Blog Posts

  • Vote for councillors who care about what really counts – not the ones that care about the day we count your vote.

    I have seen an extraordinary email from a Lib Dem Cambridge city councillor kicking off about the election process in May. Something sinister perhaps? No, sensible impartial decisions made by the responsible returning officer to count the votes the following morning rather than throughout the night. I’d like to think that most people want to… Read more

  • Hospitals and operations

    Interesting to hear the difficulties faced by hospitals at this time of year. I have personal family experienced of operations being cancelled, in December and January. The first operation was cancelled on the day of the operation and the second the night before. Both cancellations caused a lot of upset and stress to say nothing… Read more

  • LEP – A14 local funding off and running

    Yesterday, I presented a paper to our Local Enterprise Partnership on funding for the A14. Government expects the A14 to be funded in three ways. The largest chunk of money will still come from the government, a significant amount from a road toll and a much smaller amount from local contributions. The theory is that… Read more

  • Conservation room – launch

    Just after becoming Leader I had a series of induction meeting with different depts and staff. One of the visits was to the Conservation team who I discovered were in the basement of Shire Hall. They are skilled at repairing and conserving old manuscripts, books and records. Much of their work is revenue generating. I… Read more

  • A14 – pivotal meeting today

    Today I have a key meeting to discuss the A14 with a key partner. Everyone cross your fingers for common sense! More later. Read more

  • Brave faces – Lib Dem Conference

    It is not a happy time for the Lib Dems but I expect they are putting on a brave face at their conference. They lost two cabinet ministers, David Laws and Chris Huhne, for wrongdoing. Thankfully they lost the referendum on voting reform with little public support. Their U-turn on tuition fees has become an… Read more