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How to write to a constituent 24 Jul 2013 | 02:22 pm
Any of us who have been elected to public office will have received letters, emails or even phone calls that shock us into realising that not all our compatriots are liberal and fair-minded. Rascist, ...
A free-for-all on school term dates? 9 Jul 2013 | 01:11 am
Michael Gove has had another ‘good idea’, produced without any reference to the professionals who will have to implement it, nor to the general public who will have to work around it. This time he is ...
'Consumer Advice Bureau' has just called me. Has anyone heard of them? 24 Jun 2013 | 03:34 pm
It came up as an International call and was obviously from a call centre in India (which the caller later confirmed). The caller introduced herself as Ruby and told me that she wasn't selling anything...
Resignation of Cllr Derek Osbourne 13 Jun 2013 | 01:49 pm
Sadly, as Chair of the local party, I had to circulate this press release to our members yesterday: Council Leader shock resignation Responding to the news that Councillor Derek Osbourne was arreste...
The ins and outs of the Snoopers Charter 11 Jun 2013 | 04:00 am
You may be forgiven for being confused over whether the Snoopers Charter (aka the Communications Data Bill) is in or out. Back in December Julian Huppert reported that the Joint Committee that was l...
Thoughts on a windy moor 28 May 2013 | 04:00 am
Yesterday afternoon I was standing on a windy moor in Scotland and reminding myself that, over 250 years ago, my ancestors, the Prices, had stood directly opposite my husband’s ancestors from Clan Don...
Large supermarkets are hoarding good housing land 20 Apr 2013 | 11:21 am
A large site which has been earmarked by a council for residential housing, but owned by a major supermarket chain, has been lying derelict for 11 years. At a time of pressing housing need, this is a ...
Changing culture is a long term project – the future 31 Mar 2013 | 04:00 am
Last Tuesday I wrote a post in which I looked at some of the major changes for the better that had occurred in my lifetime. In many cases they were eventually consolidated in legislation, but cultura...
Changing culture is a long term project – the past 26 Mar 2013 | 04:00 am
Over the years there have been many changes in legislation that have made the UK more liberal country and a safer place to be. Equal marriage is a recent example, a proposal that would have been incon...
After prison 12 Mar 2013 | 04:00 am
A former journalist, who rose through the political ranks to become a cabinet minister, resigns in the midst of a scandal of his own making, strenuously denies the allegations but is convicted of perv...
