Richard Taylor

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  • Private Contractors with Police Powers Deployed in Central Cambridge

    On Saturday the 24th of June 2017 I went to Victoria Avenue in Cambridge during Midsummer Fair to look into the deployment of civilians accredited with police powers under the “Community Safety Accreditation Scheme (CSAS)“. I had spotted people wearing the Community Safety Accreditation Scheme logo at the fair in previous years and wanted to […]

  • The People Parking Bay

    Great bit of activism from https://t.co/jHpmlREuC9 h/t @j0e_m « Already regular calls in Cambridge to re-think how we use street space. pic.twitter.com/wDvIQkhmQE — Richard Taylor (@RTaylorUK) June 18, 2017 I have been asked to to comment on the People Parking Bay which has been created in Hackney, London: The People Parking Bay is a fantastic […]

  • Tweets Arising from Addenbrooke’s Board Papers – June 2017

    Addenbrookes Board Jun 17 – Curated tweets by RTaylorUK

  • I think I’m going to vote for Julian Huppert to become Cambridge’s MP

    I’m Richard Taylor… I think I’m going to vote for Julian Huppert to become Cambridge’s MP again on Thursday. We really lost something when Julian didn’t get re-elected in 2015. We lost our active and communicative member of Parliament. Julian did the job of being Cambridge’s MP really well; being accessible and communicative really matters… […]

  • Julian Huppert on the New Cambridge North Station

    I got the chance to speak to Julian Huppert, the Liberal Democrat candidate to become Cambridge’s MP, on the first train into Cambridge from Cambridge North on the 21st of May: Richard Taylor: So what’s your role in bringing the station to Cambridge North? Julian Huppert: It’s something I’ve been banging on for ages about, […]

  • Huppert Says Zeichner Gambled Country’s Future with Brexit Referendum

    Speaking at a “speed-dating” session at a Human Rights, Amnesty and Cambridge Refugees Hustings in Cambridge on the 17th of May 2017 Liberal Democrat candidate to become Cambridge’s MP Julian Huppert commented on Labour candidate Daniel Zeichner’s support for a referendum on the UK leaving the EU. Huppert said: Daniel, for reasons I still don’t […]

  • Cambridge’s Next MP

    We in Cambridge have until 4pm on the 11th of May to decide who we want to have on our ballot papers for the general election. Then on the 8th of June 2017 (or any time over about two weeks before for those with postal votes) we get to decide who to send to represent […]

  • Executive Councillor for Bins Speaks On Cambridge’s Bin Emptying Crisis

    Emptying the bins is one of the most important things Cambridge City Council does. The council has an executive councillor for bins, that role is currently held by Cllr Peter Roberts (Labour, Abbey). A bonus allowance of £8,346 per year is offered to each executive councillor. Cambridge City Council has been missing bin collections and, […]

  • Will Farron’s No-Colition Policy Constrain Huppert’s Influence as Cambridge’s Next MP?

    In the run up to the June 2017 General Election Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has stated there are “no circumstances whatsoever” in which the Liberal Democrats would go into a coalition with either the Conservatives, or Labour. Farron has also said: “Britain desperately needs a decent functioning opposition and that without question is the […]

  • Camera Taken and Smashed While Reporting from Green End Road

    At 18:25 on the 18th of April 2017 I was on Green End Road in Cambridge making a film about new cycle lanes which had been painted on the road that day. Someone came from behind me, grabbed my camera and tripod and ran off. What happened next can be seen on the video I […]