It's been a long time since I've heard of gollywog dolls. The last time was in 2011 when I organised a small protest in Sutton against a shop that refused to remove the offensive dolls from ...
In 2008 I blogged: I still remember an article in the first ever issue of the New Statesman that I ever bought - it must have been in 1977 or even 1976. It was headed "John Bull's Other Islands" and dealt with the cliquey and undemocratic nature of local politics in the Channel Islands.These videos of a television documentary from 1993 - featuring a young Stuart Syvret - are not that old, but they do confirm that concern about the governance of the Channel Islands goes back a long way.
In Monty Python's Life of Brian there is a wonderful sketch about political parties that may be very similar at first glance but they may also be so different that they are not talking to each other. I was reminded of this a few days ago when I was knocking on doors. One resident told me that I needn't bother knocking at the house next door as a candidate lived there. My immediate response was that I certainly would be knocking on that door as I would hate it if they missed me out. I didn't know that I was ...
On Saturday, while blogging about the death of David Penhaligon, I mentioned my favourite Tory from my days on Harborough District Council - Bill Crane from Lutterworth. Bill was the best chairman we had on my days on the council. If two members had fallen out during a meeting he made it his business to buy them both a drink in the pub afterwards and make the peace. Another example of his wisdom arose after a long-forgotten incident in which David Steel, then the Liberal leader, was wrestled to the ground by Cleo Rocos. One evening before a meeting Bill ...
I have been experimenting with the removal of word moderation on this blog for five months now, and whilst the reminders of my old blog entries by random spam merchants has at least allowed me to recollect some of the more interesting memories of the past seven years, my patience has finally run out. So, it is with a heavy heart that I turn CAPTCHA back on. Sorry, Jennie...
Yesterday Lord Bonkers gave his reaction to the death of Margaret Thatcher on Liberator's blog. Today it is time for us to begin another week in his company. Monday I rise early to superintend the excavations in the car park of the Bonkers' Arms. Having seen how well Leicester is doing out of Richard III, I have decided that we need to find a body of a king here in Rutland too. So far, our dig has not come up with the goods: all we have turned up are a few shards of medieval pottery, a Victorian penny, some pieces ...
The Liberal Party Constitution commits us to' ... create the positive conditions which will make a full and free life possible for all' . The last two words establish an unbridgeable gulf between us and the Thatcher approach. David Steel 1985 A journalist reporting the death of Thatcher tonight said that he learned the news whilst following Clegg on a campaign tour of Cornwall and reflected that Thatcher had a profound impact on our party.Writing in 1985 David Steel set himself the task of '...........presenting a constructive alternative to Thatcherism and ....'winning the intellectual argument against the new Conservatism.' . ...
I am currently working at the Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society (BPS) - follow #bps2013 on Twitter if you are interested. Today we had a symposium on parenting support programmes based on the BPS report Technique Is Not Enough (TINE). I did make belated attempts to invite a blogger to come and report it. Having failed, I am writing this short report myself as a penance. The best introduction to TINE is an article its lead author, Dr Fabian Davis, wrote for the Guardian when it was published last year: TINE describes how the programmes can become "services ...
Twelve South Cambridgeshire villages are set to benefit from a share of £130,000 in grant funding to create and improve local facilities including sports pavilions, village halls and a new meeting place for young people. The money has been awarded from South Cambridgeshire District Council's capital grants scheme to help improve facilities for the benefit of local communities. Cottenham Parish Council will receive £40,000 towards new changing rooms at the King George V playing fields whilst Harston Village Hall Trust and Steeple Morden Village Hall Committee were awarded £25,000 and £18,093 respectively for hall refurbishments. Linton Parish Council and Granta ...
Council tenants in Southwark would see their rent CUT under new plans put forward by Liberal Democrats. We put forward proposals to reduce council rents by 1% in all council-owned homes in the borough, in contrast to the 4.85% increase being added by the Labour administration - a saving of £285 per year for the average council tenant. Why? because for a number of years the last Labour government made local councils increase rents. If they didn't they were penalised. The coalition government has stopped tihs coercion. So the Lib Dem group have worked up the proposals using spare cash ...
