Back in October there was a reminder of the Tory party we all remember, when they launched their tax plans. Sort of. It was more or less a list of all the taxes they could cut. Sources close to call-me-Dave came out to say that of course they wouldn't actually do anything until the economy […]
Entries Tagged as 'Local Government'
Rotten Borough
November 2nd, 2006 · 4 Comments · Politics
I have been reading about Worthing today. I saw a headline in the Argus at the station this morning and decided to check out their website to find out what it was about. The headline was “Is this any way for a councillor to behave?” The councillor in question is a Mark McCarthy of Worthing […]
Tags: Local Government·Scandals·Tories
Enquiry from the press
October 24th, 2006 · 4 Comments · Life, Politics
I had a very strange phone call the other day. It was a chap from a local paper asking me if I knew why Councillor Alan Quirk had resigned from the management committee of the Broadfield Youth & Community Centre. On the face of it a reasonable question, but I have not been involved in […]
Tags: BYCC·Charity·Crawley Council·Local Government·Local Papers·Tories
A tale of two websites
August 1st, 2006 · Comments Off on A tale of two websites · Politics
The two websites concerned are Redwatch and Dadsplace. Redwatch I have already written about. It is a site which aims to ‘out’ communists and identify them. As Richard S pointed out, the Brighton Argus featured a story about Sussex people featured on the site over the weekend. Dadsplace, on the other hand, is a site […]
Tags: Blogging·Housing·Internet·Local Government·Newspapers·Racism·Redwatch
Consultation
July 18th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Life, Politics
I have recently finished a book called The Tyranny of Numbers by David Boyle, sub-titled ‘why counting can’t make us happy’. Its an interesting book, but possibly less than the sum of its parts, by which I mean there are lots of specific parts which are fascinating but I am not sure about the overall […]
World Party
July 18th, 2006 · Comments Off on World Party · Music
On Saturday we went up to Croydon for the World Party, which is a one-day free festival. Jayne and I took Charlie with us – the first time he has been to any sort of concert – and met up with fellow Labour blogger Danivon and his girlfriend, and an old work colleague and his […]
Tags: Concerts·Food·Local Government·London·Photos·World music
Croydon Council
July 17th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Politics
Just like Crawley, Croydon council changed hands from Labour to Conservative. Just like in Crawley, the Labour party is worried about possible cuts to services and facilities. On Saturday I was at the Croydon World Party in Lloyd Park. This event was started off while the council was Labour-controlled and has grown to be quite […]
Election Pack
April 19th, 2006 · 5 Comments · Politics
I am very impressed by how organised the borough council has got about elections since I left. In my last year there was a general concern about two things which sound mutually exclusive but are not: how difficult it was to attract more people to become candidates and how often people would become candidates without […]
Dull Council Meeting
April 14th, 2006 · Comments Off on Dull Council Meeting · Politics
I know council meetings are supposed to be dull, but last night's was extremely pedestrian compared to the last one I went to. By the end of it I really wished I had gone to see Spizzenergi at the 100 Club instead. (Interesting fact – since leaving the council I have been to more Spizzenergi […]
Tags: Crawley Council·Labour Party·Lib Dems·Local Government·Photos·Spizzenergi·Tories
The Broadfield Forum
April 12th, 2006 · Comments Off on The Broadfield Forum · Politics
Things are picking up a little bit at the Broadfield Forum. This time round we actually had some new faces and ten members of the public turned up, actually outnumbering the council officers/police/councillors for a change. The new faces were even from Broadfield South, which can only be a good thing. Although most topics for […]
