Events

Co-option speech

Once again, I was rejected by the Labour Party politicians at the co-option meeting. No surprise there. Below are links…

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Chaos and hope. Hope and chaos. Co-option results.

I started 2025 on this blog with an article titled “2025 – A Year of Hope.” After a full year…

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SHIREBROOK: UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT

Today, a short article about the Village Hall electors meeting. It was yet another example of the positive change flowing…

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Extraordinary? Not Really. But Shirebrook Opposition Finally Hits Back.

On 26th August, the Miners’ Welfare Club hosted a community meeting. Attendance was surprisingly high — around 70 residents by…

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SHIREBROOK’S LEADERSHIP CRISIS: When Lawlessness Becomes Law

I don’t know how to write about this.I don’t even know what to think anymore.I feel like I’m in a…

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(NOT SO) SECRET MEETING OF STC

(EDIT: after this publication, the internet exploded with information about this issue. I will try to gather it all in…

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By-election candidates interview

19 questions. 4 candidates in the upcoming Shirebrook by-election. EDIT: Last candidate sent answers, and I added them after publishing…

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WE DEMAND AUDIT IN STC!!!

Copy of an email I sent to BDC. I think this is something we can all agree on – we…

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A MILESTONE STATEMENT OF CLLR PAUL HARFORD!

I arrived 10 minutes early at the last STC meeting but was turned away, along with a group of residents.…

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Shirebrook street survey 2022

I had long planned to conduct a street opinion poll in Shirebrook to see how much residents know about our…

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Shirebrook crime stats + Angelique Foster PCC Summit Shirebrook 2022

A few weeks ago Angelique Foster (Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner) held a Summit in Shirebrook for all Parish councillors…

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Apologies and… something new

Some time ago, I published a post-STC report in which I stated: “One of the councillors proposed to contact Youth…

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CCTV recording- “overwritten”

CCTV recording of the infamous STC meeting on 16th June 2021 was “overwritten”. After weeks of email exchanges, I finally…

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First intervention

My investigation into STC’s payroll spending is moving slowly but inexorably forward, but I won’t be able to report any…

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