What a Shame!

Thanks a lot you Tory Lords! I don't think! You know what they've gone and done? In 'the wash'. At least, I think that's what they call it! It's when an election is called and all the Bills that are waiting to be passed in to law can't get passed unless the opposition play ball. And so in order that the Gambling Bill could get on to the statute book the government agreed to reduce the number of Regional Casinos from 8 to 1. I guess John Cryer was delighted because he had no sympathy for a Casino in Rainham either. But what a kick in the teeth from the Tories for the people of Hornchurch. The chances of Rainham getting that one casino are pretty poor and it seems that Blackpool could be in line for it. The reason, is that their MP is shouting out loud. 'We want it. We want it!' But from the Hornchurch Labour person there is only the sound of silence. Shame! But my dad says that it's not over until the fat MP sings. If he gets elected he says he'll be singing out loud. 'We want it in Rainham. We want it in Rainham and we've got a better claim!' My dad says that Rainham and Wennington and South Hornchurch would benefit big time from the regeneration that would flow from a Regional Casino. Several thousand jobs and £200 million investment in to an area that on the old maps is described as 'the shoot'. That's because they've been shooting their rubbish on to Rainham for hundreds of years and the habit seems to have stuck.