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Sandy Walkington campaigns with the Liberal Democrats across St Albans

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Entries from February 11th, 2011

Three Counties Radio weekly politics discussion

February 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Sandy's blog

I joined the weekly political panel on yesterday’s Drive programme on Three Counties Radio, hosted by Roberto Perrone.  This is a new initiative and I believe this was the third week of the programme, always timed at 6 pm on Thursdays.
The idea is to bring together a diverse panel of local politicians and journalists from [...]

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Reinventing public services in a time of stress

February 10th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Sandy's blog

Nick Clegg came to St Albans this morning to give the keynote address at The Guardian Public Services Summit.  So I went along to the Sopwell House Hotel to hear what he had to say.
He has “previous” in terms of saying interesting things at this event.  Three years ago he gave the keynote address in [...]

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Why voting Yes in the referendum on the Alternative Vote makes sense

February 4th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Sandy's blog

I’ve just come out of a debate at Oaklands College on the merits of the Alternative Vote (AV).  Putting the opposing case was my old sparring partner Anne Main.  It was a lively debate and I’m looking forward to feedback on what the students thought.
I summarise my opening speech below:
On Thursday May 5th, you will [...]

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