park will be cheaper to run and offer higher profit services, and again the old one can be sold off.
Just think for a second: do you seriously believe a group of people who have decided to dedicate their lives to public service and mostly for a left wing party for that matter, don't care about social ills? Or is it just that these problems are hard and the constraints numerous?
You don't just "spend money" on social issues like crime, education and homelessness, they are symptoms of other social ills. Also council money has been massively cut and funds tend to come in lumps with strings attached.
It does assume that people who will get jobs here will also move here and live here rather than just get in, get out for work.
I had an old boss whose wife was from London. When he told her I was from Coventry, she said "Coventry, there's nothing much there, is there?". I think that's probably most people's view.
...and the lack of a decent football teamThe reaction I get, particularly from Londoners/Southerners is "Coventry? 'Red Robbo', car workers on £600 a week, always on strike, always moaning about the Blitz and that bloody cathedral".
Or Frankfurt or Nurnberg. Absolutely gorgeous cities. I totally agree, Coventry could have been rebuilt better than ever. I actually think the upper and lower precinct was excellent, but the overall planning was terrible. Much more money and effort was sunk into rebuilding Germany than us.Look at Dresden now, compared to Coventry. And weep.
There was a perfect opportunity post-Blitz to make Coventry the envy of the UK in terms of architecture, infrastructure etc. Instead we rebuilt as quickly using ugly grey concrete blocks.
It really does feel like I've been born in the land that time and people forgot.
The actual plan for that was inspired (pun intended). Problem is, there always ends up a compromise somewhere and the problem nowadays is buildings aren't even allowed to get old before being torn down and replaced by the latest fashion, so it lacks any kind of coherent identity.I actually think the upper and lower precinct was excellent, but the overall planning was terrible.
TBH I think the water park is a good idea, but, I did read the council business case for it. Shows how much the council officers take the councilors for absolute mugs (which they are). The projections in it were heavily skewed in favour of the more expensive option.We are getting a new pool because of the shit storm when they got rid of the last one. Also the new water park will be cheaper to run and offer higher profit services, and again the old one can be sold off.
You don't just "spend money" on social issues like crime, education and homelessness, they are symptoms of other social ills. Also council money has been massively cut and funds tend to come in lumps with strings attached.
For an idea of the decisions that have to be made, have a go at Newcastle Councils budget tool here: https://www.letstalkbudget.org.uk/
Moving the council offices allows them to sell off the old ones and run more efficiently as well as hopefully kick-starting a business district the city needs as there is less quality office space than similar towns.
Quality office space attracts better paid jobs and pays more business rates. Better paid jobs spend their money locally, buy nicer houses and put more council tax, improving local services and providing employment.
The council aren't allowed to borrow to build housing and police funds tend to come out of central government funding and council tax, which they can only raise by so much.
Just think for a second: do you seriously believe a group of people who have decided to dedicate their lives to public service and mostly for a left wing party for that matter, don't care about social ills? Or is it just that these problems are hard and the constraints numerous?
Should have given you more credit for a good post TBHWe are getting a new pool because of the shit storm when they got rid of the last one. Also the new water park will be cheaper to run and offer higher profit services, and again the old one can be sold off.
You don't just "spend money" on social issues like crime, education and homelessness, they are symptoms of other social ills. Also council money has been massively cut and funds tend to come in lumps with strings attached.
For an idea of the decisions that have to be made, have a go at Newcastle Councils budget tool here: https://www.letstalkbudget.org.uk/
Moving the council offices allows them to sell off the old ones and run more efficiently as well as hopefully kick-starting a business district the city needs as there is less quality office space than similar towns.
Quality office space attracts better paid jobs and pays more business rates. Better paid jobs spend their money locally, buy nicer houses and put more council tax, improving local services and providing employment.
The council aren't allowed to borrow to build housing and police funds tend to come out of central government funding and council tax, which they can only raise by so much.
Just think for a second: do you seriously believe a group of people who have decided to dedicate their lives to public service and mostly for a left wing party for that matter, don't care about social ills? Or is it just that these problems are hard and the constraints numerous?
The irony is that both labour and conservative governments at the dawn of the cold embraced socialist architecture and ideals as much as the eastern bloc did!Look at Dresden now, compared to Coventry. And weep.
There was a perfect opportunity post-Blitz to make Coventry the envy of the UK in terms of architecture, infrastructure etc. Instead we rebuilt as quickly using ugly grey concrete blocks.
It really does feel like I've been born in the land that time and people forgot.
That's because in the immediate post-war years there was a national consensus that the conditions which existed before the war; starvation wages, the workhouse and the means test, must never be allowed to return.The irony is that both labour and conservative governments at the dawn of the cold embraced socialist architecture and ideals as much as the eastern bloc did!
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