Promoting the Politics of Hope
Expert speakers, Professor Michael Dougan and Sarah Adkins, warned a large and divided audience in Penzance on Friday evening that the Government was many months away from being capacity to manage any kind of departure from the EU. Brexit will not happen on 29th March. Article 50 will be delayed. Andrew George who organised the […]
Local Liberal Democrat campaigner and former MP has offered to help local schools and colleges who wish to take their “Strike 4 climate” protest further. Parents of many students and students themselves who joined protestors on Friday have asked Mr George to visit schools to engage in discussions and debates on policy. Some school heads […]
Thanks to that Donald Tusk he now has to find “a special place” for people who’ll give him and the rest of the inhabitants of Hell serious reputational damage! However, there is “a special place” for a representative on behalf of a Brexit campaign group or political Party to join me on a discussion panel […]
Meanwhile, it seems the “jam tomorrow” promise of £20 billion extra for the NHS in 2023/4 has taken attention away from the current crisis in our NHS. The 100,000 doctor, nurse and specialist vacancies, chronic debt and intolerable pressure on staff is happening now, while money is haemorrhaging into private companies which are free to […]
Last time, just two weeks ago, I launched my (tongue-in-cheek) proposal for a “Trial Separation” – a “Trial No Deal Brexit” as a solution to the embarrassing and chaotic mess that is the UK Government’s Brexit negotiating position. I proposed this on condition that Brexiteers are made to stick around and remain answerable. They wouldn’t […]
That’s an 88% cut in core Government funding to Cornwall Council since 2015! £120 million in 2015. Just £14 million this year. When your Council Tax bill goes up above inflation again and public services – social care, buses, schools, public toilets, car parks etc – are cut or go up in price that’s why. […]
Campaigner, Andrew George, who has put on a series of well attended public meetings and debates in Penzance and Helston during recent months is requesting a representative on behalf of Brexit supporters to join him and other speakers at a panel debate in Penzance this Friday evening 15th Feb. They would join a panel with […]
Cornwall’s Conservative MPs again voted to cut Cornwall Council’s budget last week. An 88% cut in Government funding to Cornwall since 2015! That’s a cut from £120 million in 2015/16 to just £14 million in 2019/20. Link to last week’s debate and vote: https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2019-02-05/debates/05D59847-91DD-467E-A523-0939B77AD4D2/LocalGovernmentFinance
A major debate on the current crisis in Brexit negotiations will take place in Penzance this Friday 15th February. It has attracted a top Professor of EU Law – Prof. Michael Dougan from Liverpool University – along with Sarah Adkins – a lawyer who specialises in trade, and local Campaigner Andrew George, who has arranged […]
Helston Mayor, John Martin, and Campaigner, Andrew George invite locals to join them next Monday in Helston’s famous hostelry the Blue Anchor! The event will take place in the skittle Alley in the pub from 7.30pm. They will be joined by local Councillor, Marianna Baxter from Landewednack Parish Council. Mr George, who was born and […]