Blog Posts

  • Nick Clegg’s office paid £88,000 to his wife’s law firm

    Conflict of interest – surely not. I thought all  this had stopped. It needs to. Nick Clegg faced accusations of a conflict of interest last night as it emerged his wife’s law firm has been paid £88,000 by his own department since the Election. Figures published by the Cabinet Office in what was described as… Read more

  • Dirty tricks – not the Lib Dems surely?

    http://order-order.com/2010/11/19/cleggs-sneaky-av-coffers-liner/ An interesting article. Beware if you get one of these leaflets through your door. The AV voting system being pushed by the Lib Dems is as in all things they do wishy washy. They seem to be fixated with process rather than outcomes for members of the public. Read more

  • New Grandson – Ollie

    Yesterday, the 27th November 2010 was a great day. My first grandson Ollie was born. A fine healthy 7lb 8oz boy. It feels like something has changed. Perhaps its time to start to hand on the baton to the next generation. We all wish Tessa and Jamie the very best of happiness with Ollie.  … Read more

  • BAM NUTTALL – they are joking of course !!!!

    I come from a business background and have had to defend my own company robustly on occasions in the past. But BAM Nuttall seem to be trying to rewrite history and believing their own story. I can accept they may have got it wrong, might have under bid the work, might have taken on too… Read more

  • Bus operators demand defects are put right before the busway opens

    Bus operator want outstanding defects that are stopping buses running between St Ives and Cambridge fixed before the Guided Busway opens so the track does not close again for corrections.  But bus operators also reiterated that the outstanding defects that are stopping buses running on the route from St Ives to Cambridge must be rectified… Read more

  • Buses run on final stretch of busway – but still work to do

    Let us hope we are making progress. With the lost of the A14 improvements the guided busway is even more important. Buses have completed the first trial run on the final stretch of the Busway track through Trumpington Cutting – which means buses have now run on every section of the route. The first buses… Read more