Day 17: Councillor duties must not be ignored. Chair Safer Neighbourhood Panel for Sudbury and Great Cornard where residents raise issues and the team feedback on the progress of the previous months priorities. The hot, sunny weather in the school holiday has set off some unpleasant anti social and nuisance behaviour. The Police team are excellent and explain the new powers they will use and resources for their PCSOs to use. We re-set 2 priorities on Broom St and Gaol Lane and a new one for Acton Lane. The team really do care about their community and the residents know they are working ever so hard to solve it. The public also appreciate this contact and feedback with the Police eventhough they get fustrated. I'm sure the the Officers also appreciate the thanks they get too at this meeting.
In the evening its back to Clare. Meet up with the team and have a very positive session out on the doorstep. There are alot of genuinely undecided voters. The leader debate has continued to spark interest and some real exchange of views are now taking place on the doorstep. :)
Saturday, 24 April 2010
Question Time Round 1
Day 16: Radio Suffolk Question Time recorded with all 4 candidates due to be aired 30th April. This is question time with first time voters in the Prospect Theatre at GCUS. A very good range of questions from job prospects, health priorities, fuel prices, higher education, "free schools" policy and expenses.
A good natured affair on the whole with just 1 exchange of hostility between Yeo and Campbell-Bannerman on Mr Yeo's expenses which was clearly pre-planned by UKIP. The audience was the 17-18 year olds, it was their questions but didn't the sitting MP and MEP play to the radio audience. As a result the feedback from the young people and staff was clear that I had been the most direct in answering the questions.
Next, Royal Hospital School, Holbrook, beautiful location and buidings and a thoughtful and lively Q & A after I spoke for a short period to introduce myself, explain why I'm a Lib Dem and what the main policies issues are. I really enjoyed it, a highlight so far, time flew by.
Good luck to Lizzie the student Lib Dem candidate there.
A good natured affair on the whole with just 1 exchange of hostility between Yeo and Campbell-Bannerman on Mr Yeo's expenses which was clearly pre-planned by UKIP. The audience was the 17-18 year olds, it was their questions but didn't the sitting MP and MEP play to the radio audience. As a result the feedback from the young people and staff was clear that I had been the most direct in answering the questions.
Next, Royal Hospital School, Holbrook, beautiful location and buidings and a thoughtful and lively Q & A after I spoke for a short period to introduce myself, explain why I'm a Lib Dem and what the main policies issues are. I really enjoyed it, a highlight so far, time flew by.
Good luck to Lizzie the student Lib Dem candidate there.
Balancing act
Day 15: Back to work today, lovely to see tutor group and students. Lots of interesting questions from them, this is a balancing trick and a half with the campaign. An evening in Glemsford with local councillor Rex Thake. Bump into the first opponents out and about as a Tory leaflet is delivered.
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
7am start
Day 14: Monday is a 7am opening of Jacquis cafe in North Street, Sudbury. Great breakfasts, good drinks and great staff. This is an offshoot from staff from the Waggon & Horses. I hope they have every success with their venture.
Back to work. Budget update and realisation that school budgets are being cut or frozen now! The Tories at Suffolk have reduced the size of the pot for SEN and the Government have frozen money for Sixth Form via the LSC. No account of pay award in the funding. No redundancies but other schools are.
Evening is over to help Kathy Pollard with a residents survey on 4 streets in Pinewood near the new Suffolk One Sixth form centre about the proposed parking restrictions. Great doorstep councillor work getting the views of residents whether for or against the proposals so views can be represented accurately. Lib Dem Councillors work hard for you and Kathy especially.
Back to work. Budget update and realisation that school budgets are being cut or frozen now! The Tories at Suffolk have reduced the size of the pot for SEN and the Government have frozen money for Sixth Form via the LSC. No account of pay award in the funding. No redundancies but other schools are.
Evening is over to help Kathy Pollard with a residents survey on 4 streets in Pinewood near the new Suffolk One Sixth form centre about the proposed parking restrictions. Great doorstep councillor work getting the views of residents whether for or against the proposals so views can be represented accurately. Lib Dem Councillors work hard for you and Kathy especially.
