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Lib Dem candidate celebrates A14 might not go ahead because Lib Dem City council wont support it. – Madness
On twitter at 4:30pm on the 29th April, Lib Dem Belinda Brooks-Gordon states: “I am totally delighted that the A14 massive expansion may not go ahead. SUCCESS ACTION” This comment is so daft from so many different perspectives I don’t know where to start. How can a responsible politician in any way be pleased about Read more
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Charity cricket match – Needingworth – Wednesday evening in aid of beating bowel cancer
I am playing in a charity cricket match Wednesday evening starting at 6pm, at the Needingworth cricket ground in aid of bowel cancer. The electioneering can wait for an evening 🙂 If you can help promote this event that would be great. Tweets and retweets especially welcome. I used to play for Needingworth many years Read more
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Labour leadership hopeful Ed Balls ‘forgets’ he was a Tory at university (and once dressed as a Nazi).
The Mailonline has an interesting piece on Ed Balls. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1286627/Ed-Balls-forgets-Tory-Oxford-dressed-Nazi.html Student days: Mr Balls at a university party in 1986, dressed in a Nazi. Ed Balls was accused last night of airbrushing out his Tory past to try to salvage his campaign for the Labour leadership. In an interview designed to shore up his support, Read more
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Treading Wind Farm public inquiry – Wisbech
In Wisbech today it was my pleasure to speak at the public inquiry to strongly oppose the wind farm. I made the point that whilst I am not an expert on planning I do have the largest democratic mandate, representing all 680,000 people of Cambridgeshire. I made three points. Firstly, I believe that the will Read more
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Twentieth anniversary of the Teversham Warden scheme
Yesterday I attended a celebration of the warden scheme in Teversham. It was set up twenty years ago by Dave Kelleway, and is supported by the county council, SCDC, the Parish Council and the Marshall Group. This combination of public and private finance has meant this scheme has survived and is thriving. It is unusual Read more
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Great day – sunshine, grandson and electioneering
I had a morning with my supporters discussing progress to date, shuffling yet more leaflets between ourselves and passing around war stories of the campaign so far. Lots of great feedback from all around my division. Two leaflets and lots of doors knocked on and momentum is rising. Interesting comments from a number of people Read more