Sandy 4 St Albans

Sandy Walkington campaigns with the Liberal Democrats across St Albans

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Entries from May 31st, 2011

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May 31st, 2011 · 1 Comment · Sandy's blog

The Association of Public Transport Users (APTU) has circulated the following e-mail from FCC Managing Director Neal Lawson following last Thursday’s major collapse of services on the Thameslink route and FCC’s abject response on the night:
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Dear stakeholder,

I would like to update you about the major disruption experienced on the Thameslink route on the [...]

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Hatfield’s Creation

May 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Sandy's blog

It is always a pleasure going to the annual degree show by final year students of the School of Creative Arts at the University of Hertfordshire.  Alhough now based at Hatfield, the school’s origins were in the old St Albans College of Art and Design on Hatfield Road in the centre of St Albans.
There was [...]

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Is First Capital Connect fit to run a railroad after last night’s shambles?

May 27th, 2011 · 10 Comments · Sandy's blog

Last night’s railway chaos for battle-scarred homecoming St Albans commuters seems to have plumbed new depths of awfulness.  It is difficult to get a complete picture but I have received the following account.
It seems that problems occurred with a train failure just out of St Pancras low-level at about 6 pm.  A passenger reports a [...]

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Progress by degrees on nuclear weapons

May 24th, 2011 · No Comments · Sandy's blog

When I was asked during the general election whether I had ever changed my mind on a key issue, the answer was easy.  When I was first a parliamentary candidate in the early 1980s, I was a supporter of the UK nuclear deterrent in the context of the then Cold War. I remember vigorous debates [...]

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Things are stirring in Clarence Park

May 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · Sandy's blog

I have just been to St Albans City Football Club at the back of Clarence Park.  The Club has been through such difficult times that it is hard to see how it can go anywhere but up.
And things are now looking up with the club’s recent sale to Lawrence Levy and John McGowan from the [...]

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