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I receive our MP’s newsletter as do many residents of the city.  It happened that today I didn’t get chance to look at it straight away, that was until I…

This week I went up to Manchester to attend the Local Government Association annual conference.  I had been invited up to be part of a panel to talk about “Digital…

I believe the biggest challenge I face as a new councillor, is engaging with my residents.  Given how many people have lost faith with the current “political machine”, as shown…

I have been to a number of conferences in the past, but this is the first time I have been to an Unconference.  It was also the first time that…

Many people who don’t use social media, don’t see the point, see it as silly or a waste of time.  Personally I use it as an oppotunity to communicate with people,…

When the Alarm went off at 5am this morning, it was with a great deal of enthusiasm and some nervousness that I got ready for the first ever Breakfast show…

I was in the City Council the other week and while waiting, I was looking at all the literature which advertised all the good things that the City Council was…

Sally Bercow, the Speakers Wife, has got herself a reputation for speaking her mind, particularly on Twitter (@SallyBercow) and, lately, posing in a bedsheet for a newspaper. Amanda Platell in…

One of the biggest complaints I see about Quedgeley Parish council is that few people knows what it does, both in mandate or on a daily basis. This was again…

Im a fan of the blog as a communications medium.  In this day and age where many people feel like they can not get to know politicians (or anyone) the…