Blog Posts

  • Protests at Full Council

    I arrived at Shire Hall at 0830 to be greeted by the normal road to the car park being blocked by protesters. After a detour and some delays I made it to the car park  but I was left wondering how members of the public who had come to register a birth, death or marriage Read more

  • Cambridge’s Lib Dem MP votes in favour of giving votes to prisoners

    Cambridge’s Lib Dem MP votes in favour of giving votes to prisoners

    People who break the law should not be in a position to make the law. It seems to me that when someone is put in prison they have to give up certain rights that we all enjoy, voting being one of them.  The right to vote is a very special right. It is at the Read more

  • Full Council – Annual Budget

    It is rare for a budget setting council meeting to attract such attention. Of course this was the budget that was set to make significant cuts for the first time in many years. We have all become used to ever more money being spent on our behalf by a huge range of organisations,  the county Read more

  • Can we afford AV?

    Can we afford to change our voting system and what are the benefits? Well, it is likely to cost about £250m to bring in the Alternative Voting system. It is a system that no one actually wants. We conservatives are content with the voting system that has served this country very well for a very Read more

  • Jill Tuck to stand down as County Council Leader

    Jill Tuck to stand down as County Council Leader

    Jill Tuck, the County Council Leader has announced that she is to stand down as Leader for personal reasons. Jill has been very effective in steering the council through some very tough financial times. She has been a strong leader who has always been fair, focused on the most vulnerable in our county  and has Read more

  • LIb Dem MP Julian Huppert out of step with Cambridge City Council

    We all know that there are cuts being made. We all know that cuts mean job losses and that weighs heavily on all our shoulders – except Julian Huppert the Lib Dem MP for Cambridge who  seems to think it is all “Good News”. Sorry, but losing jobs is never good news for those affected Read more