Skuds’ Sister’s Brother

No point waiting up for the Crawley election results; the count is not until tomorrow morning.  Its not a popular decision with many candidates or activists, but I think its one of the best things the council have done.

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When I saw the Tory ‘newsletter’ that came to our house today, my first reaction was to think that they are getting a bit worried by Ian Irvine’s campaign, and in particular the letter going out with his election address in which our erstwhile Tory and Lib Dem councillor, Marcella Head, urges her supporters to […]

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It looks like there will be 2,500 new homes built in the strategic gap between Horsham and Crawley, just West of Bewbush.  The plans have been agreed by both councils, although the Horsham leader, Liz Kitchen has expressed reservations saying she doesn’t want to see the two towns joining up.

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This week the Crawley Observer interviewed the three party leaders in town and have put video of all three interviews on their website.  Its an interesting idea, carried out with some of the most mind-numbingly boring video footage seen.

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There are still two weeks to go in the local election campaigns but I’m not sure anything will beat the couple of strange endorsements I have come across in Crawley so far.

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The quick answer is “No. Not officially” but its a bit more complicated than that.  Crawley may well qualify to be a Fairtrade town but so far it has not had that official accreditation.  There is now a concerted effort to get that accreditation

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This morning I was out with some UAF colleagues, handing out leaflets and talking to voters at local shopping parades in Crawley.  So far most of those involved are also involved in political parties which doesn’t really work, because any anti-BNP campaignign we do is time we could have spent campaigning for our own parties.  […]

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On Saturday there was a “Let’s face it” event in Broadfield, organised by the Christ the Lord church.  These events are where groups of residents get together to do something like clear out a pond or tidy up bits of land and the council helps out by supplying the tools for the job, a van […]

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Imagine you are the editor of a local newspaper. There are a few stories in the paper that you could choose to fill almost the entire front page with:

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Jayne and I were supposed to be helping out with the Fairtrade Fortnight by dishing out free teas and coffees in Crawley town centre today. When we turned up for our shift there were still 5 or 6 other volunteers who were in no rush to go home

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