Is it any wonder people turn off politics when you see our elected councillors appear more interested in political point scoring than sorting out the problems facing Walsall residents.Well if you needed further evidence of this practice as the General Election approaches you don’t have to look any further than the council’s own website which carries a story about “Families urged to sign up for free broadband” see link http://bit.ly/865TUA

Reading this story you’d be forgiven for thinking that this was an initiative of Walsall’s Tory Cabinet when in fact it is a Government initiative launched the other day by none other than the Prime Minister.  Now I’m no lover of the Labour Party, but credit where credit is due.

Compare the Tories version with the one carried today on this website Free laptops and broadband for 270,000 families across the country in ground-breaking scheme.  The issue is about free computers and broadband access being available and putting that information out to make people aware of that fact, not trying to make out it’s you’re idea.