Well, her and the promptings of a Warwick University friend, who in the early 1980s encouraged me to go along to an inspirational speech given by David Owen in the L5 science lecture theatre. [IMG: SDP Membership Card - Front] The aims of the old SDP, embodied in the "preamble to the constitution" of the Liberal Democrats, are as relevant today as they were then. [IMG: SDP Membership Card - Back]
The Guardian is the first off the blocks with an ICM poll asking the public's retrospective verdict on Margaret Thatcher's record in office. Here's the topline figure of whether her 11-year premiership had been good or bad for Britain: [IMG: guardian icm thatcher] The paper also asked about specific policies, finding: The sale of council homes and tackling of trade union power remain popular today, but people are less supportive of the fights she picked with Europe and tax cuts for the rich. Privatisation of the utilities and the poll tax remain deeply unpopular. You can read the breakdown on ...
Following David Willetts' statement about increasing access to published academic research, let us know if you think it will achieve greater transparency The UK's minister for universities and science has taken a special interest in open access to journal articles. He chooses to talk about access to academic publications as enacting a particular principle of transparency. I cannot disagree with the principle. In fact I used the same line about sunshine as the best disinfectant when writing about the need for great access to scientific data. Although I attributed the phrase to the early 20th Century US Supreme Court Justice ...
Opening up British research may seem obvious. But it is not just inertia that blocks this The UK government is committed to greater transparency across the board. That is partly because, as David Cameron says, sunlight is the best disinfectant. There are other reasons for more transparency too, such as giving people the tools to fulfil their aspirations. Choosing the wrong course can be an expensive and dispiriting error. So we have published 17 pieces of comparable information on each university course. People from families with little history of higher education no longer have to fill in their UCAS forms ...
To be a liberal is to be in favour of individual liberty. You'd think this is a pretty clear statement, but like all political philosophies, so much depends on how you define the words that make it up. Today I'm interested in 'individual'. What makes an individual an individual, in the political sense here highlighted? ...
Please be advised that the following premises has applied for a NEW/ FULL VARIATION/ MINOR VARIATION Premises licence under the Licensing Act 2003. Premises name and address Baring Hall Hotel 368 Baring Road London SE12 0DU Particulars of application Applied for Sale and supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises, and Recorded Music Sunday to Wednesday 10:00 - 00:00 Thursday to Sunday 10:00 - 01:00 Late Night Refreshment Sunday to Wednesday 23:00 - 00:00 Thursday to Sunday 23:00 - 01:00 10:00 on New Year's Eve until 00:00 on 2nd January 10:00 until 02:00 on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday ...
[IMG: Copywright Ewan-M] Copywright Ewan-M As many of you will now be aware, at the licencing meeting held on 21st march. It was agreed by the committee that the Downham Tavern pub will have its licence suspended for 3 months, with the owners of the pub offering a further three months so they may get a new licensee in place. A number of residents also mentioned to me that there was a deed relating to the building of the Downham estate that stipulated a Public House must be available for residents of the area. I can confirm that this has ...
At the risk of over Thatcherising the posts on here - here's one last Thatcher mention. A video from a foreign TV Station where they interview world politicians - and ask them to do one particular thing. Apparently everyone acquiesced - until they asked the British PM... Quite an insight into Mrs Thatcher h't to @kunaldutta
The latest edition of Liberator magazine (issue no.358 - April 2013) is being delivered to subscribers this week. Here's a summary of the new magazine's contents: The editorial column Commentary examines the damage done to the party by the parliamentary votes on secret courts. It also considers the long-term lessons of the Eastleigh by-election. The insider gossip column Radical Bulletin includes the inside story of the stitch-up that blocked a debate about economics at party conference. 'Six steps from the brink' - Trevor Smith (a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords) suggests how the Liberal Democrats can save ...
People in County Durham are being urged not to lose their vote as the deadline for registering draws near. County Council elections take place on Thursday, 2 May and anyone wishing to vote needs to be on the electoral register. To find out if you are registered, or to request a registration form, contact Durham County Council electoral services on 03000 26 12 12 or email electoralservices@durham.gov.uk. Anyone who is listed on the electoral register can request a postal vote. You should also contact the electoral services team to apply for a postal vote. The deadline for returning registration forms ...
The very first General Electtion I voted in was in 1979. I was at University and exercised a postal vote for my home seat in the Wirral. A group of us stayed up all night to watch the results roll in with growing despondency. It was the last time I went 36 hours without sleep. Somehow all-nighters never had the same attraction afer that. I was elected to Swansea Council in 1984 and saw at first hand the impact of Conservative policies. I had cut my teeth in local politics slap bang in the middle of the Falklands' War when ...
