Every year local councillors and wannabe councillors get punished at the polls, not because they’ve been bad councillors (though some of them are) or because the policies they stand upon are bad (though some of them are) but because of… Continue Reading
The Yorkshire Party was formed 5 years ago to fight the European elections of 2014. Almost 5 years ago, in early July 2014, the Tour de France used Yorkshire as its Grand Depart – for two glorious days bringing to… Continue Reading
Imagine if the town council had the power to influence local planning decisions. The vision of the Yorkshire Party is that power is devolved down to the lowest possible level to give local people real responsibilities and decision-making powers. In… Continue Reading
On May 2nd I am standing for re-election as a Town Councillor for the Penistone ward of Penistone Town Council. Like four years ago, I am standing as a Yorkshire Party candidate. You may not be overly familiar with the… Continue Reading
I am an avid reader of the letters page in the Barnsley Chronicle (and have been known to contribute to it myself occasionally). This week contained a letter from a gentleman in Monk Bretton which I found rather depressing. The… Continue Reading
Hinterland is one of the most readable, enjoyable and interesting political memoirs I’ve read (and I’ve read quite a few). Chris Mullin, whilst not getting as far as the cabinet (though judging from one nugget from this book if he’d have… Continue Reading
Today is the first official day of my Easter holidays… I say Easter holidays, it isn’t really as we return to work before Easter and have the long Easter weekend off, but such are the vagaries of the holiday calendar… Continue Reading
Brexit has turned the UK into an international laughing stock. At least this is one thing that both Brexiteers and Remainers can agree on. We approach the 29th March no nearer a solution to our membership of the EU than… Continue Reading
I have just finished reading one of the most interesting and enlightening books I have ever read. Parliament Ltd by Martin Williams is a book which everyone should read. If, as the new Independent Group say, politics is broken, this… Continue Reading
My formative years (my teenage years) were the 1980s. It was in the 1980’s that I really developed my deep interest in politics. I think it was always there but I became an ‘angry young man’ in the early 80s… Continue Reading