Promoting the Politics of Courage
A campaign group was formed in Penzance last night to force Lloyds to think again about the planned closure of its town branch. Local MP Andrew George met regional and local managers at the Branch before reporting back to local businesses, customers, and the community at a public meeting in St John’s Hall, Penzance, yesterday […]
The BBC crisis should have been averted. The previous government attempted to muzzle and control it through a series of overtly political appointments. However, the Beeb’s failure is what happens when the media becomes more concerned with ratings than integrity; when journalism is driven by telling ‘stories’ rather than seeking truth; when broadcasters prefer […]
Andrew George MP has called a Public Meeting to oppose Lloyds Bank’s plan to close its Penzance branch. The meeting will take place on Monday 10th November at 6.15 pm, at St John’s Hall, Penzance. With the support of local businesses, Andrew has arranged the meeting to gauge public opinion regarding Lloyds Bank’s decision to […]
MPs should not be distracted by the politics of envy. But we can do much more to combat widening inequality in this country, to deliver fairness and tax justice. I’ve tabled a Commons motion this week which I hope the Chancellor will take note of as she prepares for the Autumn Budget on 26th […]
I remain determined to prevent Government Ministers from bribing or bullying Cornwall into a ‘Combined Mayoral Authority’ across a wide south west of England region. That’s the challenge we face. Cornwall’s 6 MPs and Cornwall Council have collectively made our position clear to the government. We too want devolution. But on our terms. […]
Justice minister, Alex Davies-Jones MP, agreed to learn lessons from failings in the Government’s victim support service and the poor treatment of Tina Nash, while her perpetrator (who gouged her eyes out, broke her jaw and nose, strangled her, and imprisoned her for 12 hours in 2011) was released without her knowledge to an open […]
MP for West Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, Andrew George, is calling on the Chancellor to combat widening inequality and to repair the public finances with a fairer distribution of tax. Andrew tabled his motion as the Chancellor prepares for the Autumn Budget in just under a month’s time. Andrew said, “I agree with the […]
While Post Office top executives have enriched themselves and protected a top-heavy central office they’ve been quietly “strangling” post office branches with poverty wages and closing ranks during the horizon accounting scandal. I met new Post Offices Minister, Blair MacDougall MP, in the Commons this week to make the case for reopening local branches, […]
People living in Cornwall who have a rare cancer called sarcoma may be forced to travel hundreds of miles to receive specialist care and treatment from the NHS. This is what may happen if, as feared, part of the Peninsula Soft Tissue Sarcoma Service that is based at the Royal Cornwall Treliske Hospital in Truro […]
Local MP, Andrew George, has accused senior Post Office Executives of protecting a “top heavy” fiefdom while strangling the life out of local post offices. Andrew met Post Offices Minister, Blair MacDougall MP, in the Commons, to make the case for reopening Newlyn and Porthleven Post Offices. Afterwards Andrew said: “A dozen post office branches […]