Sadly, the latest news on the repairs to Acocks Green Library's roof, is that there is, as I write, no confirmed date for the work to start. The work had been due to start on 7th April and before that on 4th March and before that on 7th January. The latest excuse we are being given is that there are difficulties with arranging the final survey of the roof. Its odd that this didn't come up as an issue previously, when the succession of different dates were given for the work to be done. Any competent project plan would surely ...
Also on YouTube here. There's some overlap between this and the fun book One in the Eye for Harold: Why everything you thought you knew about history is wrong. It's well worth a look if you like this sort of thing.
I often joke, that if I don't get elected during the next cycle of elections, then I'll turn my efforts to trying to win in Rio 2016 instead! Who can forget those long summer days last year, when we were all glued to the television screens cheering on Team GB and seeing that fantastic medal haul coming in? With those happy memories and the lighter and warmer weather for 2013 on its way, if you're looking to take part in some fitness, then local business Lifestyle Solutions is worth a look. I have been going to classes at this venue ...
Later this month (18th April) there'll be a special meeting of the City Council. It's been called, to discuss various threats to green space in the City, by the Lib Dems. It's at the Town Hall and starts at 5pm. The Council's constitution allows special meetings to be called on particular subjects but it's actually quite rare that they happen. Here is a link to the blog written by Lib Dem Leader Councillor Richard Kemp which explains what's being discussed and how people can get in.
Here's today's hand-picked selection that caught my interest... Margaret Thatcher and Scotland: A Story of Mutual Incomprehension » Spectator Blogs Alex Massie fascinating on Mrs T & Scotland, esp on why poll tax launched there http://bit.ly/Zei0DQ Britain divided on Thatcher record, but 50% claim positive contribution - poll ICM: Thatcher's record rated good by 50% to 36% bad. (Gdn typically calls this "divided"!) http://bit.ly/ZwQaZC But note regional variati... BBC News – Margaret Thatcher: Economic legacy of an Iron Lady "In the late '70s it's fair to say there was no such thing as the consumer" Stephanie Flanders on her legacy ...
Yesterday Margaret Thatcher died. Predictably social media exploded with chatter about the passing of an epoch-defining politician. Perhaps it says something about the kind of people I associate with, that I found myself reading one comment after another proclaiming "Ding dong the witch is dead". Some of my Facebook 'friends' have even posted grinning photographs of themselves celebrating the happy event. Whatever it says about my social circle, it says plenty about the Left. I grew up in a left-wing household. My parents were of the CND generation, Labour party members who supported the miners' strikes. I had only just ...
Greenwashing Thatcher's history does an injustice both to her and to science and technology policy We've been running a series of essays on scientific advice recently (e.g. yesterday's piece by Shelia Jasanoff). It's on a break today, but here's something on a related issue. Margaret Thatcher is often celebrated for her leadership on the issue of climate change. Read, if you haven't already, her 1989 speech to the UN for example. Or the 1988 one to the Royal Society. Or to the 2nd World Climate Conference in 1990. You might be surprised. The image of Thatcher the global environmental leader ...
Because things have happened since we first requistioned a meeting of Liverpool City Council to consider green sapce issues across the city we have slightly amended the original resolution that we put in. It is reproduced below. Please let us ... Continue reading →
Thatcher's early work in industrial chemistry may have influenced her conversion to free market economics years later Sometimes, in dark corners of laboratories, you can hear the following complaint. The problem with politics and science is that not enough of the politicians are scientists, or even have a passing knowledge of science. Out of the 650 current Members of Parliament, as Mark Henderson in his Geek Manifesto reminds us, only three have a science PhD and only one has worked in research. If only more scientists reached front-line politics, so this argument goes, then how politics is done could be ...
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Hasn't @askcolinnoble got anything better to do? Like campaign on his own record, perhaps?
I see that Colin Noble is wondering aloud about the absence of a Liberal Democrat manifesto for Suffolk. Funny really, because you'd think that in a year which is going to see Conservative losses from their 2009 high water mark, he'd be focussing his attention on supporting some of his colleagues who are rather more vulnerable than he is. He could, alternatively, tell people on the doorstep why his administration has presided over eight years of decline in educational attainment and how guaranteeing a reduction in the county's spending each year in real terms will allow them to change that. ...
Oh dear! The death of Margaret Thatcher yesterday has unleashed a flood of comment about how she transformed this or that. Mainly it is praise from the right (it's everywhere and I can barely bear too read them, so I'll only link to this one from the FT's Janan Ganesh which manages to be reasonably objective). But the left do not want to be deprived of an opportunity to vent their precious hatred – like this absurd article from the Independent's Owen Jones. What she symbolises seems to be more important that her actual achievements. When I first studied history ...
