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Stressing the agent
Read more: Stressing the agentAnother occasional post on being agent for Kate Green This Monday was in effect the start. Trafford issued their notice of election. If feels as though we’ve been in election mode for a while but Monday was the start. Do we downplay the civic aspects of an election these days? I have vague memories of…
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Being Agent
Read more: Being AgentI’m delighted Kate Green has asked me to be her agent for the forthcoming election. It’ll be my fourth time. At least I’ll know what I’m letting myself in for. It’s a generally thankless role. You’re really there to make sure everything’s legal and accounted for and to step back into the shadows. My first…
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Council Meeting 11th October 2019
Read more: Council Meeting 11th October 2019In which the Tories aspire to a council for rich people, the Greens call for a futile sacrifice and Labour gets down to transforming public transport.
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The difference we make
Read more: The difference we makeWe more than doubled the share of spend that the council spends locally. The difference a Labour Council makes.
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Council Update
Read more: Council UpdateQuick list of things going on.
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Climate Emergency Committee
Read more: Climate Emergency CommitteeMeeting Monday 24th June Timely that we just met on the same day (Monday) that Andy Burnham was announcing radical improvements to Manchester’s public transport. It’s obvious we all have a stake in the our environment and no one wants to see our green and pleasant land turned to dust. It’s so good that we…
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…