“Put on music and they will come!” Sunday afternoon in changeable weather at Coleridge Rec with the Soham Comrades Band. So they (the city council) did. And even though these things tend not to have huge advertising campaigns along with them, a few hundred people turned up. Above in the left-centre of the pano isContinue reading “Very young footballers in princess outfits playing while the brass band played”
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Boris Johnson’s Norway Debate
And unlike in 1940 when Britain had an empire to call on for support, the result of the Prime Minister’s actions of abandoning Europe and chasing after a US trade deal that never was, has left Britain alone and isolated in a manner not seen since the Napoleonic wars. The speech by the Chair ofContinue reading “Boris Johnson’s Norway Debate”
Ministers must approve the construction of and funding for new adult education colleges
So writes the Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills Gillian Keegan to Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner, who wrote to her on my behalf How MPs hold ministers to account on behalf of their constituents. Some of you will be aware that I’ve been making some noise about a new generation of adult education colleges – inContinue reading “Ministers must approve the construction of and funding for new adult education colleges”
“The revolution will be televised – no, not that one!”
The Ministry of Defence commissioned an article on Medium published on 08 July 2021. One month and one week later, the Afghan government had collapsed, and the capital taken by the very movement the US & NATO had expelled from political power nearly a full 20 years ago. This from Sky News of former RMContinue reading ““The revolution will be televised – no, not that one!””
We’re doomed, aren’t we?
I’ve sort of come to the conclusion that I am anyway. I don’t know about you. But at least the Millennials and Generation Z have got the fight still within them – see the Deloitte report here. Given it’s their future, policy-makers should be listening to them much more. You can go to the IntergovernmentalContinue reading “We’re doomed, aren’t we?”
Why is a 1980s shopping centre being marketed as a possible site for science labs?
Following up on the news that the Grafton Centre is up for sale How much for a 1980s-era shopping centre that was extended in 1995, but is now up for sale? I stumbled across this sales brochure for the last time the site was up for sale – and I noticed that the number ofContinue reading “Why is a 1980s shopping centre being marketed as a possible site for science labs?”
“What is your long term plan?” Cllr Anna Bailey asks Mayor Dr Nik Johnson
The Mayor for Greater Cambridgeshire (i.e. Cambs & Peterboro’) was challenged by the Leader of East Cambridgeshire District Council on a ‘beyond buses’ scenario at the last Combined Authority Board Meeting. (*Note as with all of the other posts, the content & opinions are mine, & not necessarily of any other individual, group, organisation, institution,Continue reading ““What is your long term plan?” Cllr Anna Bailey asks Mayor Dr Nik Johnson”
Mayor Dr Nik Johnson to overhaul the county’s Local Transport Plan
…which was overhauled by the previous Mayor Mr Palmer when he inherited Cambridgeshire County Council’s plan of 2015 after ministers transferred powers from county councils to metro mayors in the areas that had combined authorities established. The original plan was to have lasted from 2011-2031. For whatever reason, it was published in 2015. Austerity can’tContinue reading “Mayor Dr Nik Johnson to overhaul the county’s Local Transport Plan”
What was it all for?
And what’s left still to do? Musings on the miseducation of me, following a question by Anya Martin. This was Anya’s question on GCSE French. My French teacher at the time told me I was one mark off of an A. The problem was that I had learnt next to nothing in the three yearsContinue reading “What was it all for?”
The Mill Road Bridge vote reveals why Labour and opposition parties must plan to overhaul local government in England
Pictured: Mill Road Bridge under construction in the late 1800s – Mill Road History Society – and getting to that stage was a journey-and-a-half! Read the Society’s detailed historical account of Mill Road Bridge here. The current system provides little flexibility for local councils to respond to local climate change issues, and forces councillors toContinue reading “The Mill Road Bridge vote reveals why Labour and opposition parties must plan to overhaul local government in England”
The Cambridge Town Owl 