Shepway District Council, despite 96% of consultees objecting, are forcing through plans to establish parking restrictions on Sandgate's roads, starting next Monday. This is despite Cabinet Member for Transport, Malcolm Dearden, receiving a consultation report detailing 329 objections to the scheme, out of 342 responses. There were a mere 10 responses supporting the scheme (less than 3%).
Tim Farron has commented on Theresa May's Conservative conference speech: Theresa May has just confirmed that we are going for a Hard Brexit. This means no single market for Britain.
I spent a couple of days in Witney this week. Events since my return have prevented me from telling you too much about my trip - but I would say that if you can get there before the by-election on October 20th, do go. We have a brilliant candidate and a huge team doing an incredible job. I spent Tuesday canvassing with Liz and some of her team in Eynsham and I was surprised by the warmth of the reception on the doors and it's clear that the more people who go to help, the more people we can speak to, the better the result we will get. So, what are you waiting for? If you can't go, phone! All the info you need to help is here. Before we headed out, I sat down with Liz for a chat. She is an incredibly impressive candidate. I've known from working with her pretty closely for some years now that she is one of those people who can come into a situation where everyone is running around panicking and just sort stuff. She has the knowledge, the authority and the passion to be a brilliant MP for Witney. She understand
Shepway District Council have announced today they are going ahead with a CPZ scheme in Sandgate.
Questioning by Lib Dem councillors has uncovered that Surrey County Council youth centres are only open for a very limited number of hours, with one centre in the county that is only open for just over ONE hour per week.
Pub'n'Politics in style with new members making an impact. Our thanks to both Daisy Benson and Lord Robin Teverson for a thoughtful evening discussing both our fight-back new membership numbers and the perils of 'hard' Brexit. Please join us for the next one.