Good morning everyone. On today's topics, I've always been in favour of an elected HoL, on a regional basis and by PR. I've come to think that members should have quite a long term..... say ten years… (View Post)

I blame, to some extent anyway, Margaret Thatcher. I well remember her suggesting that graduates achieving highest grades should not enter public service but commerce, suggesting that the pursuit of … (View Post)

The LibDem's didn't really try round here..... I think they were putting all the effort into Chelmsford ..... so it's probably Labour for me next time. Unless the Greens do well in the locals next ye… (View Post)

Back in the dim and distant it was the girls from the RC Secondary school who were reputed to be the most likely ..... I say reputed because I never actually tried myself. Spent my time chasing the g… (View Post)

There were quite a lot of council houses built pre-war, often as part of slum clearance schemes. My late father-in-law worked for a Town Council in the North West which did a lot of slum clearance/co… (View Post)