Canal27ways: it’s about politics and place
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Planning Committee
Read more: Planning CommitteeAn insight into my work on planning committee
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Stormy February
Read more: Stormy FebruaryWeekly update dominated by Hotels and High Schools and ending with a storm.
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January done, Brexit done
Read more: January done, Brexit doneA shorter update this week. Quite a bit of casework but two events dominate everything else. Holocaust Memorial Day and Brexit. We stand together Trafford’s Holocaust event was on Wednesday. Incredibly well attended, the event grows every year. The theme this year was Stand Together. The event told the story of Sam Walshaw, born in…
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Just don’t ask me to run
Read more: Just don’t ask me to runPulled a calf tendon at Parkrun on Saturday so I can’t run even for a bus. Thankfully the bike remains the best way of getting round and whether the calf is redundant on those pedals or it’s specific tendons, I don’t know, but I’m thankful I can get around. I actually had access to the…
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Stand Together
Read more: Stand TogetherThree students, this time from Hungary, Pakistan and Spain. Each encountering their own rejections; and each overcoming hurdles and excelling.
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Trafford Park Hotel Resurrection
Read more: Trafford Park Hotel ResurrectionA trip to the Trafford Park Hotel ahead of a planning application that aims to bring the Hotel back into use.
Anything you think I should be looking at?
I don’t think you can compare privatisation with the Amey contract which is outsourcing. From memory some golden rules of…
I’m probably stretching the semantics calling it privatisation, but wanted to stress the extent to which management of important and…