FPT: One of my favourite bloggers at present is Kate Ashbrook, who was a Ramblers' trustee for about 30 years - the kind of Englishwoman who writes about organising ~100 path-check volunteers fo… (View Post)

Yep - I agree it's a can or worms, which I think is why New Labour only went so far. AIUI the Scottish setup has been quite effective, so that is a good, but maybe partial due to population dens… (View Post)

Around that time there were gentrification shifts of WWC from areas such as that around Myddleton Square (essentially City / South End of Islington / Hackney). AIUI when I visited in 1991 some of it … (View Post)

Ashfield Election Leaflet Count. My postbox, over the last week or so: Labour: 5 Tory:0 RekUK:1 Ashfield Indy: 6 (Including a Survey of Residents, and a "Independent Local News". The latter… (View Post)

That seems a peculiar comment. It's just a normal expression. (View Post)