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 […]
Once January got under way so did the Parish Council meeting cycle, so it’s been a busy fortnight, since I last wrote anything – 5 Parish Council meetings attended and three missed. One because of a prior engagement, one because you can’t be in two PC meetings at once, and one because of the danger […]
So another year is nearly over… Since I last wrote there’s been one final Parish Council meeting to attend. Above Derwent PC with two controversial planning applications – one for affordable housing and one (a second attempt) for Ullock Moss car park. Affordable housing itself is not controversial – I think everyone recognises that many […]
The Government is proposing more deregulation of the banking industry. Last time round it led to aggressive growth, many organisations getting out of their depth and the financial crash of 2008. If you’re a banker, you might be celebrating, no worries about fuelling inflation if you get an unlimited bonus. If you have non-dom status […]
So it’s nearly the end of the year, nearly 8 months since I was elected. It has flown by, but what have I done? My first success for a member of the public was to organise a shade to be fitted to a streetlight that was flooding the upstairs of a property with light. The […]
Whitehaven Coalmine Protest Members and Supporters of Allerdale and Copeland Green Party are urged to join this AntiCoal Protest. Come dressed in green carrying a protest placard or bring a banner. All will be made welcome. Google map pindrop: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.5231439,-3.5906557,16z 11:00 am Saturday 10th December Marchon Site Entrance High Road Whitehaven CA28 9QJ Climate […]
Our next Prime Minister is chosen by 357 Conservative MPs, our last one was chosen by 172,000 members of the Conservative Party. It’s really high time the public had a say. If this government were a school or a hospital it would be in special measures by now, and would not have been allowed to […]
