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I wonder if future generations will ask why our generation carried on with the current economic and social structures we currently have that seem to be doing so much damage to so many – and for what? Image – from the EU’s Emptiness project It’s hard to put into words my long term outlook –Continue reading “Emptiness, loneliness – and how to deal with it”

We used to have ***lots of them*** in the olden days. Can we have them back again? Back in 1922 we had a by-election after Eric “The Axeman” Geddes who decided to resign as MP for Cambridge having brought in the spending cuts that bore his name as a minister a year before. In theContinue reading “Public meetings for election candidates in and around Cambridge”

Clarendon House is back again – out for consultation so you can all comment on it too! Go to https://applications.greatercambridgeplanning.org/online-applications/ and type in 24/00889/FUL into the search box. See the guidance here if it does not make sense. This is the Clarendon House redevelopment which was featured last December in the Cambridge News by CaitContinue reading “How to do community engagement – badly: a Cambridge case study”

Picked up by Cllr Dan Lentell (Ind – Willingham) on FB here – something that county councillors Dr Alex Bulat (Lab – Abbey) and Stephen Ferguson (Ind – St Neots East), may well be discussing on Friday morning. Above – the MP for South Cambs, also a minister at the Department for Transport (but notContinue reading “Transport Minister calls on opposition parties to support Cambridge Connect Light Rail”

A written statement to Parliament on the final day before the Easter Recess 2024 as the PM passes the deadline for a 02 May General Election. There wasn’t that much in his statement of 26 March 2024 that was new. “As set out in the Terms of Reference, published today, the Growth Company will focusContinue reading “Michael Gove’s Easter Egg for Cambridge”

Get your nominations in! Before we start… BBC Newsnight at Duxford, South Cambs (at the Imperial War Museum) Have a watch here on what the small audience put to the panel that included: Phil Rodgers posted this earlier. At the time of blogging, the declared candidates so far are in Phil’s spreadsheet that he updatesContinue reading “Cambridge City Council: Notice of Election – 02 May 2024”

Building Magazine has looked into the details, and has interviewed the Chief Town Planner of the Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Service You can read the article here. Also, sign up to my event at the Cambridge Central Library on Saturday 23 March from 11am here. And if you haven’t already, read the original “Case forContinue reading “Does the Government’s Case for Cambridge stand a chance?”

This draft code deserves more publicity – not just for the amount of work that has gone into it but because what the participants have produced looks more than interesting for the rest of our city You can find the draft code here – scroll down to “Next Steps” and click on the link. King’sContinue reading “The North Cambridge Design Code”

I’m in the ‘Renationalise the buses and be done with it’ camp. But in the meantime… [Image – from Unite Glasgow – can’t we all have this?] Some of you may have seen Alex Spencer’s report in the Cambridge Independent about the fun and games the residents of East Cambridgeshire District are having with buses.Continue reading “Teenagers tell politicians about Stagecoach failing Cambridgeshire”

It’ll take more than redrawing a few boundaries or tweaking local government finance to deal with our present political malaise. Yet history tells us we’ve been here before. The big gap in the report? Adult education/lifelong learning provision – teaching people about civics does not get a mention. You can read the summary of theContinue reading “‘Rebuilding local democracy’”