[IMG: Nick-Clegg] The launch of our local election campaign yesterday was rather overshadowed by some other news. Here is an extract from Nick Clegg's speech: Next month, in wards across the country, people will be confronted with the same choice. Despite all their stated differences, a vote for Labour or the Tories will be a vote for the same thing. Their record in local government shows that, even when millions of families are feeling the pinch, they'll both squander taxpayers' money on waste, inefficiency and their own vanity projects. A vote for the Liberal Democrats, on the other hand, is ...
In my list of Five of the most common mistakes that Lib Dem campaigners make there is the love of inappropriate secrecy: Keeping social and fundraising events secret It's fairly rare for a local party to deliberately set out to make one of its events a secret (though these days with ministers in government and resulting security issues, there is sometimes an appropriate level of discretion). Rather, it is that obvious groups of people who would like to attend the events are not told about them; i.e. the events are kept secret from them. Group one are those who help ...
How much checking do we perform that our code is running as intended? I found a curious bug this weekend, which made me think about some of the assumptions that we use when programming. Imagine sorting an array using JavaScript. var arr = [10, 5, 66, 8, 1, 3]; arr.sort(); So far, so normal. Create an array of numbers, then sort that array. The result should always be [1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 66]. Would we ever need to do this? if (arr[0] < arr[5]) { // Do something } else { // THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN! laws_of_physics_violated(arr); } Sorting ...
Bexley Times: "Former Dartford candidate Margaret Thatcher dies"
Monday: All news has been CANCELLED for the announcement that Queen Maggie, elected Prime Monster three times in the Nineteen Eighties and twice more in the new Century under the name Lord Blairimort, famous for her catchphrase "the Mummy Returns"... won't be returning. As Dumbledore would have put it: "Apostrophe" "Invertebrate" "Hyperborea" "Quiche" Or as the late Francis Urquhart said: "Even the longest, most glittering reign..." If we learned ONE thing from Queen Maggie it's that STRONG GOVERNMENT is a REALLY BAD IDEA, and if this Coalition is WEAK because it has to LISTEN to PEOPLE and CHANGE its mind... ...
[IMG: back_britains_charities_v5] Since becoming an MP three years ago I've developed a greater understanding of the work that charities do, and a true recognition of the important role they play in creating and strengthening communities. In Cambridge, for example, charities such as the Citizens Advice Bureau and the Samaritans are there to offer support when people have nowhere else to turn, and many provide niche services to people who would otherwise slip through the net. In return they are supported by those who care passionately about a cause, and who give their time and money because they feel a responsibility ...
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Lance Kennedy was missing again from today's meeting of Devon and Cornwall's Police and Crime Panel. That's the body which oversees the work of the elected Commissioner. It's the second meeting in a row that Lance has missed and he is meant to be the Vice Chair of the panel. The panel is not a trivial thing and the last meeting considered the three biggest subjects within its remit - the appointment of the new Chief Constable, the Commissioner's Police and Crime Plan and the council tax precept. Today's meeting is also not a small matter as the Commissioner is ...
(Margaret Thatcher waving from Central Office after winning the 1983 election. The building is now Europe House, HQ of the European Parliament in London. Ha !) Never since the death of Princess Diana has so much been said and written in 24 hours about one dead person. Some of the eulogies had me reaching for the sick bag, but nor could I join those who are tempted to echo Thatcher's own
About 100 years ago the Birkdale and County Liberal Club held their annual picnic. In 1913 they visited Childwall Abbey. Undoubtedly the most significant figure in the photo is Charles Brumm -Birkdale's own 'CB'. He is fourth from the left. Brumm was German by birth and had become a naturalised UK citizen in the 1870's . He was President of Birkdale Liberals and held in very high regard as the last verse of this Election song shows: A year later with WW1 looming the annual picnic took them the Rufford-Hesketh Arms. In the picture of that event Charles Brumm is ...
Fetal exposure to excessive stress hormones in the womb linked to adult mood disorders So if you know someone pregnant, PAMPER THEM. (tags: ) The richer you are, the more likely you are to think you can live on £53 a week | Mark Pack We really need to define this question better. "Could you live on £53 a week indefinitely if that was your only income and you didn't have savings to rely on" (tags: ) Eastercon Panel Parity More cons like this, please (tags: ) Tony Blair and Iraq: The damning evidence (tags: ) BBC News - Are ...
