Monthly Archives: October 2014

Devolution of Power to City & County Regions

Posted on October 31, 2014 by richardkemp

Today councils in Manchester have been told by George Osborne that they can have more powers if they have a Metro Mayor. In fact as Nick Clegg confirmed to me last week that is Osborne’s policy and not that of … Continue reading →

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Vote ‘Allerton Oak’ as Tree of the year

Posted on October 29, 2014 by richardkemp

FRIENDS OF HARTHILL AND CALDERSTONES PARK   The Woodland Trust is holding a competition to find England’s Tree of the Year The shortlist was announced on 27th October 2014 The Allerton Oak is one of the ten finalists!!   Please … Continue reading →

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Does Liverpool (and the rest of the UK) need a new type of politics?

Posted on October 26, 2014 by richardkemp

Protestors at Walton Hall Park Over the past few months I have been ruminating on three things: 1. The outburst of political debate and discussion caused by the Scottish Referendum. It really excited people to be taking part in a … Continue reading →

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A Dinner with a Difference in HMP Liverpool

Posted on October 24, 2014 by richardkemp

HMP Liverpool Last Thursday night I went to a Dinner with a Difference. The food wasn’t different. I had an excellent 3 course meal of soup, lamb shank and a cheesecake dessert to die for. It was delightfully served by … Continue reading →

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Rotherham and Liverpool

Posted on October 22, 2014 by richardkemp

Liverpool Town Hall Yesterday Cllr Steve Radford and I decided not to take part in a meeting with Joe Anderson and Ged Fitzgerald about what happened in Rotherham in the last decade. For different reasons we overcame reservations that we … Continue reading →

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In Praise of…………. International Liverpool

Posted on October 20, 2014 by richardkemp

Have you any idea how many people I drank with from different nations in the Caledonia Pub on Saturday night? Well to be frank neither have I. It all got a bit blurred towards the end! But let me tell … Continue reading →

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In Praise of…… Kumamoto City

Posted on October 15, 2014 by richardkemp

Three months ago I hadn’t heard of Kumamoto City. It’s a city of approximately 750,000 people in the South East of Japan and I visited it last week as part of my study tour of Japan organised by CLAIR the … Continue reading →

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Impressions of Japan II

Posted on October 11, 2014 by richardkemp

I have now been in Japan for 5 days and am beginning to formulate my thoughts about what I have seen and what I have learnt. Firstly I would say that if the Japanese Local Government Centre offer you the … Continue reading →

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First impressions of Japan

Posted on October 8, 2014 by richardkemp

For those that have not been following my every word and movement I am currently in Japan as a Guest of CLAIR which is sort of the international wing of their LGA. I couldn’t blog last night as I was … Continue reading →

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Why is Liverpool Council scared of Challenge?

Posted on October 5, 2014 by richardkemp

Liverpool Town Hall Last Thursday we had our regular meeting of the ‘Mayoral Scrutiny Committee’. Actually it ended up being the Assistant Mayor’s Select Committee as neither the Mayor nor his Deputy were there. It was as they say about … Continue reading →

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