Promoting the Politics of Courage
Beyond the usual media circus, Andy Burnham’s brief visit to Cornwall has opened a door we must now walk through with determination to succeed. He’s invited Cornwall’s six MPs and Council Leader to meet him at his Downing Street North (Manchester) soon. He wants to talk to the seven of us about the Government’s plans […]
The MP for the West Cornwall and Isles of Scilly constituency of St Ives, Andrew George, will urge new South West Water (SWW) CEO, Keith Haslett, to concentrate his company’s priority on “building reservoirs of trust” with the customers and communities it serves. While important investments in drainage infrastructure to avert sewage spills, or to […]
I really appreciate the new Fisheries Minister’s visit to Newlyn this week. I know others will be cynical about our having to show around “the umpteenth Minster in as many years”. However, I found Minister Stephen Morgan didn’t arrive with the kind of lazy preconceptions so often displayed in politics. I found him sincerely interested; […]
Isles of Scilly MP, Andrew George, has appealed to Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander MP, to step in to ensure Isles of Scilly residents are not “cut off” this winter. Off-islands (especially St Agnes and St Martins) will lose their lifeline service to the main island, St Marys at the end of this month, and will […]
West Cornwall MP welcomed the new Fisheries Minister, Stephen Morgan MP, to Newlyn this week. A copy of a social media post about the visit is attached. The text is below: I really appreciate the new Fisheries Minister’s visit to Newlyn this week. I know others will be cynical about our having to show around […]
The new PM has been busy. This week announcing he’ll hand more power to “Mayoral authorities”; including a share of nationally collected taxes and a promise to strengthen policy control over transport, home building, youth employment initiatives amongst other powers and principles of devolution. That sounds fine to (I guess) the majority, but what does […]
Cornwall must send a strong message to PM Andy Burnham. The only region for Cornwall is Cornwall, and we should be invited to take on the same offer of devolved powers as he says he’ll offer to mayors. He says he’ll hand more power to “Mayoral authorities”; including a share of nationally collected taxes and […]
The new PM has been busy. This week announcing he’ll hand more power to “Mayoral authorities”; including a share of nationally collected taxes and a promise to strengthen policy control over transport, home building, youth employment initiatives amongst other powers and principles of devolution. That sounds fine to (I guess) the majority, but what does […]
Burnham’s first week in power has been declared a success by the commentators. But then most PMs are cut much slack, especially in their first week, and before the honeymoon period is declared over; and the media goes back to routine hostilities. The soft-focus, chummy, man-of-the-people-with-pork-scratchings, with his antidote to metropolitanism, and his Manchesterism outreach […]
Political commentators declared Burnham’s first week in power a success. But then most PMs are cut plenty of slack in their first week, before the short honeymoon period is over; and the media returns to routine hostilities. The chummy, man-of-the-people-with-pork-scratchings, his antidote to metropolitanism, and his Manchesterism outreach project has been laid-out along with his […]