Paddy Ashdown, in an interview about Margaret Thatcher, says she was a better destroyer than builder and wasn't that true. At the beginning of 1981 unemployment reached nearly 3m peaking at 3.2m a few years later. Manufacturing capacity fell by a fifth. At the same time the top rate of income tax was cut to 60% and then 40%. OK so a major shakeup was necessary. I was in the thick of the industrial mess at that time with incompetent management on one side & unions being obstructive for the sake of it on the other ( apart from the ...
With the news yesterday of the death of Margaret Thatcher there has been much comment in the media and on social media regarding her life, her time in office and her legacy. Some of it measured, much of it polarised in one camp or another. My view of her legacy is mixed. I grew up in a family and extended family who hated her, her politics and what she stood for. So that was my background. But as I have learned more over the years and read various biographies of the time (not least her own) I have come to ...
Users of the bus services which go to Simister Village (and then serve residents down Heywood Road and through to the Village) experienced severe disruption last Thursday and Friday as Maytree Travel went into administration. Both the 96 and the 495 are subsidised services, ie they the costs are supported by taxpayers through Transport for Greater Manchester. My understanding is that the 495 was back in service on Saturday and the 96 on Monday with new operators. If anyone had a specific Maytree ticket then I understand that these are with the new operator. As your local Councillor I had ...
Just to update people on the fly tipping which has been providing a further nuisance to residents who live near to the empty/derelict properties on Heys Road near to the junction with Holyrood Road. Following complaints from residents I asked the council to take action on the fly tipping and a notice has now been served on the property. Further actions are currently being developed by the Council and I will report back as soon as I have more information. Tim
Tue 9th
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Opinion: Should we change the way sport is funded, or risk the health, and economy of the country?
[IMG: scales] UK Sport's World Class Performance Programme is the centrepiece of sports funding in the UK, and competition for funding is fierce. On top of this, localised funding from councils for leisure centres, athletic tracks, and swimming facilities seem to follow this trend, and are likely to support Olympic/Paralympic training facilities over other sports. The results of this mean that we are able to punch way above our weight on the Olympic and Paralympic stages. The trouble with this strategy is that funding is only available to the few, and those who are unlikely to gain medals are penalised. ...
This week sees issue #33 of my monthly newsletter about the Liberal Democrats come out. With election season upon us, this latest edition of Liberal Democrat Newswire looks at the party's prospects in the May elections. Sign up for it here and make sure you don't miss out.
A new planning application has been received which is within Holyrood Ward as detailed below:- Application number: 56150 Type of application: Full Date Registered: 08/04/2013 Location: 14 Mount Pleasant, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2SD Proposal: Single storey extension at side and rear and conversion of garage Plans will be available to view on the Council's website here (use the planning application number to search). Any questions or if I can help please just get in touch. Tim
The death of Margaret Thatcher makes me feel rather elderly. Her spirit seems to have presided over British politics, in one way or another, since I joined a political party (May 1979 as it happens). She was 54 when she became Prime Minister, which is what I am now. Scary thought. Her death will I expect be a signal for a huge amount of rubbish talked on both sides of the conventional political divide. The main issue which they agree on is that the moment when she mounted the steps of 10 Downing Street, with St Francis' poem scribbled on ...
A new planning application has been received which is within Holyrood Ward as detailed below:- Application number: 56157 Type of application: Non-Material Amendment Application Date Registered: 02/04/2013 Location: 211 Heywood Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2QH Plans will be available to view on the Council's website here (use the planning application number to search). Any questions or if I can help please just get in touch. Tim
There has been a lot of discussion in the news about changes to tax and benefits which have been coming into effect in the last few weeks. Two things worth highlighting are things which have gone straight from the Liberal Democrat Manifesto at the last General Election into reality in the last week. A tax cut promised. A tax cut delivered - April 6 Cutting taxes for working people is the Liberal Democrats' number one priority. It is so important to Liberal Democrats that we put it on the front page of our manifesto, argued for it in the coalition ...
However expected it might have been, the reality of Margaret Thatcher's death triggered many of us to reflect yesterday. She shaped the country and, by doing so, she shaped all of us. That's reflected in the number of Lib Dem bloggers who responded to her passing yesterday... RIP Margaret Thatcher... and now for the pointless vitriol... (Mark Valladares) ... it's been many years since she was Prime Minister, and a lot of the actions taken by her Government have stood the test of time. You might not like them much, especially if you were on the wrong end of them, ...
