The world faces a humanitarian crises, with millions of refugees fleeing, not for economic benefit, but to save their lives. Many are dying as a result. The response of the government is to say that taking more refugees will not solve the problem. Of course it won’t – but it will save the lives of […]

“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” (Benjamin Franklin 1706-90) and some say that the latter is more certain than the former. No one likes paying tax, but most people want things like education, defence, police, rubbish collections and street lighting, to name just a few. To pay […]

The pedestrian crossing on Kings Avenue went dark on 6th August (The Lights Go Out).  Once again, I had to contact Barratt Homes: “I assume that Barratt Homes are still responsible for the maintenance of the light controlled pedestrian crossing on Kings Avenue” A few days later I had a response from Barratt Homes: “Good […]

Tonight we asked a question at ECDC Special Council Meeting: “In view of the fact that Barratt Homes Northampton have failed to complete the works in the Kings Avenue area to the standard that will enable the CC to adopt the roads Will the Council please confirm that all future developments, including those currently planned […]

The lighting replacement programme for Ely is gathering pace, with more and more plans being released. The overall pattern is a 10% reduction in street lights, with plans to reduce hours that most lights operate. The plans for Ely are available at http://www.lightingcambridgeshire.com/new-lighting-programme.htm?street&town=Ely But those plans won’t affect much of Kings Avenue, Allen Road, Turner […]

My decision to join the Liberal Democrats is encompassed in the opening to the constitution: The Liberal Democrats exist to build and safeguard a fair, free and open society, in which we seek to balance the fundamental values of liberty, equality and community, and in which no one shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or […]

May 7th will stay in our hearts and minds for many years to come. Some argue that we should never have gone into coalition, some argue that student fees were the problem and some argue we were squeezed hard by the other parties, not least because of the fear of nationalism. Regardless of what the […]

The people of Ireland have voted for equal marriage – something that caused outrage in England and Wales and something still rejected by Northern Ireland.   Equal marriage was an opportunity missed by the last Labour government and one that is alien to Conservatives.  Never did I think it would happen in the England in […]

The results of the election were perhaps a fair distance from the result we would all like to have seen, but that is the nature of democracy. There are always successes to look at and seeing 5 members of the Liberal Democrats elected to the City of Ely Council was a surprise.  Something that seems […]

Years have passed since Barratt Homes left the Cathedral View development in Ely, but they left without completing the work and broken sewers added to this to prevent the roads being adopted despite Kings Avenue being a major route for HGVs. So I contacted Barratt Homes to request that they resolve the problems – and […]