Tuesday, November 24, 2009

National Express East Anglia - a reply?

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Thank you for contacting National Express East Anglia Customer Services, we have received your email and we aim to get back to you as soon a...

National Express East Anglia - their contribution to saving the planet (this post may contain irony)

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Sometimes, just sometimes, I find myself travelling backwards and forwards between London and Suffolk in first class, usually because the fa...

George Osborne demonstrating that he isn't fit for purpose... again

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It is clearly time for George to say something that sounds that it might be popular, and so he has leapt aboard the 10:10 bandwagon. Now cle...
Sunday, November 22, 2009

Defending the regulators - a bureaucrat breaks cover...

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We did lose one vote during the debate on the theme resolution at the ELDR Congress, 'Liberal Answers For A New Prosperity', ironica...
Saturday, November 21, 2009

An unexpected turn of events in Barcelona

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I have to admit that I hadn't exactly expected to do anything more than attend the ELDR Congress, take a few notes and otherwise listen ...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Oh yes, you and whose army, Tom Strathclyde?

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The Guardian reports that Lord Strathclyde, the Conservative leader in the Lords, is threatening to balk Labour attempts to push new legisl...

An A-Z of Valladares - J is for José

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There are very few images of today's Valladares, flying or otherwise, for it is none other than José Sarmiento y Valladares (1643 - 1708...
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Liberal Bureaucracy at the ELDR Congress!

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Blogging here at Liberal Bureaucracy will be a bit light for the next few days, as I'm off to Barcelona to attend the ELDR Congress (oh,...
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Another addition to the blogroll

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A few months ago, I was in Vancouver, attending the congress of the Liberal Party of Canada, and met a few of their bloggers briefly. And so...
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Cllr Bureaucrat and the Budget of Doom

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Back to the demesne for another Parish Council meeting last night, with a packed agenda and a Chair keen to finish early so that he could ca...
Monday, November 16, 2009

Agonising over a budget - fiscal prudence in a time of austerity

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Alright, for those of you who serve on rather more high-powered local authorities than Creeting St Peter Parish Council (and in truth, if an...
Sunday, November 15, 2009

Talk about efficient! Andrew Duff's office come up trumps

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One of the things about producing a Focus leaflet is making sure that you have enough material. And given that not much happens in a Distri...

An A-Z of Valladares - N is for Noel

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The flying goalkeeper pictured here failing to save a penalty is Noel Eduardo Valladares, one of the heroes of the Honduran national footba...
Saturday, November 14, 2009

New selection rules passed by English Candidates Committee

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I am delighted to report that the proposed new Selection Rules for Parliamentary candidates have been passed by ECC with only minor amendmen...

Advice to prospective Parliamentary candidates - if not now, then when?

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Talking about the Cambridge selection reminds me that I haven't rattled on about candidates for a while. Let's remedy that... Career...

URGENT: If you're not an approved Parliamentary candidate and want to run for Parliament next year

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English Candidates Committee has just decided that the deadline for applications for approval as a potential Parliamentary candidate for the...
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English Party - is the election of a new Chair not worth reporting?

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Four weeks ago, I wrote about the contest to be Chair of the English Liberal Democrats . It drew little interest at the time, and none since...

English Candidates Committee - a big finish for the faceless bureaucrat?

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It's an absolutely vile morning in Essex, with strong, blustering winds and cold, heavy rain battering the 8.39 from Stowmarket to Londo...
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"And they're under starters orders!" - the starting gun is fired in Cambridge

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Yes, the advert was in yesterday's Liberal Democrat News, and nominations will close on Friday, December 4th. If you're interested, ...
Friday, November 13, 2009

A Returning Officer is appointed for Cambridge

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My sources tell me that Paul Clark, the outgoing Chair of the East of England Regional Party, has been appointed as Returning Officer for th...