Richard Taylor

Sometimes comedy can be found in the most unusual of places. Earlier this evening I was reading Cambridge City Council’s mayoral engagements webpage and my eye was caught by an entry for the deputy mayor, Liberal Democrat Ian Nimmo-Smith who was leader of the City Council up to May this year. The schedule [...]

Top: Richard Normington, Daniel Zeichner. Bottom: Tony Juniper, Ian Nimmo-Smith.

On the evening of Friday the 23rd of October I attended a hustings for prospective Cambridge Parliamentary Candidates run by the Federation of Cambridge Residents Associations with the cooperation of Cambridge Past Present and Future. The event focused on the subject of planned [...]

This morning I went to Cambridge Guildhall to view the register of members’ interests for Cambridge City Councillors.
I was particularly interested in finding out which, if any, councillors are members of :

The Jesus Green Association
The Old Chesterton Residents Association
The Friends of Midsummer Common

I have been concerned that residents associations such as these have undue influence [...]

I attended the Strategy & Resources Scrutiny Committee, of Cambridge City Council, at 17.00 on Monday the 1st of September. Members of the public can speak at these meetings if they arrange to do so beforehand. I spoke on the subject of the internal review of the Council’s use of powers under the Regulation [...]

I spoke at on the subject of setting police priorities at Cambridge City Council’s North Area Committee Meeting on the 6th of March 2008, Councillor Nimmo-Smith committed to respond. Prior to the next North Area Committee meeting on the 17th April 2008 I reminded Councillor Nimmo-Smith of his commitment but he was not [...]