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 Welcome to my blog. I am a former local journalist who now works in PR and a Conservative and community activist in Woking and Horsell. This blog will keep updated on local issues as well as my interests and quirky news stories.    |
Sir John Chilcot It’s not unusual for the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre to be full but perhaps rarely are events held there that cause a queue to overflow outside. This morning, the Chilcot Inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the Iraq War began with Tony Blair expected to be among those giving evidence. [...] John Redwood addresses the Woking Conservative dinner I have just got back from a superb Annual Grand Dinner for Woking Conservatives that was not only fantastically well-attended by councillors and party members alike but where there were some star turns too. Obviously none of them were on the record so it would be [...] Leader of Woking Borough Council’s Conservative executive Cllr John Kingsbury said he was very pleased with the success of the new green waste collection scheme as more than 6,000 households had opted to receive the new bins. The scheme, which started at the beginning of November, attracts around 20 new subscribers every day who [...] Jonathan and I this morning in the Red Lion car park Last night, I had the honour of being selected as the Conservative candidate for Horsell West at the next local elections, broadly expected to be on the same day as the general election. Ever since I was a reporter sitting in the [...] I received my green bins a couple of days ago for the new garden waste collection. As I was among the first to sign up for the scheme and so got two bins for £45, which I thought was very satisfactory. Over the weekend, I have cleared my vegetable beds of weeds and grass [...] Stephen Phillips – a good Conservative for a good seat A belated congratulations to Stephen Phillips, who was a candidate in our Open Primary in Woking, on his selection in Sleaford and North Hykeham in Lincolnshire. Stephen was a superb candidate and I voted for his passage through the selection process up until [...] Woking Hospice It’s a very tough time to be a charity. With the onset of recession comes a fall in donations and bequests and cuts in other sources of funding. In the case of Woking Hospice, the situation is now so serious that respite day centre services have been suspended (day centre medical [...] Jonathan Lord Last week, my post on Jonathan Lord’s selection was taken down by someone hacking into my WordPress account. Very petty. It also raised hackles that I appeared to “forget” that there was an election for us to fight if he was to become the next MP for Woking. No, I haven’t [...] The press release below refers to the decision taken at Woking Borough Council last week to introduce a membership scheme for Woking’s centres for the community. This scheme will allow the council to better tailor the services it provides for users of the centres and offer them priority services – informal consultation ahead of [...] |
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