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Cllr Julie Smith Speaks in Favour of More Spin and Media Management at Lib Dem Conference
I have just watched Cambridge Liberal Democrat Councillor Julie Smith’s few seconds on the stage at the Liberal Democrat party conference. Only at a Liberal Democrat conference could someone give such a muddled and internally inconsistent speech and receive rapturous applause. Cllr Smith told the conference that she is a member of the party’s “Federal […]
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Cllr Julie Smith Flailing in Efforts to Bring City Council Chainsaws Under Democratic Control
These two substantial trees at the junction of Newnham Road and Barton Road may be felled according to council plans. In April 2009 I was present at a West/Central area committee where Julie Smith, Cambridge City Council’s Executive Councillor for Arts and Recreation (a portfolio which includes the city’s green spaces) gave clear instructions to […]
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Fire Authority Member Cllr Nethsingha Denies Refusal to Help With Floods is Policy Change
Please also remember the fire service will not be able to assist with flooded gardens, properties, cars etc unless there is a risk to life. — Cambs Fire & Rescue (@cambsfrs) February 15, 2014 Cllr Lucy Nethsingha, a member of Cambridgeshire’s Fire Authority, and one of those responsible for Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue service’s policies, […]
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Hanger on Ian Nimmo-Smith and his Casting Vote
Ian Nimmo-Smith as Mayor of Cambridge (Source) Following the elections on the 3rd of May 2012 there are 21 Liberal Democrats on Cambridge City Council and 21 others. The casting vote is held by Ian Nimmo-Smith. Mr Nimmo-Smith did not stand for re-election in May but as he was Mayor last year Section 3 of […]
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LibDem Leader Cllr Sian Reid on Icelandic Investments
Cambridge City Council leader, Liberal Democrat, Sian Reid went on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire on Wednesday morning to talk about money which under her party’s leadership the city council had invested in Icelandic banks which have now gone bust. Cambridge City Council had invested £5 million with Landsbanki and £4 million with Heritable Bank Limited. During […]
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Cllr Tim Bick Presents City Council Position on Aggressive Punt Touting
Cambridge punter wearing rubber gloves and a lifejacket earlier this year. At Cambridge City Council’s annual meeting on the 27th of May 2010 Tim Ward, the Liberal Democrat councillor for Arbury put the following question to the Executive Councillor for Community Development and Health, Cllr Bick. (Cllr Bick has also been given city wide responsibility […]
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Cllr Ward Defends Sidelining Arboricultural Officers on Jesus Green Plans
Cllr Tim Ward has written a letter to the Cambridge Evening news which has been published today (13th December 2008). He is responding to Bronwyn Hipkin who recently wrote: Having read with alarm of the fate of 59 trees on Jesus Green which Cllr Smith tells us are all diseased and dangerous, I rang the […]
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Cambridge City Council Representation at Cambridgeshire Health Committee
Cllr @nmassey79 of Abbey Ward, Cambridge, @CambridgeLabour was expected at the meeting to represent @CamCitCo but isn’t present. Cllr Massey also represents @CamCitCo on the governing body @CUH_NHS Addenbrooke’s so has a key coordination role. https://t.co/pSt4nyGTjn pic.twitter.com/9dLtHnqgr8 — Richard Taylor (@RTaylorUK) May 5, 2020 As we are in the middle of a serious pandemic I […]
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Police and Crime Commissioner Bright on Spying on Student Unions
At the session of the Home Affairs Select Committee on Tuesday the 26th of November 2013 Cambridge MP Julian Huppert asked Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner Graham Bright about the police spying on students unions. This follows a Guardian article: Police tried to spy on Cambridge students, secret footage shows based on footage taken by […]
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Cambs Police Still Holding Back Phone Answering Data
On the 13th of September 2012 I observed, and was unexpectedly invited to participate in, Cambridgeshire County Council’s Police and Crime Scrutiny Committee. In December 2011 the committee had requested detailed statistics from Cambridgeshire Police on their failure to answer non-emergency 101 phone calls in a reasonable amount of time in many cases. In June […]