Liberal Bureaucracy

The musings of a liberal and an internationalist, living in Suffolk's county town. There may be references to parish councils, bureaucracy and travel, amongst other things. And yes, I'm a Liberal Democrat.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Strategies for the credit crunch: have you really checked your cupboards?

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With the first day of temperatures above freezing for what seems like an eternity, it seemed like a good idea to do a bit of tidying around ...
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Saturday, January 10, 2009

An invitation from across the ocean

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I am often surprised by the number of readers who come from beyond the Liberal Democrat family (or my own, for that matter) and, in some cas...

Selecting a PPC for Brent North - meeting the Returning Officer

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Brent North is not a constituency that has a long and noble tradition of Liberal success. Indeed, under the existing boundaries, it didn...

Is £800 a fair price for a Taser?

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I note that the Government have bought 5,000 Tasers for use by frontline police officers in England and Wales, as part of a programme whereb...
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Friday, January 09, 2009

Rejoice! Rejoice!...

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...for on this day in 1799, income tax was introduced by Pitt the Younger.

A day on the witness stand for God?

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It appears Stephen Green, of Christian Voice, has complained to the Advertising Standards Authority about the Atheist Bus Campaign adverts r...
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Have Liberal Youth no sense of romance?

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In my capacity as Returning Officer to Liberal Youth, I am required to attend those meetings where elections take place. So far, so logical....
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It isn't going entirely to plan...

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Liberal Youth have a wonderfully ornate set of rules pertinent to the co-option process. They read well although the phrase, "The Execu...

Israel and the Liberal Democrats: a bureaucrat responds further to Iain Dale

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I had taken some offence at Iain Dale's accusation that we might be becoming an 'anti-Israel' Party, and effectively 'call...
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Thursday, January 08, 2009

Irfan, take a deep breath, count to ten and then blog...

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I've been having a bit of an exchange with that Iain Dale over the past twenty-four hours, and will be resuming 'hostilities' sh...
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London Region: why building your strategy based on the views of four individuals is less than ideal

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James Graham reports that Chamali Fernando, an aspiring Mayoral candidate for the 2012 London elections has apparently resigned her membersh...
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On hearing from my local Labour representatives

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Dear Councillors Crane, Moher & Moher, I've lived in Kingsbury for about eighteen months now, in a Labour-held ward (Fryent) in a La...
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Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Alas poor Iain, I knew him well...is Mr Dale intent on becoming a rather mangy attack dog?

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Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Iain Dale has accused our Party of being anti-Israel. What is a nice boy from North West London who started his...
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Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Welcome to my freezer, sorry, home...

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Ros and I have spent most of the past three weeks in Suffolk, and I have returned to London to find that my house is like a refrigerator. Od...
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Friday, January 02, 2009

What a way to run a railway...

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I'll admit that I'm still hooked on the romance of trains. I'm not a train spotter, one class 47 locomotive looks very much like...
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008

2008: the year in review in three parts (3) - triumph and... actually, just triumph

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Nominations for the Party Presidency opened on 1 September. We knew that Lembit would run, although his campaign was a bit of a slow-burner,...
Tuesday, December 30, 2008

2008: a review of the year in three parts (2): one of our opponents is missing

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We returned from India, tanned and happy, but with much to do. I had found time, even on honeymoon, to be annoyed by Bob Shaw once again. H...

2008: a review of the year in three parts (1) - renaissance bureaucrat in frockcoat surprise!

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As usual, it’s time for me to review the year past as seen from the eyes of a party bureaucrat. Except that this year was rather less about ...
Monday, December 29, 2008

It is cold and dark. I must really like Grace...

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Welcome to platform 1 here at a pretty cold Welling Station. At least, it's apparently pretty cold, although I've worked up a sweat ...
Thursday, December 25, 2008

A Christmas Message from the Honourable Lady Mark to an expectant nation...

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Whilst the Queen is telling us all that it's our turn for an annus horribilis, I thought I might say something a little more uplifting. ...
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Mark Valladares
Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Not your average bureaucrat, I live in the heart of Suffolk’s county town, Ipswich, with my rather more interesting wife, Ros. I’m coming to the end of my adventures in the first tier of local government, having chaired Creeting St Peter Parish Council for eight years. I travel as much as work allows, play a minor backroom role in the Liberal Democrats, and walk 10,000 steps a day…
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