This is my view on UK politics as seen from an elected Conservative Councillor with some executive responsibility on Basildon District Council. My posts veer between matters of national interest, so those that are purely local to Basildon District or the Billericay ward that I represent. I make no apology for that. This is real politics. Issues of national import are widely interesting, but very local issues are often of greater interest to the community that is directly affected. Many web commentators seem to take a very jaundiced or dismissive view of local Councils, which seem largely informed by national press stories when a Council gets something wrong. I suspect such cynicism would stop abruptly if someone tried to build a chemical factory next door to where they live. The fact is that we need both the national political debate and the hundreds of local political debates to adequately represent our people.
YouGov Daily Poll – 37/32/17
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YouGov’s daily poll has figures of CON 37%(+1), LAB 32%(nc), LDEM 17%(-3).
It looks as though that sudden 20% for the Lib Dems yesterday was no more
than a...
Make authoritarian MPs pay at the ballot box
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There’s only one place to be at 8pm on Friday. It’s in Hall 8b at the
Birmingham ICC for the latest in the legendary series of Lib Dem Voice
fringe meeting...
Tories daily poll lead goes up by a point
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YouGov daily poll (The Sun) Mar 10 Mar 9 CONSERVATIVES 37% 36% LABOUR 32%
32% LIB DEMS 17% 20% LAB to CON swing from 2005 4% 3.5% And the Lib Dems
slump af...
Nick Hogan Freed by the Blogosphere
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Nick Hogan, the publican who let his drinkers smoke, is a free man tonight,
back behind the bar rather than behind bars, thanks to blog readers and
liberta...
Kinnock on Kampfner
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From the Guardian letters page:
"My friend John Kampfner (I want to vote for a progressive Labour platform.
So I'm backing the Lib Dems, 9 March) is amnesi...
It Shouldn't Happen to a LibDem: No 94
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There's an amusing story in the Telegraph about a LibDem PPC, Jeremy Hilton,
being caught out asking his local council leader in an email to write a
letter...
Wednesday 10th March 2010
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10pm ToryDiary: Tory lead increases by a point in the YouGov daily tracker 4.30pm Tim Montgomerie on CentreRight: Three new blogs worth bookmarking 3.30pm BO...
The author, Steve Horgan, me, is a longstanding member of the Conservative Party and an elected Councillor on Basildon District Council. My main claim to fame, at least as far as the Internet is concerned, is that I stood for parliament in the 2001 general election. I lost; it was Liverpool Walton, a very safe Labour seat.
If you don’t know Essex, or England for that matter, Basildon is a semi-rural area encompassing three towns and with a population of around 170000. The Council is Conservative-controlled and I am currently the Deputy Leader of the Council. We have numerous challenges, many as a result of inept government policy, but I won’t bore you with those.
For those that are interested, I am married with two children and three dogs. Oh, and I survived cancer, at least so far.
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