28/01/2026
🚧 Bull Lane Pothole – “Fixed”… but let’s talk about how it got fixed.
Tonight the Bull Lane crater at Brindley Ford has finally been patched up — in the dark, on overtime, at night.
Now, I’m glad it’s safer for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians. But residents deserve the truth about how this system actually works.
This pothole was reported weeks ago — by local residents and by me, repeatedly. We chased it, we logged it, we escalated it. And we got… the usual: delay, silence, “we’ll see,” and the slow grind of a broken system.
Then, suddenly, an email goes in from my co-councillor in the ruling Labour group — a councillor with the direct backing of the Leader and Cabinet — and what happens?
✅ Overtime crew
✅ Night-time response
✅ Problem “solved”
That isn’t coincidence. That’s top-down politics in action.
It’s not about whose inbox gets the “VIP lane.” It should be about need, safety, and fairness — not who’s closest to power, who gets listened to, and who gets the photo-op.
Because if a pothole only gets fixed quickly when it’s convenient for the ruling group to look responsive, then we’ve got a democracy problem as well as a highways problem.
The Potteries Party way is simple:
Residents first. Transparency always. No favourites. No “mates rates” politics.
📍If you’ve reported a road issue and it’s going nowhere, keep sending it in to me — dates, photos, exact location — and I’ll keep pushing publicly and relentlessly, not quietly through back channels.
This isn’t about ego. It’s about how power works — and who gets left waiting when you’re not part of the inner circle.
On to the next one. 👊
