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Informal ‘Meet the candidates’ events provide a much-needed alternative to traditional election hustings
Comparing two local public events in support of the Cambridge City Council elections I was involved in organising in Queen Edith’s Ward – what I found out. This follows on from my post here which has links to videos and parties standing full slates of candidates We had candidates from all four political parties at…
How do you prepare a local electorate for local elections?
This weekend is the first series of ‘Meet the candidates’ drop in sessions that I’ve organised for the Cambridge City Council elections – Polling Day is 2nd of May! But trying to engage with the general public? That’s a very different challenge. We’ve had the two sets of hustings for the Cambridge City Council wards…
Controversial developer wins planning appeal. Again.
In the grand scheme of things it was inevitable that planning permission would be granted one way or another. But the fact that councillors complained about the actions of the developer in going straight to appeal rather than working in partnership with an already over-stretched council planning service hardly boosts the reputation of the construction…
The Cambridge Town Owl 