Apparently MPs, even cabinet ministers, will/can/do not reply to mere members of the public unless they are constituents, so eventually I made contact with my MP’s office and they contacted the Home Office which replied to my MP whose office sent it to me. This is progress, in my previous constituency my MP replied to … Read more »
Category: politics
Amber Rudd – part 2
No answer to my message to Ms Rudd about internet encryption. It’s possible my email didn’t arrive, and possible it did but her reply got lost in cyberspace. I’ve emailed my MP, Alastair Burt asking him to look into it. We’ll see if he replies. I might have to resort to paper in the snailmail! Read more »
Message to Amber Rudd
Dear Ms Rudd, A few days ago I read a headline on the Independent “Amber Rudd admits she doesn’t understand WhatsApp technology but intends to ‘combat it’’. (http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/whatsapp-imessage-encryption-facebook-apple-amber-rudd-conservative-conference-a7979811.html) Headline writers do tend to over emphasise stories to get readers’ interest, but the story contains a quote from you, apparently uttered at a party conference event, … Read more »
Striving to be Mediocre
Planning law and planners are making everything average, so why go anywhere? A polemic piece for Contributoria. Read more »
Supermarkets are so 20th Century
Once again there is a possibility that someone will develop a supermarket in Llangollen. Once again a few people get seriously wound up in support or in opposition. And once again the prevailing mood seems to be one of resignation. A belief that if the one of the big supermarket chains wants to build in … Read more »
Politics & Economics
Watching our politicians, economists and journalists arguing about the best, quickest least painful way to restore the world economy to what it was a year or two ago is intensely depressing. Maybe we should borrow and spend, or maybe we should save and repay. Maybe we should prop up some industries, or all, or none. … Read more »