Great news. Mebyon Kernow has won the by-election for a seat on Camborne Town Council (Treswithian Ward). Donte Spillane, a local NHS worker, out-polled a single Conservative opponent. Well done to Donte and his team. This means that MK now has eight elected members on the town council – the most we have ever had on a local council. The result was as follows; Donte Spillane (MK) – 471 votes (58%) / Ben Salfield (Con) – 340 votes (42%) Three of…
Birmingham City Council, one of the UK’s largest local authorities, is in financial trouble. It has issued a Section 114 notice, which means that the council can no longer “balance its budgets” and has to agree a plan with central government about its future. In the meantime, it will “put all new spending on hold, with the exception of protecting vulnerable people and statutory services.” The magazine “Moneyweek” has documented some of the causes of the problems in Birmingham. These include…
BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions was in Cornwall on 1st September and the political debate took place at the Lostwithiel Community Centre. The four guests were the Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer (Bristol), Conservative MP John Glen (Salisbury), Labour MP Luke Pollard (Plymouth) and Alice Thomson, a columnist with the Times newspaper, who I understand lives in Devon. Over the years, it has been the same story with the BBC’s Question Time television show. I think I am right in saying…
