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He’s lost control 17 May 2012 | 10:42 pm
On May 3rd Gloucester City Council went from Conservative administration to No Overall Control as Labour gained a seat in Grange from the Conservatives. On Monday Paul James will begin the precarious ...
Making Your Mind Up! 6 Apr 2012 | 08:22 pm
City Council Elections are on the horizon and on the doorstep there is a different mood. People across the City feel that the Tory/Lib Dem Coalition Government is punishing them on all fronts. In the ...
Councillor Usman Bhaimia 9 Nov 2011 | 08:26 pm
This week the Labour Group on the City Council have welcomed a new recruit – Councillor Bhaimia. From 2004 Usman represented the Lib Dems in Barton and Tredworth but since the Coalition Government for...
The Promise 19 Oct 2011 | 03:26 am
Here is a copy of the Conference report I wrote for The Citizen: A year after electing Ed Miliband as its Leader, the Labour Party gathered in Liverpool last week to consider the kind of Britain we w...
Talks with all the choicest words 24 Sep 2011 | 12:54 am
The Liver Birds will have some competition from this weekend as Labour Party Conference hits town. I’ve spent part of today planning my activities from breakfast meetings into the night. I’m looking f...
I came in here for that special offer… 26 Aug 2011 | 03:54 am
Tesco’s are planning to build a bigger store on their St Oswalds site and this has lead to a number of comments about whether the store is ‘needed’ and what the impact on the City Centre will be. I’m ...
Stuck in the middle 22 Jul 2011 | 08:57 pm
A quick post to talk about some of the issues debated at Council last night about the Kimbrose triangle shared space: Cllr Mark Hobbs moved and I seconded the following motion “The recent quays lin...
I can see for miles 22 Jul 2011 | 06:00 am
Tonight the City Council will debate the City Vision document and this is what I will say: How do we see our City? How has it changed and how do we want it to change. That is what the City Vision sho...
Council Must Decide 13 Jun 2011 | 12:28 am
When it comes to the big decisions facing this City it is important that the democratically elected representatives of the people take them. Time may be short but it is our clear responsibility to wei...
Life’s illusions 27 May 2011 | 03:43 am
It is interesting to see local Lib Dems posturing as the ‘real’ opposition on City Council when this flies in the face of their recent behaviour. As noted previously they voted for the introduction of...
