Not often I’m speechless… but read this. I would never have dreamt of writing such things when I was taking GCSEs, and if I had I would have expected to fail.
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No surprise but the Conservatives won Henley with 57% of the vote….
There were however a few key points from this by-election:
The much trumpted Lib Dem by-election machine didn’t make any significant impact.
Labour lost their deposit with a humiliating 3% of the vote.
Labour lost 85% of their voters from 2005.
Richard McKenzie, the Labour candidate, didn’t even [...]
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One of my friends has just sent me a link to a website saying I’m a Labour Cllr for Battle Ward. I can confirm that the last time I checked I am a Conservative Cllr for Caversham Ward.
You can view the link here.
On the serious side the website is actually Reading Voluntary Action, who promote [...]
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Ever wondered what a returning officer does, well you can read David Buckle’s blog here, he’s the acting returning officer for the Henley by-election.
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I’m off to Goring in the next half an hour to go and campaign for John Howell in the Henley by-election. Looking skywards I may manage to stay dry.
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The Government have warned the Madjeski Academy to shape up or they will close it down. This strikes me as complete and utter madness, the school has only been open just over a year replacing an under performing school. It is inconceivable to expect an overnight turnaround and closing it would be a monumental waste [...]
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There will be a public meeting with First Great Western on Thursday 3rd July at 7pm in Reading Town Hall. As a regular train user between Reading and Newbury, and occasionally Reading and London, I hope to be able to make the event. FGW’s Chief Operating Officer, Andrew Haines will be present.
Update: See the press [...]
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I happened to get back from an early lunch break to find out that David Davis had resigned. BBC had it as breaking news on the website but with no detail about why. After recovering from my initial shock, I discovered that he was doing it to make a point about 42 days detention. I [...]
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Today Cllrs Andrew Cumpsty, Tom Stanway and I launched an anti-graffiti campaign in Caversham. We are asking for local residents who have any information on Graffiti in Caversham to report it, so we can get this pointless drain on resources stopped. We will also be meeting with Council officers in the next couple of weeks [...]
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