Tuesday 21 September Just got back from Liverpool.  I had real concerns that, with hindsight, Liverpool might not have been the best choice for the Liberal Democrat annual autumn conference.  Why? Well, it did appear that hotels were hard to find at a resonable cost.  And I then thought that if it was difficult for […]

I note that it is some weeks since I last posted.  Much has happened in the meantime.  The cold wintry weather finally gave way to a really hot week in mid-May and we have now settled back to a normal damp, coolish English summer. Following the election period, I have been involved in a massive programme […]

Since the General Election we have all been experiencing a roller-coaster ride.  Some days I wake up with enormous enthusiasm and on others I am in the depths of despair.  Has it all gone wrong or are we really building for a future society based on liberalism?  Today, I have been chairing the regular Fire Authority meeting […]

We are now into Day 2 of the General Election.  Organising a campaign takes so much out of oneself that it is not unreasonable to wonder whether survival at polling day will be a realisit achievement.  What with all the literature to be delivered, the next lot to be written, approved and printed, as well […]

Well, talk about causing a ripple!  I appear to have upset Cllr Christine Smith somewhat.  At the Huddersfield Planning meeting last week, she substituted for Cllr Bryce, who was no longer able to take an active role on the application for a Information Technology park planned for Lindley Moor. This application has caused considerable local […]

So much has happened since I last posted At last the wintery weather seems to be abating.  Mind you, in the thick of it, I had to resolve a local problem of a flower seller in a layby.  It was bitterly cold and the most inappropriate day for such a venture.  At least we got […]

Would you believe it!  I have had a text from Cornwall telling me that all our local roads are shut with snow.  “What again?” well, not really and not for long.  Mind you, local residents do not appreciate the dire straights that the Government has put Kirklees in.  No salt left.  All commandeered by Lord […]

Valentine’s Day!  And over a week since my last post.  Is that a bit Freudian?? We have been campaigning hard and the same messages are coming back from the streets.  Labours vote is very soft, the Tories isn’t as hard as we might expect, given the unpopularity of the Governments and in many places the […]

Thursday morning already.  I haven’t made any comments for a couple of days because I have been feeling a bit under the weather.  It was Tuesday’s activity, I suppose.  Found that I had just sufficent time to deliver a round of leaflets, like you do, when I was at the furthest point from the car […]

A very long, cold weekend.  After being told of an internal email of another political party in November when a challenge was put out that that party could deliver by hand a leaflet “in their area” before Christmas, I wonder whether this was achieved.  We have now completed the second full delivery, a third having […]