Campaign Trail – Days 11 and 12
There’s been a lot going on in my life, and it feels like the first four months of this year have been concatenated into one week. I finally finished The… Continue Reading
Browsing Tag: parish councillors
Campaign Trail – Day 3
Like anyone with two or more jobs, most of my yesterday was spent doing those jobs. Most of my time was spent doing my day job – evaluating applications to… Continue Reading
Is this a game you’re playing?
Following on from my previous posts about the East of England Co-op’s application to build a shop on Queen Street in Stradbroke, and Stradbroke Parish Council’s unanimous (except for one abstention)… Continue Reading
The fight is not over yet
There was a collective sigh of relief in Stradbroke on Monday evening/Tuesday morning, as news filtered out that Stradbroke Parish Council had rejected a planning application by the East of… Continue Reading
This Suffolk Idyll
When I tell people I don’t know that I live in a Suffolk village, they invariably sigh and say “How idyllic.” And that’s how I, too, thought it would be… Continue Reading
A View From The Gallery – in which I talk about parish councils
“Parish council – The administrative body in a civil parish.” Oxford English Dictionary “Parochial – relating to a Church parish; OR having a limited or narrow outlook or scope. Derived… Continue Reading