h Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, May 6th, 1999 9 Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified)


W h ir lw in d visit en ab le s cheery W i l liam H a g u e to


answer popularity critics O p p o r tu n ity to gain council con trol


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TH E Conservative Party leader William Hague chose the "safe haven" of the Ribble Valley to boost the party's -


I and his own - popularity in time for tod ay’s local elec­


tions. Despite national media sug­


gestions that all is not well within the party and that


I Tony Blair is a more popular leader among Conservatives


than Mr Hague himself, the Conservative leader, on a visit to Ribblesdale High School, Clitheroe, and the town's


I Conservative Club, said that there were "no pressures" in his job at all.


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■ ■ ' I Mr Hague, accompanied on his whistlestop visit by Tory Sebastian Coe, flew into


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the grounds of the Moorcock Inn, at Waddington, 30 minutes behind schedule, to be greeted by Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans. He was then driven straight


to Ribblesdale, where he was met by head teacher Ms Glynne Ward and a group of teachers and pupils, who stayed behind after school to meet their important visitor. Mr Hague, whose expected


hour-long visit was cut by half, was quickly shown the school's new computer and Internet facilities and was delighted when Mr Evans demonstrated


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his own skills by displaying his own website. He also saw how the latest interactive technolo­ gy is helping maths students and how local businesses are helping art and design pupils with their GCSE projects. Mr Hague chatted with


pupils about their school work and wished them good luck in


their exams. On the visit to the school's


recording studio, Ms Ward com­ mented that the children were encouraged to make as much noise as possible, to which Mr Hague quipped: "That's what we should have in the House of


Commons." Asked about his thoughts on


the school, Mr Hague said there was "a great atmosphere" and praised Ms Ward for the good ethos that had been created. He added: "The big difference between schools is the ethos they provide and we, as a coun­ try, have to go back to that. "The trouble with the present


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Government is that it has taken apart what we were doing with education, picked the least suc­ cessful bits and carried them


on." Commenting on today's local


elections, Mr Hague said that Ribble Valley constituents were taking local issues, like the civic hall and the increase in council tax, seriously. He added: "Peo­ ple want local services and that IS what this local election is all


about." READY for business, William Hague drops into the Ribblc Valley ■s -V . ,r‘« , ' ......... ... 1


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‘> v tA N ^ ; 'A V ' i : ? / V ' “ I f' f I MR HAGUE visits a Ribblcsdalc High School lesson with headteacher


Glynne Ward and local MP Nigel Evans (290499/12/B5) ------------------m—


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EVERYONE wanted a picture, a quote or a sound bite - a host o f cameras, notebooks and microphones greeted the Tor> leader (29(M99/12/Cli))


He revealed that this was the


second time he had been to the Ribble Valley, as ho had previ­


ously visited to support Mr Evan's first election bid, which was unsuccessful. Some of the pupils who met


Mr Hague were surprised by the media interest he had brought with him, but were pleased they had had the opportunity to


meet him. Mr Hague was then whisked


off to the Conservative Club, in Castle Street, where his speech to local party members was met with thunderous applause. He praised Mr Evans for "sticking up for local people tremendous­ ly well" and thanked con­ stituents for "sending him to the


House of Commons". He also praised the Conservative candi­ dates ready to fight for scats within the Ribble Valley. He commented: "This is a


good opportunity to gain con­ trol of the local council, for which we only need two seats. Wc want to give a better local government to people who live


m this area. "11 is our opportunity to serve


the local community, so we can give the best possible services, like making the council tax as low as possible." Again, Mr Hague’s visit was


cut short, with the leader driven off to the Moorcock Inn for the helicopter ride back to his York­ shire constituency.


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oughs in the country are at the top of the "true blue" Conservative Parliamen­ tary league yet have been run for three years by Liber­ als in a county council area decisively controlled by labour. There are 42,284 voters


eligible to go to the polls today but most people's analysis shows that just a handful of contests could decide who runs the area for


the next three years. As we made clear last


week, the purely political aspects of the election are more than usually clouded by personal ones. Everyone is certain that most of the 13 councillors who have not sought re-election received personal as well as party- label support when they got back last time. Just how much the voters'


preferences have changed wdll decide the composition of the new council. Canvassing and leaf leting


has been sporadic rather than blanket in nature. Party organisers and inde­ pendent candidates too have just as many difficul-


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ties spreading their resources across the large area and scattered popula­ tion of the Ribble Valley as everyone else. The leaflet row was on an


issue which affects every household. Ribble Valley Liberal


Democrats alleged that a Conservative Party leaflet headed "29% Council Tax Increase Since 1996/7" was misleading. The increase in the bor­


ough council's council tax has been 14.7 per cent in the past three years, say the Liberals. They claim that they have been more pru­ dent in looking after the council's finances than the Conservatives in their peri­ od of office. But Conservative leader


Coun. Peter Redpath says that his party has not com­ mented on the borough increase, but on what peo­ ple have actually been asked to pay. The leaflet made it clear that the claim referred to the council tax as a whole — much of the fig­ ure being determined by the Labour-controlled county council. He rejected the Liberal claim. Ribble Valley voters,


unlike their urban counter­ parts, are not used to teams of canvassers knocking on the door. Our inquiries reveal only a patchy distri


bution of leaflets up to this


week. Some candidates may


have been keeping their powder dry until the last day or two. Quite a few will have had plenty of advice at homo, because they are partners of retiring mem­


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