Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Ros in the Lords: Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill

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Monday saw the Second Reading of the Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill, which creates the formal structures required t...
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Tuesday, July 09, 2019

Day 7 - Tbilisi, and a nice long soak...

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Whilst Borjomi is famous for its mineral water, Tbilisi is famous for its thermal baths, where you soak in the warm waters supposedly renow...
Monday, July 08, 2019

Day 6 - Borjomi back to Tbilisi, the day of the big match...

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There’s no doubt that this was something of a helter skelter sort of the trip, and I didn’t really allow myself much time to stand and star...
Sunday, July 07, 2019

Day 5 - Borjomi and the little train that could...

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Regular readers will be aware that I rather like trains. Admittedly, I am not one of those people who can tell you all about locomotives an...
Saturday, July 06, 2019

Day 4 - Tbilisi to Borjomi, and a value for money train ride...

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I’d rather lost track of this, but perhaps I ought to catch up before moving onwards... It was very early in the morning in Tbilisi, and...
Sunday, June 09, 2019

Day 3 - Skopje to Tbilisi, via the world’s meeting point...

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Skopje Airport, and not Skopje Alexander the Great Airport, is the equivalent of, say, Leeds Bradford Airport, but without the glamour. It’...
Saturday, June 08, 2019

Day 2 - Skopje, skoping out a new city...

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North Macedonia is country number 65, and whilst for some of my FIRC colleagues, I am a mere amateur, my goal of visiting more countries th...
Friday, June 07, 2019

Day 1 - London to Skopje, taking the scenic route to the spa...

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So, here I am, sitting on a balcony overlooking a small spa town in the South Caucasus. And the water is slightly, but noticeably salty, be...
Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Suffolk - where self-help means doing something you’ve paid someone else to do...

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I’d be the first to accept that, when money is tight, a steadfast reliance on local government to do things for you is probably unwise, unl...
Sunday, May 05, 2019

Mid Suffolk elections 2019 - a time of unexpected nervousness and high drama...

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On Wednesday, I had made time to listen to an East Anglian Daily Times podcast, previewing the local elections across Suffolk. The presente...
Sunday, April 28, 2019

An unfortunately timed planning application...

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Early April, with nominations for the District and Parish Councils closed, and a sense of hiatus, as we wait to see who our new District Co...
Saturday, April 27, 2019

And, in Creeting St Peter election news...

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Nominations closed on 3 April, and I was somewhat relaxed about my likely fate. After all, my colleagues were all thoroughly capable so, we...
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Friday, April 26, 2019

Welcome to the new politics, even if it does look sadly familiar...

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I’ve been a Liberal, and then Liberal Democrat, for a long time - thirty-five years now. And, whilst I would prefer to deny it, I am a bit ...
Friday, April 05, 2019

A gentle reminder that underlying dread is not a new thing

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It’s been an unusually hectic week on Planet Bureaucrat, but I did manage to find time to join Ros at the launch of a new exhibition at t...
Wednesday, April 03, 2019

Ros in the Lords: Historic Rights of Way

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Yesterday saw a Grand Committee debate on historic rights of way, linked to the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. It would be fair to...
Saturday, March 30, 2019

Creeting St Peter - once more unto the breach, dear friends...

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It’s that time once again, when a parish councillor’s thoughts turn to the question of  re-election. Given my occasionally erratic presenc...
Sunday, February 03, 2019

What do you do when democracy fails you?

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The reports that Nissan are about to announce the cancellation of their proposed plans to build the X-Trail in Sunderland have led to a deg...