In this week’s local Kenilworth Weekly News, and perhaps in other local media too, there are several letters on Brexit. One is a joint letter from myself and Rob Ballantyne (Green Party) and another from Coventry Councillor Bally Singh. The former calls for a People’s Vote whilst the latter follows Mr Corbyn’s policy of calling only […]

Whilst meeting today with local residents in Lighthorne, Lighthorne Heath and Moreton Morrell I noticed this flytipping in a field adjacent to the Old gated Road. I’ve reported it to Stratford District Council so hopefully it will be cleared very soon.

There were lots of objections which got long consideration at this week’s District Planning Committee meeting before eventually permission was granted, subject to extra conditions.  I appreciate that this was clearly not an easy decision but improvements have been made which, as set out below, result in my opinion in a better development than would […]

Starting in January 2019 Stagecoach have made big changes to local bus services including slashing the popular X68 (Kenilworth-Warwick hospital)bus service and reducing the frequency of the X17. This is despite a petition with more than 200 signatures organised by local LibDems. Clearly the Conservative administration at the County Council accepted a proposal from a […]

Thanks to all the staff, students and my fellow panellists who joined in the discussions today at Southam College during the week when we’ve marked the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The questions and comments from students about capital punishment and freedom of expression showed a concern for justice and mercy […]

This review was announced in April and was originally scheduled to have finished its review and reported back by this autumn. However, it is clear from the group’s latest report that its running behind this schedule because it has discovered that the station project and therefore a review of it was a far bigger exercise […]

Last Saturday (20 October) it was an inspiring privilege to be with more than 50 people from Kenilworth on a coach to London. Many other Kenilworth residents also travelled by train and car to London to join with other people from right across the constituency and a total of 250 people from South Warwickshire . Together […]

Several years ago Alcester Town Council set up a local health and well-being board to help people remain independent, active, to reduce social isolation and loneliness, and help increase  social integration. Given the relatively high average age of Kenilworth residents, could this be a useful initiative for Kenilworth? Health and Wellbeing https://www.facebook.com/ouralcester/?ref=bookmarks The Alcester Health and Well-being […]

It was inspiring last Friday to be at Southam College with students on the Amnesty stall during their ‘Make A Difference’ day. We discussed the important issue of human rights and in particular the case of British citizen, Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe, who have family living in the constituency near to Southam and who has been […]

Party conferences are a place for serious debate about policy and practice. At Liberal Democrat conferences we exercise ‘One Member, One Vote’ so everyone gets an equal vote in determining what we do – no constituency delegates, no union block votes and no London-based men-in-suits determining our policy. And nothing can be more serious for […]