In which we run through a few voting-related topics
Published at 9:05 am on June 7th, 2009
Filed under: Political.
In which we discuss local things, and eat pancakes
Published at 12:55 pm on February 26th, 2009
Filed under: Dear Diary, Political.
A few different things on my mind today, none of which are worthy really of a full post.
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Keyword noise: Bristol, buses, city council, events, folk music, Folk Tales, guided bus, Labour, Liberal Democrats, local government, music, Pancake Day, pancakes, Phoenix Wharf, Prince St Bridge, public transport, Redcliffe, Scout Hut, Shrove Tuesday, storytelling, SusTrans, transport.
In which there is still nobody worth voting for
Published at 6:43 pm on May 3rd, 2007
Filed under: Political.
About a year ago,* I wrote about local elections, and why I wasn’t going to bother voting. I didn’t think it was a particularly good post myself, but it was good enough for The Guardian to quote it, so more people probably read that post (or that part of that post) than anything else I’ve ever put on the site.
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Keyword noise: council, elections, local elections, local government, The Guardian, voting.
Hurrah, it’s Friday again. I have a busy busy weekend ahead, though, so I’ll probably be more tired on Monday than I am now.
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Keyword noise: photography, Samsung, Colleague M, Big Dave, weekend, local government, elections, The Plain People Of The Internet.
In which there’s nothing to vote for
Published at 3:52 pm on April 29th, 2006
Filed under: Political.
In which we look at political motives
Published at 7:09 pm on December 18th, 2005
Filed under: Political.
The new Tory leader has jumped right in to the job, and is trying to persuade Liberal Democrats to cross the floor and join his party. Presumably he thinks that the Tory party itself has no hope of attracting new blood – or that politics itself is always a zero-sum game – so is trying to mind-meld. Maybe it’s working. Although there’s sometimes national-level talk of Labour and the Lib Dems working on a similar wavelength, out in the country they are usually fighting like rabid wolves, and Lib Dem-Tory alliances are far more common. In fact, my own local council – the worst local council in the country – is one.
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Keyword noise: alliance, coalition, David Cameron, government, Liberal Democrats, liberalism, local government, Tories.
In which the local council gets a prominent score
Published at 10:18 pm on December 15th, 2005
Filed under: Political.
Today’s big news: the Audit Commission has published the latest Comprehensive Performance Assessment, which sounds like a new teenage exam but is actually about local government. More specifically, how well each council is doing at standard local government stuff like mending potholes and emptying your bins.*
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Keyword noise: audit, Audit Commission, Comprehensive Performance Assessment, council, CPA, local government, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, pride.