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Monthly Archives: August 2015
BUT THE PHILISTINES WILL BUILD ON OUR GREEN SPACES ANYWAY!!!!!!!
Harthill Lodge which may be threatened by development proposals My last blog pointed out that on the planning department of the council’s own figures there is no need to build on green land in the city to meet either the … Continue reading
Posted in Liverpool
Tagged Calderstones Park, Green Spaces, Harthill Estate, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, Parks
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The proof from the council that we don’t need to build on parks
For the past three years I have claimed that there is no need to build on our parks and green spaces because there is already enough room in the city to build homes for 70,000+ people. I have always found … Continue reading
Posted in Liverpool City Council
Tagged Calderstones Park, housing, Labour, Lib Dems, Liverpool, Parks, Planning, Sefton Park
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Liverpool Council’s desecration of Walton Hall Park
We all know that the Council is hard up and must look for innovative solutions to raise more money and provider or maintain services right across the board. Our pars are no exception to these. But there are … Continue reading
Posted in Liverpool City Council
Tagged Labour, Liberal Democrats, Liverpool, Parks, Walton, Walton Hall Park
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2 Weekends, 1.5 marches and One Marvellous City!!
Chief Angus and I before the march Some superb African dancing before the libation I have just come back from the walk to commemorate Liverpool’s part in the infamous slave trade. It was a marvellous way to commemorate such … Continue reading
Calm down, calm down, calm down. There won’t be an SDP Mach II!
Lots of people in the Lib Dems are talking about what we should do after the Labour leadership election, especially if Corbyn wins. Many of them are very excited about the prospect. I am not so sure and not so … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Andy Burnham, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Lib Dems, Liverpool, Liz Kendall, SDP, Yvette Cooper
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Merseyside Police Commissioner Elections an outrageous waste of money
In a letter to Communities Secretary Greg Clark I have challenged him to clarify two key questions: 1. Will the Government be wasting £1.25 or £2.5 million on a none job. These being the costs next year of the election … Continue reading
Is Tony Blair the Ozymandias of the Labour Party?
Does this picture remind you of Tony Blair?! As I listened to Tony Blair talking with disdain about the Party that he once led a poem came into my mind: I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: … Continue reading
What sort of City Centre do we want?
St George’s Hall – A planning success from the 19th Century Does anyone now remember the monstrous buildings which for 5.5 decades obscured the magnificent frontage of Lime Street station? 6 big shops and a tower block, Concourse House, which … Continue reading
What I learnt about Russia in Kazan
The centrepiece of the Tatar Sabuntuy Celebrations in Kazan I spent two days at the weekend in Kazan which is the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, which in turn is part of the Russian Federation. This does not make … Continue reading
Posted in International Activity
Tagged Ilsur Metshin, Kazan, Russian Federation, UCLG, UCLG Eurasia
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UBER should not come to Liverpool
Hachney Taxis are safe, driven by people with knowledge and you know how much you will pay for a ride I have been concerned for some time about the possibility of the UBER ‘taxi’ service come to Liverpool. I listened … Continue reading
But what does Richard Kemp think? 