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
UK-EU Relationship: Making the Case for "Associate Membership"
"European Union leaders are struggling to find a way out of their immediate difficulties without committing themselves to electorally unpopular long-term strategies. Years of panicky crisis management have taken their toll. Nobody at the top table has the nerve to deal seriously with blueprints, from whichever source, or roadmaps, to whichever destination. The current endeavour, indeed, is a scramble for the lowest common denominator of ambition and commitment.
ADMEP
6 Dec 2012
UK-EU Relationship: Making the Case for "Associate Membership"
"European Union leaders are struggling to find a way out of their immediate difficulties without committing themselves to electorally unpopular long-term strategies. Years of panicky crisis management have taken their toll. Nobody at the top table has the nerve to deal seriously with blueprints, from whichever source, or roadmaps, to whichever destination. The current endeavour, indeed, is a scramble for the lowest common denominator of ambition and commitment.
ADMEP
6 Dec 2012
“Political cronyism writ large at new Tory Police Commission” Cllr Glynane
The Leader of the Official Liberal Democrat Opposition at County Hall, Cllr Brendan Glynane, has reacted with astonishment at the news that the new Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner is proposing to create 17 new jobs, several for his Conservative campaign team, costing up to £65k a year each.
DLD
6 Dec 2012
West Ashton Road Business Park approved by planning committee
The developers already had outline permission (see below), and the details were up for consideration at the December 5th meeting. The committee approved the plans, though with some scepticism as to whether the scheme would be built in its proposed form.
5 Dec 2012
Sutton Veny chicken farm deferred
An application to demolish existing but unused chicken sheds on the Deverill Road Trading Estate between Sutton Veny and Longbridge Deverill, and replace them with a new unit of five sheds capable of holding over 200,000 chickens went to the West Wiltshire planning committee on December 5th.
5 Dec 2012
"The rise of the freeloaders", Prospect Magazine
The respected political monthly Prospect Magazine has published an article by ALTER's secretary David Cooper showing how landowers freeload on the productive part of the economy, diverting £100Bn annually in the UK alone from productive effort into unproductive rent seeking.
5 Dec 2012