Today, I visited Jade and Jay, co-founders of Street Dreams to discuss their work in Wycombe’s deprived communities. Too many people wrongly assume that Buckinghamshire is a utopia without social problems, but, as I have reported before, there is every reason to support good quality social action here. Jay and […]
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M40 Chiltern Environmental Group
I had the pleasure today of meeting Ken Edwards, Peter Jennings and Michael Diggins of the M40 Chiltern Environmental Group. We explored the history of the M40, the problem and potential avenues to explore within today’s tight financial situation. Living very near the M40 in Daws Hill, I have every […]
Read MoreState Boarding Schools
Did you know the UK has 35 state boarding schools? Each year, state boarding schools regularly out-perform other state schools with many topping academic league tables around the country. The combination of the excellent state-funded education and a stable boarding community enables pupils to make the most of their talents […]
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Wycombe in Winter
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Read MoreBlair commits a revolt against reason
So here I am, back online in our new High Wycombe home, just in time for this revolt against reason: Following the ‘climategate scandal’, Mr Blair said the science may not be “as certain as its proponents allege”. But he said the world should act as a precaution against floods, […]
Read MoreHolywell Mead public consultation – have your say
What would you like to do at Holywell Mead? The Council wants to see the complex reopened as a leisure facility. The challenge is to make the mix of leisure activities exciting enough to make this a well used service that operates at no cost to you, the Council taxpayer, […]
Read MoreWycombe Motorcycle Action Group
Following a number of private meetings across the Wycombe constituency yesterday, from Fingest to the town centre, I had the pleasure of meeting Wycombe Motorcycle Action Group. From MAG’s about page: The Motorcycle Action Group, (MAG), is a voluntary organisation, drawing membership from across the whole spectrum of motorcycling. Whatever […]
Read MoreHospital cuts: babies born in back of ambulances (From Bucks Free Press)
The problems caused by the withdrawal of services from Wycombe Hospital are becoming very real: TWO women gave birth in the back of an ambulance because of changes at Wycombe Hospital – leading them to warn that lives are at risk. via Hospital cuts: babies born in back of ambulances […]
Read MoreThe Law in Action in Wycombe
I spent this morning in the public gallery of one of Wycombe’s Magistrates’ courts. What I saw could have been a study for the Centre for Social Justice. What I witnessed today included the following cases (I dispense with the details for obvious reasons): Casual theft by a man with […]
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