Climate change meeting on Tuesday
Monday, October 8th, 2007David Sudworth of the Advertiser writes:
ADVERTISER editor Peter Harvey is chairing a public meeting on climate change at Ormskirk Civic Hall on Tuesday at 7.30pm.
West Lancashire District Council will be co-hosting the event with Ormskirk & District Friends of the Earth, Edge Hill University and the Advertiser.
It is open to everyone and includes a [...]
Lancashire Police Authority – Public Meeting
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007There is a public meeting of the Lancashire Police Authority at Digmoor Community Centre. Monday 24th September at 7pm.
These are the people who set the local priorities, scrutinise what the police do and hold the Chief Constable to account on behalf of people across Lancashire.
Ormskirk bypass consultation
Thursday, July 26th, 2007Lancashire County Council are running a consultation regarding the Ormskirk bypass. There are details on their website which can be found here. They have the plans online, plus a consultation leaflet and a questionnaire.
Dates for their public consultations are:
CIVIC HALL, Southport Road, Ormskirk 10am to 8pm
Thursday 2 August, Thursday 9 August and Tuesday 14 [...]
Co-op job losses – update
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007I received a reply from the Chief Exec explaining that most of the job losses at the Co-op are ‘back office’ and that the customer facing employees would not be effected. This was also reported in the Daily Post.
Since most of the jobs in Skem are customer facing, it should have very little impact on [...]
The Tory Selection Dossier
Saturday, July 21st, 2007The other Friday, I spent the evening at a Tory selection meeting. Apparently it raised a few eyebrows.
I haven’t said much about it because I didn’t think it was that interesting at the time. The Champ reported it as ‘infiltration’… which made Jude and I laugh when we read it. The truth, I’m afraid to [...]
Co-op job losses in Skelmersdale
Saturday, July 21st, 2007Like many, I’m concerned about the announcements yesterday about the Co-op’s announcement of possible job losses in Skelmersdale. Today I wrote to the Council’s Chief Exec, Bill Taylor, to ask what the Council is doing about the announcement.
The Co-op are an important employer in Skelmersdale town centre and the bank ought to be a key [...]
Been some time…
Thursday, July 19th, 2007Haven’t posted here in a couple of months. We were away for a couple of weeks (the last post was when we were on holiday). There were also some other things that I needed to sort out. Lots of things have happened in the past couple of months, of course. Including changes in the local and [...]
In memory of…
Saturday, May 12th, 2007Arthur Tennant was a good friend and collegue in the party who passed away last week. He was one of the first people that Jude and I got to know when we moved into Up Holland. It must have taken Jude a couple of months before she could understand his broad Wigan accent (what with her [...]
No change in council leadership
Saturday, May 12th, 2007It was fun while it lasted, but the rumours came to nought. It seems that Geoff Roberts continues as the council leader and Ian Grant as deputy – the Aughton Park mafia!
With the elections over and the leadership sorted for the next 12 months, it’s time to get back down to the proper work of [...]
Local Tories – Thatchers youth
Thursday, May 10th, 2007The Advertiser has this piece about the possible leadership challenges in the Tory group, which quotes Geoff Roberts (possibly, still their leader) as saying:
“I’m a little concerned at the somewhat radical view of the younger members because that is not the Conservative Party. That happened under Margaret Thatcher and we ultimately paid the price.
Interesting that their own [...]