At Saturday's Executive meeting, a Campaigns Working Group was established, with the Campaigns Officer, International Officer and State Representatives as provisionally its members. The intention is to help the Campaigns Officer with their work, much like Conference Committee, Policy Committee & International Committee help their respective officers. We have approved a campaign working group to ...
As a preacher in a trinitarian religion I like to enumerate things in threes, but I find it difficult to reduce comments on the political legacy left by Margaret Thatcher to fewer than four. First was the waste of the opportunities created by North Sea Oil. For almost all of the post war years Britain had been plagued by balance of payments difficulties and under-invested in both the public and private sectors. North Sea Oil, which came "on stream" towards the end of the 70s, gave us a marvellous, some even claimed God given, chance to put these right. As ...
The BBC's Great British Class Survey has received a lot of attention over the past few days. Instead of the traditional three categories of upper, middle and lower class, the survey claims that there are now seven distinct social classes of British people. You can take the test here to discover which of these new classes you belong to. To make more sense of these seven new classes, the Guardian has helpfully defined them in terms of well-known sitcom characters. In case these new classes still don't make sense, Liberator has helpfully devised this test for members of the Liberal ...
[View the story "The day Mrs T died (8th April 2013)" on Storify] The day Mrs T died (8th April 2013) Storified by Stephen Tall· Mon, Apr 08 2013 23:30:51 Mrs T: a leader and a divider. Changed her party & country (sometimes for the better, sometimes not). Neither's q recovered from experience.Stephen Tall Mrs T's major success: persuading the British public to accept (tho not love) free markets. Her major failure: centralising the state.Stephen Tall Good list > Five progressive things done by the governments of Margaret Thatcher | Left Foot Forward bit.ly/Y9YIUmStephen Tall I always fought Mrs Thatcher ...
I have today launched my April 2013 Update to West End Community Council. Subjects covered include :Harris Academy - listed building consent application Magdalen Green Riverside Drive/Avenue roundabout Mural - St Peter Street You can download the Update here. The Community Council meets tonight at 7pm at the Logie St John's (Cross) Church Hall in Shaftesbury Terrace. All residents welcome.
I was on Radio Tay and Wave 102 News yesterday pointing out that the City Council must get the act together in terms of sorting the current problems with recycling at Dundee's remaining civic amenity sites. This follows problems on Saturday at the Riverside Civic Amenity Centre where residents bringing recycling to the site first thing on Saturday morning found they joined a long queue of people unable to deposit recycling as the skips were full from the night before. I received a number of complaints from constituents about the situation at Riverside on Saturday and raised their complaints with ...
Tenants at the Pennycook Court Sheltered Housing recently contacted me to say the yellow "Keep Clear" markings outside the housing complex are now very faded. I asked the City Council's Road Maintenance Partnership to attend to this and have been advised: "An order is to be raised to re-new the faded KEEP CLEAR markings in Pennycook Lane and this will be done in due course when resources are available and weather permitting."
A few months ago, I wrote about the importance of improving the care for our elderly people here in Wales. The Health and Social Care Committee in the Assembly had made recommendations to the Welsh Government and I was calling for the then Health Minister to implement those recommendations. Since then the debate has become even more pressing with the Coalition Government's response to Andrew Dilnot's report into funding of care and support for the elderly in England. One of the greatest concerns elderly constituents who come to my surgeries have is that all of their hard earned savings could ...
Cllr Andy Pellew with Lib Dem President Tim Farron Local Parish Councillor Andy Pellew, who is also an existing Cambridgeshire County Councillor from King's Hedges in Cambridge City, will be seeking your vote for the County Council elections on Thursday 2nd May. Andy Pellew said; "I'm delighted to have been chosen by the Liberal Democrats to contest the election on behalf of residents of Bar Hill Division which includes Girton and the villages of Lolworth, Boxworth, and Dry Drayton". "The next four years will see significant development in our part of Cambridgeshire with groundbreaking of Cambridge Universities' North-West development and ...
If you – like me – and every single other person seemingly in the UK were hooked on London 2012 then you'll remember Lawrence Okoye. He represented Team GB in the discus and made the final. He was disappointed to come last but he was still young. With Rio De Janeiro but now just three and a half years away you might think that he is busy working on that dream but he isn't. He is in America trying to catch on with an NFL team and the surprising thing is – he might just do it. In America they ...
