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Only an idiot

June 13th, 2017 · Comments Off on Only an idiot · Politics

At the council today I gave the go-ahead to a change that only an idiot could object to. I have been down to Corals to place a bet on how many councillors will complain and who they will be. Just wondering what to spend my winnings on.

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Painting the town red

May 9th, 2016 · Comments Off on Painting the town red · Politics

The recent election campaign was one I think I will remember for a long time. With Crawley council having a Labour majority of just one seat it was always going to be a fight to keep control. Of the thirteen seats involved, eight were seats we were defending. Two of them were wards where there […]

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Ethical investment

December 16th, 2015 · Comments Off on Ethical investment · Politics

It is all likely to kick off a bit in tomorrow’s council meeting because the Tories seem to be unhappy about the council’s proposed ethical investment policy. The proposal is that, when we invest in corporate bonds (which we don’t very often. Most investment is with banks or lending to other councils) we don’t invest […]

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Party lines

July 2nd, 2015 · Comments Off on Party lines · Life

Since re-joining Crawley council I have been to a stupid amount of meetings, briefings and seminars. I think I had 8 different meetings last week. In a lot of those I have noticed something that I don’t think was always the case, although I may be mistaken – it was a long time ago – […]

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Feeling at home

June 11th, 2015 · Comments Off on Feeling at home · Life, Politics

You know how it is when you walk into a place for the first time and it immediately feels comfortable? You just feel at home there for some reason. Well I have had that sort of feeling twice in the last week with council matters. The first time was when I went down to see […]

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Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends

June 3rd, 2015 · Comments Off on Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends · Politics

It is now about a month since the elections, when I re-joined Crawley council. I left the council (involuntarily) about ten years ago and it has been a little strange being back in the town hall for two main reasons: All the things that have changed All the things that haven’t Both are lists too […]

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Another one bites the dust

September 1st, 2014 · 2 Comments · Politics

It appears that Crawley is now a UKIP-free zone, as our only UKIP councillor resigned on Friday. To be honest, it doesn’t sound like it will make a big difference as he was rarely spotted in the town hall. I suppose he should be congratulated on doing the right thing, eventually. Having spent several years […]

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The Boys Are Back In Town

June 18th, 2014 · 4 Comments · Politics

Guess who just got back today? Them wild eyed boys that had been away Haven’t changed, haven’t much to say But man, I still think them cats are crazy So, I went to the town hall on Friday for the annual council meeting, to see my Labour colleagues take their places back in charge and […]

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The morning after the day before

May 24th, 2014 · Comments Off on The morning after the day before · Politics

Today was the local election count in Crawley. Finally all that walking up and down knocking on doors and delivering leaflets was over, and to avoid withdrawal symptoms I found myself doing a lot more walking. I had a feeling it would be a good day. It was Friday and there was a long bank […]

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Runners and riders in Crawley

April 25th, 2014 · Comments Off on Runners and riders in Crawley · Politics

The nominations closed today for the council elections which means two important things: It will all be over in four weeks, one way or another We all know who we are standing against The full lists are not yet on the crawley council website as I write, but I’m sure they will be soon. Before […]

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