Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
13 Sep 2023
News
Press release on the Autumn Statement.
Lib Dems condemn “chaotic and incompetent” budget
17 Nov 2022
Sewage in our Rivers
The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.
14 Sep 2022
Call for Wiltshire to join battle against plastic waste
A motion debated at Wiltshire Council's February meeting called for WC to take action against Single Use Plastic (SUP). Cllrs Chivers and Clark said, "it is time for Wiltshire to take a lead on this issue." They pointed out that half of the plastic we use, we use just once and throw away, and that one million sea birds and 100,000 marine mammals are killed annually from plastic in our oceans.
21 Feb 2017
Fighting for footpaths
Cllrs Oldrieve and Hubbard put a motion to February's council meeting calling on WC to do more to look after the county's decaying footpath network.
21 Feb 2017
The planted question comes to Wiltshire
It's commonplace in Parliament at question time, and now it's come to Wiltshire. The agenda for the February council meeting included a total of 38 questions of which 18 came from Conservative councillors. Compare this with what happened in the equivalent meeting in February 2016 (14 questions of which none from Conservatives), February 2015 (21 questions of which 3 were from Conservative Cllr Graham Payne and 18 from opposition councillors), and February 2014 (15 questions of which none from Conservatives).
21 Feb 2017
Council asks developers to think rubbish
Many new housing estates are not designed to cope with bin lorries. Because they're also not designed with adequate parking arrangements the problem for waste collection vehicles is compounded. Some new properties are so cramped it may even be difficult to find somewhere for the inhabitants to store their wheelie bins and black boxes. So Wiltshire Council is producing a document advising developers how to avoid such problems in future.
21 Feb 2017
Lib Dems call on Council to fix our roads
Local Liberal Democrats are calling on the Conservative-run County Council to fix our roads and pavements. The County Council has paid out over half a million pounds compensating motorists for damage caused by potholes since 2012. And Lib Dem County Councillors have revealed that at the current rate of repair it would take 123 years to resurface Hampshire's pavements. Local Lib Dem campaigner Leola Card said, "The Lib Dem team have been out in the North Farnborough area and have reported many potholes to Hampshire County Council for repair. In many areas of Farnborough the roads are becoming increasingly busy with heavy traffic. Maintenance of these roads should be a high priority."
20 Feb 2017
Blair: Help or Hindrance?
Last September in a speech at Federal Conference, Tim Farron referenced Tony Blair with a phrase which stuck in my mind: 'I see Tony Blair the way I see the Stone Roses… I preferred the early work!' He cannot have imagined then that Blair would be in the headlines again this week after a speech for Open Britain in which he urged the country to rise up and form a cross-party movement to oppose Brexit. Objective observers praised his speech as being articulate and well thought-through, and it reminded us again why he was considered one of the most skilful communicators of his generation. Of course his intervention was greeted with immediate derision from Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Nigel Farage… and Jeremy Corbyn (which says something in itself, but that's another matter.)
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20 Feb 2017