How Authoritarian is Michael Connarty?Lib Dem Voice have launched a new tool showing how authoritarian or liberal your MP has been over it is based on 10 key round of votes over the life of the current Parliament on 10 issues. A liberal approach earned 0 points an authoritarian stance 10. The issues were (read more details here): ID Cards (Vote 18 October 2005)Control Orders (3 March 2009)MP's Expenses - exception from Freedom of Information request (20 April and 18 May 2007) Extradition Act 2003 vote on review (15 July 2009)DNA Database - protecting the innocent (19 January 2010)Abolition of Parliament Bill (Legislative and ... (more) |
Incompetant and dangerousThe problem with power is that is goes to people's heads. The more power they have the greater capacity for self deception. There is a false belief in their own competence that blind them to the reality. Here are a few examples In 2008 Hillngdon lost £20 million in the financial collapse of Iceland. To date we have only recovered £3-4m of that. When I criticised the Council at the time I was howled down by them saying it was fully recoverable. We now have the spectacle of them trying to capitalise £4 million of losses which even they now ... (more) |
Election Day -55: Something is Rotten in the State of Westminster ParkingWestminster City Council has cancelled the tendering of its four-year parking contract after a legal flaw and must start again from scratch. How much has this error alone cost council tax payers? The council had already named Mouchel as the winner of the £50million contract to provide parking enforcement services across the borough, but had to ... (more) |
Whittington A&E - Story 8Naomi's story: Many, many times have I been grateful for the quick and safe reactions of the staff of the Whittington A&E. Just one story? I run a group for mothers and babies nearby. One afternoon, a toddler knocked over a mug of very hot tea. His mother tried to comfort him, but he was obviously in pain. I suggested she hurry to the Whittington A&E, and said I'd come and meet her there after the meeting. When I got there, she was in a separate room with her son. A doctor arrived and dealt with the burn with an ... (more) |
The East Lothian question - Should Anne Moffat stay?2009 was a long year for crisis hit Anne Moffat, the Labour MP for East Lothian, where the Liberal Democrats are second and where Labour's Scottish leader, Iain Gray's Scottish Parliament's seat is. Moffat's re-selection as the MP started back in 2008 and still the saga goes on and on and on. In the latest twist Labour's ruling body, the NEC, will have the final say on Moffat's re-selection, but has now allowed a full meeting of the local party membership enabling members to vote on the issue in the next few days. It appears that the NEC will announce ... (more) |
St Mungo's & Safer Neighbourhood Team joint eventSt Mungo's, the very large homeless hostel of Arlington Close (off Ennersdale Road) is hosting an open day event in conjunction with the Safer Neighbourhood Team for Lewisham Central. This event is set for next Friday 19th March, 4pm to 8pm. In the words of PCSO Andy Griffey: This will give you a chance to look around the ... (more) |
Focussing on the PositiveOK, me, OK, ignore the fact that you're not at Conference having a good time, and that you're going to lose more than half your week's wage this week because of your stupid innards just at the point when your rent is due, and that you can't get to sleep to night due to a fabulous combination of the insomnia that's been plaguing you all week and excruciating pain and needing the loo every five minutes... There must be some good stuff... 1, I looked at analytics today. Who knew that if you post to a blog, people will read ... (more) |
Council in talks with Tesco about London Road siteSt Albans City and District Council is to meet with Tesco to discuss the future use of its London Road site following the supermarket's decision to abandon plans to build a large store on the land and to relocate its city centre store to the old Woolworths building in St Peter's Street, St Albans. The Council is planning to consult with Tesco on the future use of the site, as part of its work on the emerging Core Strategy for the Local Development Framework (LDF) for St Albans City and District. The LDF incorporates work undertaken last year on the ... (more) |
Coalition: Chris Huhne confirms - the Cyberlock applies[IMG: cyberman] Last night's Newsnight (see below) led on the LibDem protocols in the event of a hung Parliament. Chris Huhne stood up to the plate to answer Gavin Esler's questions off the back of a pretty jaw dropping package by Michael Crick. Chris said that he understood a conference resolution passed in Southport in 1998 applies to the party post-May 6th if there's no overall majority in the House of Commons. This would mean that Nick would require a 75% majority of BOTH LibDem MPs and 75% of the Federal Executive before (according to Crick) Nick could "do a ... (more) |
When will this sort of behaviour be taken seriously enoughSo another person has been driven to an early grave by the bullying behaviour of so called neighbours. According to the Independent the gentleman concerned had been bullied for a decade Ms Davies said her neighbour was targeted because of his learning difficulties, adding: "They would torment him all the time. Sometimes ... (more) |