Promoting the Politics of Courage
I stood with the British Jewish community in Parliament Square on Monday evening in a gentle vigil, against terrorism and hate-inspired prejudice. To bring light to overcome the darkness. Our thoughts with the families and friends of the victims of the appalling terror attack in Sydney, Australia. While Jewish communities come together to celebrate Chanukah, we should stand together with them and against violence and the hate ideology […]
Local MP, Andrew George, welcomed the provision of 79 new genuinely affordable homes for local families at Gulval, following his recent visit to the site as work nears completion. LiveWest (Housing Association) has been planning the site, with the support of Andrew George, who backed the development as the then local Cornwall Council ward member. Andrew was shown […]
The Cornish motto, “One & All”/”One hag All” underpinned our campaign to secure an “exceptional” devolution deal for Cornwall from government. Many told us we couldn’t do it. That we’d have to cave in. That our case didn’t fit the government’s rules, which demand bland administrative uniformity. But they were wrong. Cornwall will have greater […]
Justice minister, Alex Davies-Jones MP, was shocked to hear the story of Tina Nash and the poor treatment she received from the justice services. She has promised to follow through with actions and to learn lessons. Local Liberal Democrat MP, Andrew George, who arranged the meeting with the minister and who accompanied Tina Nash in the House of Commons yesterday thanked the […]
The government inherited many problems. Some still need to be faced up to. One particularly distressing issue is the daily struggles of the thousands of children let down by a system too slow to recognise, diagnose and support them during those vital years when a child’s development needs to be nurtured, not ignored. Cornwall has a higher level of Special Educational Need (SEN) than […]
The survivor of severe domestic violence, Tina Nash, and her local MP, Andrew George, will meet Justice Minister Alex Davies-Jones MP later today. Ms Davies-Jones agreed her Department needed to learn lessons from failings in the Government’s victim support service and the poor treatment of Tina, when her perpetrator (who blinded, broke her jaw and […]
Penzance businesses & campaigners march on London Local MP, Andrew George, will join Penzance campaigners when they “march on” London to up the campaign against the Lloyds Bank’s decision to close their Penzance branch. Protestors will meet at Lloyds HQ, 33 Old Broad Street, at 11:30am on Tuesday 9th December to deliver petitions gathered since the campaign was launched a few weeks ago. Nearly three thousand people have […]
The Penzance group of businesses and community representatives, who are campaigning against Lloyds Bank’s decision to close the Penzance branch next month, will take the campaign to London next week. Local MP, Andrew George, will deliver a petition to Parliament, and a representative group from the town’s campaign team will deliver a petition and letters […]
The Cornish motto, “One & All”/”One hag All” underpinned our campaign to secure an “exceptional” devolution deal for Cornwall from government. Many told us we couldn’t do it. That we’d have to cave in. That our case didn’t meet the government’s bland, uniform rules. But they were wrong. Cornwall will have greater ability to shape […]