Monthly Archives: August 2013

The Best and the Worst of an English Public Meeting

As many of you will be aware we held a public discussion last week in Calderstones Park to discuss the future of the Mansion House and the Stables Block. The meeting was called because a very small number of local … Continue reading

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The Problems of being a Young Councillor

About ten years ago I did a programme for one of the national BBC radio programmes about the problems of being a young councillor. Clearly, I was not at the time a young councillor. Although I like to think of … Continue reading

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Councillor accused of being the ‘Malcolm Tucker of local politics’

Just to be absolutely clear this is a blog that I have taken from the Liverpool Echo blog site – Dale Street News. I could not do it better and you all might think I was exaggerating if I had … Continue reading

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Bins Dispute shows Mayoral Problems

Firstly because I do not want this to be seen as a personal attack on the Mayor of Liverpool I want to make two things clear at the outset: 1. I am delighted that on his return from holiday the … Continue reading

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Chaos on the Street of Liverpool

We had a typical Scouse response last night when we were out door knocking in Church Ward. “You can tell the Labour Party is back in control – the bloody streets are filthy again!” It has to be said that … Continue reading

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Transgender Survey on Merseyside

Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the transgender groups in Merseyside we are conducting some research which we hope will assist in supporting young trans children and adolescents and their families by providing better local support services ; it would be … Continue reading

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People will not have their say on fortnightly bin collections in Liverpool

I am appalled at the machinations of the Labour Party in Liverpool. Last Friday at 24 hours notice they made a massive change to consultation plans concerning the introduction of a fortnightly bin collection service in Liverpool. They rightly rejected … Continue reading

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