Revealed – Labour’s plan to win West Lancs (rename it Skelmersdale)
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009I was more than a little surprised a couple of weeks ago when I read the following in a piece on the “Wigan Today” website:
A shortage of graves has prompted a renewed campaign for a new cemetery in West Lancashire.
Rosie Cooper wants a new public facility to be opened at Pippin Street in Skelmersdale so [...]
Painting a wall – the best the Tories can do in Skem?
Monday, August 3rd, 2009This month, West Lancs Conservatives proudly boast that they are putting the “heart back into Tanhouse” with the rather nasty inference that it wasn’t there before and that it can only be returned with charity and a donation from the Conservative Association (read: a very small slice of Lord Ashcroft’s millions).
Tanhouse, it seems, [...]
Normal service will resume… erm, soon?
Monday, August 3rd, 2009Apologies to the handful of people who usually take a look at this site. I’ve been busy earning a crust, sleeping a lot and getting a year older. Also some of the things that I’ve really wanted to blog about would no doubt bring calls for me to be kicked out the party (it’s happened [...]
Ormskirk student housing issues raised in Parliament
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009Our MP, Rosie Cooper, raised the problems of multiple occupancy housing in parliament yesterday. You can see her asking John Denham about a consultation regarding multiple occupancy housing in this video (scroll forward to 8 minutes 45 seconds)
As I’ve written before here, in leaflets and letters to the paper – this is a problem that [...]
Edge Hill Uni public meeting – some personal notes
Saturday, June 20th, 2009I’ve been meaning to write something about the public meeting last Wednesday about Edge Hill University.
Can I apoligise at the start for the length of this post and the rambling nature. This is basically my view of the meeting a couple of days after the event.
The meeting had been arranged by the Ormskirk Community [...]
Public meeting this evening – Edge Hill Uni and Ormskirk
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009There is a public meeting this evening at the Ormskirk Community Centre, Chapel Street – 7pm.
Steve Igoe, the Pro-vice Chancellor of the University will be speaking about town and gown issues (our future together). It will be followed by questions and a discussion.
The meeting has been arranged by the Ormskirk Community Partnership.
Scarisbrick Parish Council – prison update
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009I attended the Scarisbrick Parish Council meeting last night, where they were due to discuss the recent reports of a prison to be sited at Hurslton Hall Golf Club.
The discussion was at the beginning of the meeting and was done so that members of the public could also contribute.
I then stayed for most of [...]
Skelmersdale Train Station – One Step Closer
Monday, June 15th, 2009Todays report of the Association of Train Operators lists Skelmersdale as one of the towns proposed for a new train station. Their report on expanding the train network has come about because of the massive increase in train use over the past ten years and the investment from both Government and train operators.
This would be [...]
Post-election thanks!
Sunday, June 7th, 2009Just a quick post to say thanks to all those who supported me one way or another at the County elections.
From basically a standing start when I was selected in February we’ve been able to get around most of the town, talk to people and start a dialogue which I hope will continue over the [...]
Election results stats, first cut
Sunday, June 7th, 2009To try and gauge where we are following the elections, I did some comparisons of votes cast in the county elections compared to the district elections last year. Pointless doing a straight comparison with 2005 since there was a general election and things have changed so much since then.
The spreadsheet below is calculated by taking [...]