You're the only one to have replied
Day 13: Recovering from long car journey decide time to make sure all email enquiries have been dealt with. Top of the poll is Be a voice for nature from the RSPB, with Cancer Research UK next and £97 billion on Trident third. There have been many topics and issues but alarmingly I've now had a good number of lovly thankyou's where people also say, I am the only candidate to respond to their enquiry. People can be their own judge of the other candidates.
Sunday pm is meet the residents in Washbrook and Copdock with a drop in and tea. Kathy Pollard the local councillor does a sterling job here and knows so many people. Strangely, we are called upon by several people I normally see working in Sudbury, friendly faces always welcome and enjoy the talk and chat with some former ardent Tories!
Sunday pm is meet the residents in Washbrook and Copdock with a drop in and tea. Kathy Pollard the local councillor does a sterling job here and knows so many people. Strangely, we are called upon by several people I normally see working in Sudbury, friendly faces always welcome and enjoy the talk and chat with some former ardent Tories!
Saturday, 17 April 2010
No clouds and sunburn
Day 12: Anticyclone and no flying means not a cloud or vapour trail in the sky today. There is an unbelievable silence too with no Stanstead flights.
Clare and Cavendish are a great mix of old and new, big and small houses. Clare also gets first prize for best sandwich so far at the deli and cafe in the High Street. Interesting, how one farm with boards its fields can give a disproportionate feel!
The pub on the Green at Cavendish gets the prize for best pint on this tour of South Suffolk (please note probably first pint while out on doorstep but it was needed today!)
The Nick Clegg performance continues to be the first thing most on the doorstep mention. Nick has really set things alive. It is going to be an interesting 2 weeks still to go.
Clare and Cavendish are a great mix of old and new, big and small houses. Clare also gets first prize for best sandwich so far at the deli and cafe in the High Street. Interesting, how one farm with boards its fields can give a disproportionate feel!
The pub on the Green at Cavendish gets the prize for best pint on this tour of South Suffolk (please note probably first pint while out on doorstep but it was needed today!)
The Nick Clegg performance continues to be the first thing most on the doorstep mention. Nick has really set things alive. It is going to be an interesting 2 weeks still to go.
Friday, 16 April 2010
Street Lights outside bedroom windows
Day 11: Monks Eleigh is yet another treasure of South Suffolk with its community store and varied architecture. This is the morning after the night before, when the leaders debate occured.
Nick Clegg excelled and on the doorstep he has won by a mile and even non Lib Dem voters think it. Personally, I think, Cameron looked agitated, annoyed that it wasnt going well. Brown did better than probably people thought he would do but his attempts to say we'll reform, were rightly smacked down by Nick Clegg, by pointing out "so why did your MPs vote against recall of MPs who have done wrong?"
I think a chord has been struck. For 65years we've shifted between these 2 parties, its time for change that works for you.
Photo call this pm with 2 young women, I've been helping, who have homes on a new development where they go out and come back to find street lights erected by their bedroom windows. Just a bit of common sense and an odd metre here or there and there would be no issue. The streets are not adopted yet by the council so its getting the developer to shift them before the roads adopted.
Nick Clegg excelled and on the doorstep he has won by a mile and even non Lib Dem voters think it. Personally, I think, Cameron looked agitated, annoyed that it wasnt going well. Brown did better than probably people thought he would do but his attempts to say we'll reform, were rightly smacked down by Nick Clegg, by pointing out "so why did your MPs vote against recall of MPs who have done wrong?"
I think a chord has been struck. For 65years we've shifted between these 2 parties, its time for change that works for you.
Photo call this pm with 2 young women, I've been helping, who have homes on a new development where they go out and come back to find street lights erected by their bedroom windows. Just a bit of common sense and an odd metre here or there and there would be no issue. The streets are not adopted yet by the council so its getting the developer to shift them before the roads adopted.
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