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Monthly Archives: May 2021
Liverpool Greens Shirk Responsibilities
During the election Liverpool Greens put out a press release saying how people should vote for them because they were the only Party with a 100% attendance record at committees within the Council. To be fair to them they did … Continue reading
Scrutiny to become more powerful in Liverpool?
News that Lib Dem Councillor, Kris Brown, is to be nominated as Chair of the new independent Audit Committee tomorrow after agreement between Labour and Lib Dem Parties should be a sign that the scrutiny process will become more important … Continue reading
Martin Bashir – who now gives a damn?
Over the past couple of days, I have talked to many people about many things both local and national. One subject that has not crossed my lips or those of anyone that I have conversed with is the BBC and … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC protocols, Lady Diana, Martin Bashir, Prince Charles, royal fixation, Royal interviews
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A surreal Council Meeting in Liverpool
What an evening we had last night at our first in person meeting in the Council since March 2020. It was great for me. I just strolled down the road to the Wavertree Tennis Centre where, because of the needs … Continue reading
All sorts of partnerships are emerging post elections
On Friday last week my friend Cllr Lucy Netsingha became the Leader of Cambridgeshire County Council. She will lead a partnership group made up of the Lib Dems, Labour and 4 independents. Tomorrow I am going up to Durham to … Continue reading
The Caller Report didn’t get everything right
I wrote recently to Max Caller the Lead Inspector for the recent Best Value Inspection which exposed so many dangerous and serious failings inside our Council systems and political leadership. Much of what he said was absolutely spot but as … Continue reading
England – a tale of two Countries after last weeks elections
In my last blog I talked about my views on the Liverpool elections and in this one I have a look at the national picture. It’s very clear to me that politics is working in very different ways in different … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservative Party, Green Party, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats
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2021 – We did well but hoped to do better
A number of independent commentators have looked at the election results with a huge amount of naivety and concluded that May 6th was a wasted opportunity for the Lib Dems who should have done better. Of course, we wanted to … Continue reading
Let’s throw the ‘bloody bookshelf’ at Labour on Thursday
As Line of Duty’ winds to an end today we can be sure that there is at least another series being planned in Liverpool’s fight against corruption, waste and incompetence. By 19th May the Council has to prepare its response … Continue reading
But what does Richard Kemp think? 