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Monthly Archives: July 2019
Liverpool Labour Party needs to look at itself in a mirror
At the Annual Meeting of the Council I seconded the nomination of Cllr Peter Brennan as Lord Mayor of Liverpool. I did so as Leader of the main opposition Party. It is a custom that the Leader of the controlling … Continue reading
Some thoughts on the approach to an NOC Parliament
Dear Jo, Ever since you were elected last Monday, I have been tempted to do a bit of mansplaining to assist you in your new role! However, you will be pleased to know that I have resisted the idea largely … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative Party, Green Party, Hung Parliament, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Plain Cymru, SNP
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Council to decide on Elected Mayor position on 4th September
Decisions about Liverpool issues should be decided by a committee system in which councillors debate issues in a representative system and in such a way that residents can understand the issues There will be an Extraordinary Meeting of Liverpool City … Continue reading
A tale of two Leaders
In the space of two days two of the Country’s three main Parties will have chosen a new Leader. Here’s my take on the new Lib Dem Leader and the likely new Leader of the Tory Party. Meanwhile Labour staggers … Continue reading
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Tagged Boris Johnson, Ed Davey MP, Jeremy Corbyn, Jo Swinson MP, Sir Vince Cable MP
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Labour Party falls apart every day
If ever there was a seminal week in the decline of the once great Labour Party, I suspect this last week will be regarded as the one. Let’s just consider: 67 Labour Peers, all of whom have given many years’ … Continue reading
Fox Street and other Developments in Liverpool
Yesterday morning, 17th July, Cllr Kris Brown, our housing spokesperson and I met with senior officials of the council to discuss events leading up to the problems in Fox Street and other part completed developments throughout the City. We received … Continue reading
Draining the British Swamp
It’s not been a good week for British politics has it?! Our Ambassador to the USA was forced to resign because Johnson wouldn’t publicly support him for doing the job we paid him to do. Labour anti-Semitism was exposed in … Continue reading
Grown up politics in Liverpool
I have mentioned a number of times that there was an agreement that we would have a full council meeting to look solely at climate change and the local, national and global things that need doing to tackle it as … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Liverpool City Council, Liverpool Liberal Democrats, Mayor Anderson
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Foreign trips for Councillors and officers can be justified
A few years ago, I was in Rabat at the Afro-Cities triennial gathering. This brought together Mayors from all over Africa which is the fastest growing continent and a potential global power house for trade and commerce. In the centre … Continue reading
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Tagged Cannes, MIPIM, Overseas Trade, UCLG, UCLGA, United Cities and Local Government
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Why we should always remember those that died for us
Last week I did several tweets about events I had been to in connection with Armed Forces week. On Monday I went to the raising of the flag at the Town Hall and on Saturday I went to a ‘drumhead’ … Continue reading
But what does Richard Kemp think? 