There’s been radio silence from me for 2 months. Humble apologies for that. It’s an odd irony that, when you’re very busy doing interesting things, there is no time to write, and when you have plenty of time to write, you have nothing to write about. So here is a brief summary of the last […]
Here’s a quick look at recent inquiries relating to senior politicians’ behaviour and whether we can expect them to act with integrity. I found a few descriptions of what constitutes integrity: ‘Holding yourself accountable and owning up to your shortcomings.’ ‘The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles.’ ‘Selflessness; putting the needs of […]
This week we saw the publication of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Synthesis Report which paints a grim picture of the future if action to tackle the climate emergency isn’t taken immediately. There is only a small window of opportunity that governments still have to give us a liveable, sustainable future and limit the […]
March 8th, this week, was International Women’s Day; the Spring budget is due on 15th March. What a wonderful opportunity for the Government to sort out the mess that childcare has become under almost 13 years of Tories in power. Thank goodness they seem to be rowing back from relaxing maximum child/carer ratios, which could […]
An eventful time, kind of good news, bad news week. Cumbria has “won” some funding in the lottery-like bidding system for installing electric vehicle charge points, which will be administered by Cumberland because of the delay involved in identifying suitable locations. We’re hopeful Cockermouth might get some, because it is currently a desert on that […]
Its been a while but really nothing has been happening and I’ve been enjoying the rest, sewing and dog walking, seeing friends and the odd Zoom meeting. I’m keeping up-to-date with sustainable transport proposals in Cumbria, and the case against the coalmine and trying to initiate a support group for people who want to install […]
SUMMARY OF OUR POLICY ON PROPOSED GEOLOGICAL DISPOSAL FACILITY (GDF) IN WEST CUMBRIA This short summary sets out our position with regard to the proposed build of a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) in West Cumbria. Following the Government’s call-out, three community partnerships have been formed in West Cumbria to investigate further the potential for building […]
Our next elections are town and parish council elections on May 4th this year – the first time that the new elections law will require voters to produce photo identification. There’s a lot wrong with our voting system but electoral fraud isn’t one of those things. Apparently, there were 33 investigations of voter fraud at […]
Well, it really has been a quieter time. Marvellous! On the first week, I did a couple of press interviews – Radio Cumbria on the Cumbria County Council’s troubles with planning in their Minerals and Waste authority role. Apparently, they had to submit an improvement plan after their handling of the incinerator application at Kingmoor […]
We have learnt that Carlisle and West Cumbria are in a race to the bottom but Carlisle is winning. I’m writing in response to your article “Reactor to Give Britain Global lead” 5th January. It’s just a bit premature for Mark Jenkinson MP and John […]
