Forget the North-South divide: down here in Sussex we are suffering from an East-West divide. According to the Politics Show every council in East Sussex has signed up for the government’s free swimming for the over 60s scheme. The programme is contrasting that with Kent, where 8 out of 13 councils have opted out, with […]
Entries Tagged as 'Horsham'
Mind Blowing Decisions
November 5th, 2008 · Comments Off on Mind Blowing Decisions · Politics
Tonight I had my monthly clash of meetings because the Horsham CLP and my local trade union branch both meet on the first tuesday of the month. It is a real dilemma because there are reasons to go to both of them.
Tags: Horsham·Labour Party·Trade Unions
The Impossible Dream
October 30th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Politics
Did I miss a meeting or something? I received a letter from the Labour party today. Nothing unusual about that: once you get on those mailing lists you can look forward to a lifetime of emails and as a parliamentary candidate you get even more. I was expecting that. What I was not expecting, as […]
Walk This Way
October 1st, 2008 · Comments Off on Walk This Way · Life
The Crawley Wellbeing Programme are trying to promote something called Healthwalks at the moment. It is not something I had heard of before tonight, but it sounds interesting. The whole Healthwalks thing is organised by Walking the way to Health (WHI) which is a joint initiative between Natural England and the British Heart Foundation.
Tags: Crawley·Horsham·Medicine/Health
Can’t Stand Losing You
September 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Politics
A decline in membership is something that affects all political parties. There are surges of interest, but the overall long-term trend is against belonging to any party. Even so, Dave’s Decline, the recent study by John Mann MP and Mike Joslin (available at Labourlist.org) should be worrying for the Tories, especially in Horsham and Crawley.
Tags: Crawley·Horsham·Labour Party·Tories
Three Times Enough
August 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Life
Horsham Labour Party’s elite quiz team ((i.e. whoever happens to turn up)) made it a hat-trick this evening when we won the pub quiz in the village hall for the third time this year. While the prize money is handy for party funds, I do feel guilty that we keep winning. I think we should […]
Tags: Horsham·Labour Party·Olympics·Quiz
The Winner Takes It All
July 30th, 2008 · Comments Off on The Winner Takes It All · Life
Another stunning success for the Horsham Labour Party team in the quiz night at Broadbridge Heath Village Hall. After a disappointing performance last time round ((which I missed…Â not that my absence explains it)) we were back in first place again thanks to knowing that Trenton is in New Jersey, Bel Paese is an Italian […]
Tags: Horsham·Labour Party·Quiz
Levelling The Land
July 28th, 2008 · Comments Off on Levelling The Land · Politics
I have been told that the National Policy Forum has finally accepted what members of the party have been saying for ages and have decided to allow the so-called ‘level playing field’ for social housing. In other words, local councils can now apply for Housing Corporation grants under the same terms as housing associations. I […]
Tags: Crawley Council·Horsham·Housing
Superstition
July 27th, 2008 · Comments Off on Superstition · Life
Last week somebody in Horsham bought a lottery ticket at Waitrose in Piries Place and won £2.3 million. This week, if the papers are to be believed, business has been booming for the Waitrose lottery machine as people have been flocking to buy a ticket from the ‘lucky shop’. Which part of “random” is it […]
Tags: Horsham·Statistics
Manic Friday
June 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment · Life, Music, Work
It was a bit manic today. Charlie needed to go to hospital to have his hand looked at, but it was a very short-notice appointment. I decided to drop him off there on my way to work, rather than have him take a one-hour bus ride or the train; just to make sure he got […]
