Mr Sarkozy is an interesting choice for French President. He is too strong meat for some. Interestingly he is too left wing for David Cameron who has elected to pull the Conservatives out of the centre right grouping in the European Parliament to which M. Sarkozy's party belongs. Mr Cameron sees his natural partners as [...]
Entries from April 29th, 2007
Anne Main MP signs up to Hands Off Herts
April 28th, 2007 · No Comments · Hands off Herts
The “Hands Off Herts” e-petition has now gathered more than 1200 online signatures, and more are being added daily. It is firmly in the top 200 petitions on the Prime Minister’s website out of more than 7,300 tabled.
I am very pleased that Anne Main MP has now followed her parliamentary colleague Grant Schapps MP and [...]
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Eco-housing in St Albans and nationwide
April 24th, 2007 · No Comments · What I Think
There has been
massive interest from across the UK
in St Albans District Council’s “eco-house” retro-fitted energy efficient
council house in Smallford, St Albans.
Now the Liberal Democrats have announced
radical new national proposals that if adopted would make local privately-owned
homes more environmentally-friendly too and cut local resident’s fuel bills.
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Great Success for Tesco meeting
April 14th, 2007 · No Comments · Sandy's blog
The public meeting on Friday 13th April with Ed Davey, Liberal Democrat MP for Kingston-upon-Thames, on how to beat Tesco
was a huge success. Indeed it set a benchmark for cross-party working in St Albans.
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STOP PRESS – TESCO PUBLIC MEETING
April 12th, 2007 · No Comments · Sandy's blog
I am delighted that Ed Davey MP is coming to St Albans tomorrow (Friday 13th April) to speak about his experiences of fending off a proposed Tesco superstore in his south London constituency. I wrote about this success previously. Ed is the first to say that they are by no means out of the wood [...]
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HAPPY EASTER!
April 8th, 2007 · No Comments · Sandy's blog
What a blissful Easter Day:
Though getting up at 5.30 am for a sunrise service in church was a bit keen. But a lovely service moving from the sunrise bonfire in the churchyard to candle-lit communion in the chancel.
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Downing St e-petition Breaks Through 1,000 Mark
April 8th, 2007 · No Comments · Hands off Herts
More than 1,000 people have now signed up to the Hands Off Herts Downing St e-petition and it is now among the 200 best supported petitions on the Downing Street site – out of nearly 7,000 submitted!
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Le Patron Mange Ici – ou peut-
April 2nd, 2007 · No Comments · Sandy's blog
The boss eats here. It’s a familiar advertising gambit in provincial French restaurants. It communicates a reassuring message about quality and confidence in the product.
We now learn from the just published Healthcare Commission annual staff survey, that when it comes to our local hospitals the patron and the staff try to avoid “mangeing ici”. The [...]
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