Blog Posts

  • Conservative successes. 1 to 20 of 100

    So why back Conservatives, instead of Ed Miliband’s Labour Party? Simple. Conservatives are the party with the plan to tackle Britain’s long-term problems. Other parties shout from the sidelines. But we are getting on with the job. That’s why we have already: 1. Helped businesses to create 1.7 million new jobs – so more people… Read more

  • Good luck to all candidates

    All candidates, from all parties, should be congratulated for putting themselves up for election. Elected politicians often get a hard time from the public, can’t get anything right it seems and contribute significant amounts of their time. Councillors don’t even get very much financial reward. By now most candidates will have walked miles delivering leaflets… Read more

  • Public help Conservative candidate attacked

    Public rallies to support Conservatives as candidate attacked on New Square Cambridge. Members of the public rallied to help Alex Boyd, the Conservative candidate for Market ward, when he and his team of Conservative campaigners were attacked on the street in broad daylight. At around 10.30am on Saturday 17th May, Alex Boyd was manning a… Read more

  • Elections 2014 – some thoughts on Labour

    People have gone through a tough recession. Wages have stayed the same for some time, food prices have gone up and some vital benefit changes have been made. It is surprising that Labour are not streets ahead in the polls. People are often rather selfish in their voting patterns. What’s in it for me? Labour… Read more

  • Labour fail to stand up to unions.

    The Electoral Commission donation figures, published yesterday, show that the Labour Party remain financially dependent on the trade unions. Ed Miliband said he’d stand up to his union paymasters like Len McCluskey – but he’s failed and broken his promise. Not only have Unite given their biggest ever donation to Ed Miliband, they’ve also said… Read more

  • Cambridge candidate suspended from Lib Dems but still on ballot paper as a Lib Dem

    Colin Rosenstiel is suspended from the Lib Dem group on Cambridge City Council over child assault charge – but will still be on ballot paper for party in May’s elections. This is because Colin notified his party too late for them to meet the deadline for nominations to have his name removed. The Lib Dems… Read more