Cambridge Market
At Cambridge City Council’s West / Central Area Committee on the 5th of January 2012 a member of the public, Edward Kerns, who claimed to be representing Christ’s Pieces Residents Association made a number of contributions related to Cambridge’s Market.
Firstly he passed on complaints from market stall-holders about the Made It Market held [...]
Liberal Democrats Adopt Policy of Closing Women’s Prisons
The Liberal Democrats have adopted a policy of closing all women’s prisons. Earlier today I watched a fantastic speech by a Liberal Democrat speaking at their conference saying the proposals were inequitable, and suggesting dropping them, but she overwhelmingly lost a vote on the matter. The Liberal Democrats [...]
During Prime Minister’s questions on the 29th of June 2011 Cambridge’s Liberal Democrat MP Julian Huppert asked:
Does the Prime Minister believe that drugs policy has been failing for decades, as he said in 2005, and does he agree that the Government should initiate a discussion of alternative ways including the possibility of legalisation regulation to [...]
Stephen Williams MP, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokeman
Stephen Williams MP has today published an utterly bonkers proposal to distribute the UK state’s shareholding in the Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group to all UK adults.
I was planning to comment on his blog article in which he describes his proposals, but the comments system [...]
The Council is Proposing to Cut Along The Dotted Line
On Friday the 4th of February Cambridge City Council secretly began a consultation with councillors on their latest proposals to carry out work to the London Plane Trees on Alexandra Gardens along Carlyle Road.
Councillors have been given until Friday the 11th of February to make [...]
Cambridge MP Julian Huppert
Earlier this evening I listened to Cambridge MP Julian Huppert speaking on the subject of : “The future of science in Parliament” at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge.
During his speech Mr Huppert stated that he had agreed with his chief whip not to talk about tuition fees in public.
I tweeted [...]
On the morning of Tuesday the 2nd of November 2010 the Government announced, via the news media rather than through a statement in Parliament, that they are planning to give prisoners the right to vote.
Cambridge’s MP Julian Huppert responded to the news with a tweet saying:
It’s great to wake up to hear that prisoners [...]
Image: Houses of Parliament, London, Monet c.1904
Since I wrote my last article on Cambridge MP Julian Huppert’s Parliamentry voting record, which I published on the 9th of September 2010, there have been 44 more votes in the House of Commons.
On the day I published that previous article Mr Huppert rebelled against the coalition [...]
On the 23rd of September 2010 I attended a special meeting of the West Central Area committee which discussed proposed tree works on Jesus Green and Midsummer Common.
After three and a half hours of officer presentations and public input the councillors took just a few moments to approve the proposals which were put to [...]
On the 24th of September 2010 I observed, and filmed, a meeting of the Cambridge City Council Executive.
Key Points
Some councillors are very uncomfortable with having their meetings filmed.
There is massive uncertainty about how much money the City Council will have in the future.
Cambridge City Council wants to raise a hyperlocal tax to [...]