Category: Blog
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Assisted Dying
This is a very personal view below. I’m not in favour of introducing voluntary euthanasia and at the same time just like everyone else, I can imagine circumstances in which it would be an option. The main point I’m making is that the debate in parliament did not come close to giving due cognisance to…
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Le Tour de Barton
A quick update on the Barton quarter of the ward
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Visit to One Trafford
This morning, I went with a cross-party selection of Trafford Councillors to Tatton House in Baguley which is the main base for the mix of council and Amey staff that make up the Trafford Partnership. I really dislike the Amey contract – it places far too much control in the hands of a private company.…
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Mission – To achieve a state of Happiness in Council Finances
Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen, nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds and six, result misery. Mr Micawber’s Principle from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens Mr Micawber’s rules for personal finance are still cited. They rather disregard mortgages and credit, but they still have some worth. The one…
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Latest Stretford Consultation: heights, greenspace and parking
Stretford town centre consultation. Caught somewhere between too much information and not enough, nevertheless still an exciting project.
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Trust me, I’m a politician. How can we regain the trust we’ve lost?
I picked up Anthony Seldon’s book at Stretford library. It was published just as the MPs’ expenses scandal was peaking so perhaps a little out of date, but it got me interested in the latest figures which are summarised below: Office of National Statistics – Trust in Government 2022 So, only 35% trust the national…