I was going to title it Ugglington because the architectural style makes me feel ill with rage, but I thought better of it. Anyway, they’ve submitted their outline planning application. See the following: The summary in the Cambridge News The planning documents at https://applications.greatercambridgeplanning.org/online-applications/ typing in 25/03753/OUT into the search box Me moaning about theContinue reading “Eddington’s back with a big planning application”
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‘Child me’ had it more held together than ‘current me!’
Wandering through some superb videos by neurodiverse people on their journeys in an era of discovery, exploration, and overturning mindsets from the last millennium This sort of follows on from my earlier blogpost on all things neurodiversity and the challenge of having to unlearn so much from the late 20th Century in order to tryContinue reading “‘Child me’ had it more held together than ‘current me!’”
A 2 year local NHS waiting list for ADHD assessments
Which is a bit rubbish given the interim report of the NHS taskforce back in June 2025 Furthermore, the high use of locum GPs in Cambridge inevitably means things don’t always get followed up, increasing the delays unnecessarily – but something that is a symptom of the wider housing and cost of living crisis combinedContinue reading “A 2 year local NHS waiting list for ADHD assessments”
The challenge of council engagement vs gamed algorithms and inflammatory content
Cambridge City Council debated the contents of a report on improved forms of local engagement. But what real impact can they have in the face of gamed algorithms hotwiring social media users towards inflammatory content? I blogged about this in the second half of this earlier blogpost, and earlier this evening city councillors had aContinue reading “The challenge of council engagement vs gamed algorithms and inflammatory content”
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority’s experience of democracy education
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority – AKA IPSA established a Citizens’ Forum of randomly-selected members of the public to examine the work and pay of MPs You can: Read the report / browse through the summary at https://www.theipsa.org.uk/citizens-forum-report See more about the team that did the research at https://www.newcitizenproject.com/ – some of you will recogniseContinue reading “The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority’s experience of democracy education”
Rachel Millward’s *finest hour*
Should the Green Party of England and Wales go onto even greater things politically, the party conference speeches by their leadership team will be milestones in their story Have a listen to the end of Rachel Millward’s speech from 20mins50secs here And whatever you do next… ***Don’t let anyone use this as an exam textContinue reading “Rachel Millward’s *finest hour*”
Party conferences – was anybody listening?
Local political coverage catches up on what happened at the party conferences You can catch up with: Buses, coffee, politics in Cambridgeshire with Cllr Dr Alex Bulat and friends ITV Anglia’s late edition – their October show coming up this week Trevor Dann on Cambridge 105 interviewing local MPs Daniel Zeichner and Pippa Heylings BBCContinue reading “Party conferences – was anybody listening?”
Cambridge cannot solve its homelessness crisis without addressing how councils are funded
Welcome as the new Cambridge Homelessness Charter is, the roots of the problem are embedded in how our city, county, and economic sub-region are governed. Changing this requires a change in the law. And for that to happen, it needs conversations with ministers You can read the charter at https://cambridgehomelessnesscharter.org.uk/ – something that reminded meContinue reading “Cambridge cannot solve its homelessness crisis without addressing how councils are funded”
On Labour and Conservatives facing new pressures from smaller parties
The final two party conferences are coming up over the next five days – for the Greens and finally the Conservatives respectively. How will politics look when Parliament returns for the run up to the Budget? I guess going by the traditional political press, the likes of Chris Mason might be competing with GBeebies toContinue reading “On Labour and Conservatives facing new pressures from smaller parties”
Marshall Aerospace’s proposed move to Cranfield is dropped
As with the Cambridge water works relocation, rising costs have proved to be an insurmountable barrier. How quickly will the firm be able to find an alternative location? In the meantime the Cambridge East website is frozen in time You can read the article at BBC Cambridgeshire here. If the firm does not vacate theContinue reading “Marshall Aerospace’s proposed move to Cranfield is dropped”
