Monthly Archives: July 2015

Labour and its longest ever suicide vote!

Posted on July 26, 2015 by richardkemp

I cannot claim the credit for this headline so I immediately acknowledge the brilliance of the Independent whose idea it was! However it does seem to me to encapsulate the problems that the Labour Party do and will have and … Continue reading →

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A Most Peculiar Council meeting in Liverpool!

Posted on July 23, 2015 by richardkemp

Yesterday a most peculiar thing didn’t happen in Liverpool. Labour speaker after Labour speaker did not stand up to attack the Liberal Democrats for what we were doing in Parliament. Well they couldn’t really could they? There was an attack … Continue reading →

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What is Education For?

Posted on July 20, 2015 by richardkemp

Two articles about education have caught my eye recently both in the Independent. One, in today’s paper led with a story about OFSTED Inspectors coaching schools so that they could fiddle OFSTED INSPECTIONS! Well to be frank I’ve never been … Continue reading →

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So now its ‘Game On’ for the Liberal Democrats

Posted on July 16, 2015 by richardkemp

After a dignified and revealing election we now have a new Leader. Of course as most people know I voted for Tim Farron but it really would not bothered me one jot if Norman Lamb had won. What the election … Continue reading →

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Posted on July 15, 2015 by richardkemp

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The Greek tragedy reaches its climax

Posted on July 12, 2015 by richardkemp

  I love Greece. Erica and I, sometimes accompanied by assorted kids, have had a number of lovely holidays there. No-one can doubt the fact that at one time Greece was at the very epicentre of the ‘civilised’ world. I … Continue reading →

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Who will defend the poor in the UK? – Not Labour

Posted on July 9, 2015 by richardkemp

We can all now see the things that Nick Clegg prevented We expect bad things for the poor from the Tories. They like the idea of their being an underclass whose can be exploited for low pay and poor conditions. … Continue reading →

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Next Steps for Sefton Park Meadowlands

Posted on July 5, 2015 by richardkemp

At the next Council Meeting Erica and I are proposing 3 resolutions. The first has been done jointly with Steve Radford and relates to the Liverpool City Region. This is one that we have put down relating to Sefton Park … Continue reading →

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ACTION NOW ON LIVERPOOL CITY REGION

Posted on July 4, 2015 by richardkemp

At the next Council meeting, later in July Erica and I will be working with Cllrs Radford and Morrison to try and force through a discussion on the development of the Liverpool City Region. Cllrs Richard Kemp and Steve Radford … Continue reading →

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The close relationships that bedevil Liverpool

Posted on July 1, 2015 by richardkemp

You would think that being a Mayor would be a pretty full time job wouldn’t you? But Mayor Anderson has time to invent all sorts of rubbish. He has been particularly stung by my assertion in a tweet today about … Continue reading →

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