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Electing a Cambridge City Councillor for King’s Hedges
In the last election held in Kings Hedges, the ward in which I live, over 76% of electors in the ward did not vote. In the last Cambridge City Council elections Kings Hedges was one of three wards in the city where neither the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats or Labour put up a candidate who lived […]
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Responding to Consultation on Police Stop and Search Powers
The Home Office are currently running a consultation on UK Police stop and search powers. I have responded to say: Police Ought Be Clear and Honest About their Powers Following the Home Secretary’s announcement of the launch of the consultation in the House of Commons MP Julian Huppert asked: Does she agree that when the […]
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Cambs Police Urged to Adopt Anti-Terror Style Stop-Search to Defend Allegations of Racism
Cambridge University researcher Dr Barak Ariel is recommending Cambridgeshire Police stop and search people in crime hotspot areas even if the officers have no specific grounds for suspicion in relation to an individual. Dr Ariel’s idea is that if the police move their justification for a stop and search away from factors relating to an […]
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Penny Ferry Demolition Decision
Proposed Development on the Penny Ferry Site An application for Conservation Area consent to demolish the Penny Ferry pub is to be considered by Cambridge’s North Area Committee at 18.30 on the 26th of July 2012 at Shirley Primary School, Nuffield Road. The application to demolish the pub and replace it with five houses was […]
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Another New Phone Number for Cambridgeshire Police
Cambridgeshire Police Have Launched A New Number for Reporting Drink and Drug Driving. Last week Cambridgeshire Police announced the launch of a new confidential number to report drink driving. My view is that creating yet another phone number to contact the police on is misguided and unhelpful. I attend many public meetings at which policing […]
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Castle and Victoria Road Conservation Area
Map of Proposed Conservation Area On the 30th of April 2012 I responded to Cambridge City Council’s consultation on a new conservation area for the Victoria Road area and parts of Castle ward. My response: Dear Cambridge City Council, I am writing to respond to the council’s consultation on the Castle and Victoria Road Conservation […]
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Reverse Canvassing in Arbury
Having reached a few days before polling day and not had any contact from three of the four candidates standing in my ward of Arbury, Cambridge, I decided to try some “reverse canvassing” and knocked on the elusive candidates’ front doors. While sitting Labour Councillor Mike Todd-Jones and his team have produced a number of […]
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Labour Anti House Sharing Motion Defeated
On the evening of the 19th of April 2012 I observed Cambridge City Council debate a Labour motion on the subject of regulating shared houses in the city. The motion talked of capping the number of properties available to sharers and extending the council’s definition of a House in Multiple Occupation to include all properties […]
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Police Endorse Cambridge Labour’s Wet Room for Drunks Policy
On the evening of the 12th of April 2012 I observed councillors on Cambridge’s East Area Committee set the areas’s policing priorities for the upcoming four months. Problems caused by street drinkers were by far the top issue raised by councillors. Sergeant Jamie Stenton for Cambridgeshire Police initially reported: “Street life people [his words] are […]
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Cambridge City Council Election Candidates May 2012
Only Sign of Elections in Arbury – Posters for Labour’s Mike Todd-Jones. Cambridge City Council elections are to be held on Thursday the 3rd of May 2012. Cambridge is split into fourteen wards, there are three council seats for each ward. The elections in May are for one seat in each ward, so a third […]