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
Harold Abrahams - a Bedford Olympic Icon
A few weeks ago, local resident and athletics coach Dennis Johnson contacted me to ask for my thoughts on his proposal for a plaque to be installed next year at the Bedford birthplace of Harold Abrahams, the 1924 Olympic 100 metres champion whose triumphant story was told in the film Chariots of Fire. Abrahams is a true Olympic icon, and I couldn't agree more with Dennis that his Bedford roots should be marked in the year of the London 2012 games. Abrahams, who is one of only three British Olympic 100 metre gold medallists, was born at 30 Rutland Road in Bedford. The house was demolished in the 1930s, but Dennis is hopeful that, subject to the agreement of the current householder, a plaque can be put up on display at the current property on the site.
18 Aug 2011
Lib Dems invested £14 million in roads and pavements
Many people have noted that the state of roads and particularly pavements isn't great.
18 Aug 2011
Former councillor Karen fights on with Brook Street roundabout signage campaign
Karen Chilvers, former Lib Dem councillor for Brentwood West, is keeping her promise to local people and fighting on for a review of the signage on the Brook Street roundabout.
18 Aug 2011
Cold Calling Given the Cold Shoulder in Heaton
North Heaton has a low rate of crime and is one of the safest parts of the city. The North Heaton Lib Dem team are keen to keep it that way and have worked with the council's trading standards officers to introduce a No Cold Calling zone in the Bungalows area, between Debdon Gardens and the Coast Road, which has a number of elderly and disabled residents.
17 Aug 2011
Pumkin's Tower can be a house
Wiltshire Council has given Energy Measurement Ltd permission to convert Pumkin's Tower in Bythesea Road into a house.
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17 Aug 2011
Book review: Andrew Murrison on the military covenant
By Mark Pack Taking its title from Rudyard Kipling's famous poem, this book by South West Wiltshire MP Andrew Murrison is rather a mixed bag. There is much that is interesting and thoughtful in his study of how wider society views and treats the military in Britain, but that is rather let down by a meandering structure which results in some topics being returned to frequently, the flow within many chapters being unclear and indeed the actual origins of the military covenant being largely unmentioned. We get a little detail of who first wrote the words and when, but almost nothing about what triggered the words to be written by that person at that time nor what, if any, difference the writing of the words and the coining of the phrase made. I suspect the time pressures of being an MP meant Murrison did not have quite enough time to dedicate to writing the book, for some parts are very well-written, especially his moving eulogies to those who served in Bomber Command and his deft combination of praising th
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15 Aug 2011
