Berkhamsted and Tring District’s first Politics in the Pub social event on Tuesday 21st February, 7.30pm
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Rewarding Damage – Letter to Watford Observer 4th February 2023
This week it was announced that pay packages for top executives in the water industry rose on average 20 per cent last year. The four senior executives of Thames Water, for example, shared £3.24 million between them. You might think that rewards of this size were in return for outstanding…
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Missing The Point – Letter to Watford Observer – 13th January 2023
Rishi Sunak refused at the weekend to say if he used private GPs. Some people I know have commented that if he wishes to spend his money this way then this is a matter for him – and in any event reduces the pressure on the NHS. But in my…
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Would you like to join a Labour Party book club?
We have 2 book clubs in the Berkhamsted and Tring branch, both of which would…
Two-tier Health System – Letter to Watford Observer 9th December 2022
Most of us strongly support the NHS and yet acknowledge that it faces chronic problems…
Unfair tax breaks for private schools – Letter to Watford Observer 2nd December 2022
Most of our local schools are in a financial mess and are experiencing serious funding…
Berkhamsted and Tring All Members Meeting 17th November 2022
Berkhamsted and Tring branch held a very constructive and informative All Members Meeting (in person) on the 17th November. We elected 3 new Officers to the Branch Executive Committee, received an update on Boundary Changes and had a presentation on “Making Tring More Sustainable”.
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Boundary Commission Changes
The Boundary Commission are about to publish the next stage of the Review giving us…
Don’t Get Fooled Again – Letter to Watford Observer 11th November 2022
I was at a wedding at the weekend and in the evening a song was…
Labour Stall in Berkhamsted in November
For the second time this year, Berkhamsted Labour members showed some presence on the High…
Labour stall in Tring – 28th October
A reminder that we are running a stall in Tring, Dolphin Square from 11.30 to…
Towing party line – Letter to Watford Observer 28th October 2022
I was pleased to read Chris Flanagan’s article in last Friday’s Watford Observer where he…
MPs should apologise – Letter to Watford Observer 21st October 2022
During the week I’ve been making an effort to read the European, North American and…
Poorest who will pay – Letter to Watford Observer 7th October 2022
I was pleased that the Government did a U- turn on Monday and decided to…
Leaving us in the cold – Letter to Watford Observer 30th September 2022
Over the past few days I’ve been trying to speak to as many people as…
The reason public sector workers strike – Letter to Watford Observer 19th August 2022
I found John Gander’s views in last Friday’s Observer far from helpful and I doubt…
Local MPs should do the decent thing – Letter to Watford Observer 6th July 2022
It seems that the Government has lost the confidence of most of its supporters and,…
Tackling the Climate Crisis – Letter to Watford Observer 29th June 2022
Yet again the Government has failed to match its fine words on tackling the climate…
TRAIN STRIKE – Letter to Watford Observer 29th June 2022
Many politicians seem to be outraged by the train strike but it’s a pity they…
IS VOTING A WASTE OF TIME?
I was disappointed to read Bret Ellis’s column in last Fridays Observer where he suggests…
Berko Street Stall
Berkhamsted Labour members were showing some presence on the high street today. Bright sunshine and…