At last month’s meeting of Somerset Council, a cross-party motion called for the decision to remove the ‘Winter Fuel Allowance’ to be reversed as part of Rachel Reeves’ first budget. I was happy to second the motion, and made the following short speech in support: “The government needs to dump its cruel winter fuel policy.”“This…
Mary Street/High Street Car Park in Taunton. Following on from my concerns submitted at a previous Somerset Council Executive meeting, I also gave a short speech at the September meeting of the Full Council. Here is the wording, with the video above for your convenience. “The proposed disposal of the Mary Street/High Street Car Park…
Popped into town today to check out the new ‘pay on exit’ parking system installed by TDBC in some of our town centre car parks. I parked in Canon Street car park to take a look and experience it for myself. It would be nice to have your opinions/thoughts on the scheme, particularly from those…
Well I had a lovely surprise at a village hall event last Saturday morning. A local resident had just returned from holiday and said to me “I’ve got a present for you John, to say thank you for all you do” and she produced the Mug below, all wrapped up. Clearly the wording is a…