Posts Tagged ‘Conservative’
‘Big Society’ unwelcome
The Conservatives are making a lot of play of their 'Big Society', where voluntary organisations, community groups and charities pick up the areas from which the government would withdraw, under their plans for a smaller government. But as a former voluntary and charity worker, I wonder if they've asked the voluntary organisations [...]
Neck and Neck nationally
Two polls are now putting the Lib Dems ahead of Conservative and Labour. No poll has put Lib Dems ahead since 1985, and all the polls are now agreeing that the gap between Lib Dems and the others is lower than the sampling error -- in other words -- we are truly neck and neck, and everything is to play for. A Tory blogger is already claiming [...]
BBC praise for plans
Stephanie Flanders, BBC economics editor had this to say about the Lib Dem manifesto: "The Liberal Democrats may be only the third largest party at Westminster - but when it comes to tax plans, they punch above their weight. Their manifesto has a lot more numbers than either of the other parties. That deserves some credit. Their tax proposals are [...]
What? No tourist office?
Warwickshire's Shakespeare Country ceases trading I went down to the Stratford Tourist Information Office at the Bridge Foot yesterday. It was closed. It was closed because it has closed down. On Monday, Stratford District Council decided to defer a decision to give it the £275,000 funding it relies on to trade. When I got there on Wednesday, [...]
