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Stop the cull… 16 Jun 2013 | 12:47 pm
The purpose of this post is NOT to defend the culling of badgers in any way, just to look at problem from a different angle. As a Libdem I am viewing the badger cull trial from both sides. Would you …...
GPS for dementia suffers is more than a stigmatisation… 4 May 2013 | 08:03 pm
In the news this week it was released that Sussex Police are rolling out a plan, that was trialled in Chichester, to equip dementia sufferers with a GPS tracking device, so that they can be traced qui...
Why the Liberal Democrat Party exists (in my opinion) 10 Mar 2013 | 02:23 pm
This post was prompted by a comment: “Clegg days the Lib Dems are no longer a protest party? No longer a need for them then.” No doubt an ad hoc comment on (via Andrew Sparrow, The Guardian/Observer):...
Does this manifesto have political traits? 11 Nov 2012 | 09:07 pm
Here is a manifesto of a PCC candidate. I have blanked out regional references and the candidates name. Please read it and see if you can determine political/independent bias. Then click link at end t...
Watching Paint Dry… 11 Nov 2012 | 01:28 pm
Thanks for visiting… I have been for the last few weeks working on the PCC elections. Everything I have posted seems to be ignored, by everyone except those associated with the process, or those that ...
Mixed meta-force (PCC Independent Candidates) 10 Nov 2012 | 01:03 pm
Whilst following the PCC elections, I have heard a lot of comment regarding the merits of Independent PCC’s It has been said that PCC candidates aligned to a political party would be swayed by that pa...
Useful facts (and links) about Police & Crime Commissioner Elections 21 Oct 2012 | 02:28 pm
Sorry, the info has moved to a dedicated blog at http://pcclinks.wordpress.com
Fare rises, what NOT to do about our railways… 19 Aug 2012 | 03:58 pm
So this week, we hear that yet again rail fares are to rise at above inflation rates. Articles in today’s papers describe how some Govt MP’s are to challenge George Osborne on this because they fear l...
Sport – Why I think DC is wrong 11 Aug 2012 | 05:46 pm
As the Olympics comes to an end it risks being overshadowed, almost straight away, by politicians. To carry on the legacy of the Olympics, I agree that sport should be promoted to the young, in establ...
Children who need help, need help… 16 May 2012 | 05:06 pm
I am no expert in children with “special needs”, “learning difficulties” or whichever “label” you wish to use and my own children have grown up and passed school age. Yesterday’s phone-in on 5Live Br...
