Monday, November 25, 2024

Just an ordinary Saturday in Tirana…

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I may have mentioned that our hotel in Tirana was part of the Air Albania Arena. What I have hitherto failed to mention, and discovered rath...

So, about this hip and trendy Albania I was told about...

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Normally, when we go places, I take special care to organise dinner on Friday and Saturday nights because, you know how it is, places are bu...

Unitary Suffolk incoming?…

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I was, I admit, somewhat surprised when Creeting St Peter’s county councillor, Keith Welham, noted last Monday at our Parish Council meeting...
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Sunday, November 24, 2024

A cautious dip into the Regional politics of the Liberal Democrats

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You might think that I'd have learnt better, having served as Regional Secretary and then Regional Candidates Chair in London, and then ...

A gentle introduction to Albanian politics

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Friday morning dawned, and we had an appointment in the diary. But it was time to explore, and thus time for a walk. Tirana is designed on a...
Saturday, November 23, 2024

You probably don't remember me, Gillian Gloyer, but I owe you a debt of gratitude...

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This is, it seems, the only guidebook that focuses entirely on Albania. No, there isn't a "Lonely Planet Albania", usually my ...

Deep in the Balkans, a long weekend in Albania...

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I have now established a tradition that birthdays with a zero in them merit a trip to somewhere new and, potentially, exciting. Admittedly, ...
Saturday, November 09, 2024

Vote for me... please?

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"Who are these two miscreants?", I hear you ask. On my right is Daniel Obst, who is my usual co-Returning Officer at ALDE Congress...
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Wednesday, October 16, 2024

The gathering of responsibility or, how one thing leads to another...

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So, I've become the Chair of the Micro Councils Network of the National Association of Local Councils   (NALC), right? Quite prestigious...
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Saturday, October 12, 2024

My Parish may be small, but it is, apparently, mighty...

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The thing about becoming a rather infrequent blogger is that, well, I don't actually get around to telling anyone what I've been doi...
Friday, October 11, 2024

Is it me, or is British politics missing a Conservative Party?

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Now I admit, I'm highly unlikely to be ever mistaken for a Conservative. I might be fiscally cautious, conservative even. And I'm ne...