Councillor Jocelynne Scutt has been elected chair of the Milton Road Local Liaison Forum The Milton Road Local Liaison Forum is holding an event including presentations and two design workshop sessions on Tuesday 19th July from 6.30pm-9.00pm at Chesterton Community College. The event is open to all who request to attend. Requests should be made […]

Only two of Histon Road’s twelve councillors turned up to the first Greater Cambridge City Deal Local Liaison Forum, set up by the City Deal Board to give local people influence over the proposed remodelling of Histon Road. The two councillors present, Cllrs Hipkin and Todd-Jones decided to exclude CamCycle and Cambridge Past Present and […]

On the 29th of June 2016 I observed Cambridgeshire’s Police and Crime Panel conduct a “confirmation hearing” for Cllr Andy Coles in relation to his proposed appointment as Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire. I was astonished to see panel members challenge Cllr Coles on the basis of gender, class and skin colour. If […]

I have submitted the following to the Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Panel meeting on Wednesday 29th June, 2016 for the “Public Questions / Statements” agenda item: Will the panel make clear which decisions it expects the Police and Crime Commissioner to report to it for scrutiny? Currently the Police and Crime Commissioner decides what to […]

I voted for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union. I want lightweight Government so individuals have more money and freedom to spend as they choose, and so there are more resources available for essential public services such as the National Health Service and to support those in our society who need public assistance. […]

Votes in the UK Parliament show where UK MPs have been divided on the subject of greater integration with Europe. Here are twenty-five of the most recent such votes: 23 Mar 2016: The majority of MPs voted to approve the Government’s assessment of the UK’s medium term economic and budgetary position for submission to the […]

On the 13th of June 2016 Greater Cambridge City Deal Officer Richard Preston attempted to physically remove me from a meeting to which all of North Cambridge’s councillors had been invited. The meeting had been called to “establish” influential “Local Liaison Forums” which have been asked to work on the details of the plans for […]

Martin Campbell, the Principal of North Cambridge Academy, has publicly identified a number of the school’s pupils as: “potentially children who will end up in permanent exclusion”. Mr Campbell made his comments at a public meeting of Cambridge City Council’s North Area Committee on the 9th of June 2016 in front of the area’s city […]

At a local election hustings in North Cambridge organised by local residents associations to discuss transport matters UKIP candidate Peter Burkinshaw appeared to be having some fun challenging views which have become accepted by those running our society. Here are some of Mr Burkinshaw’s contributions: Peter Burkinshaw (UKIP) : On the whole cars which burn […]