Here’s the speech I made proposing the motion ‘Fairness in a time of austerity‘ at the recent Liverpoool Conference:
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There wasn’t too much disagreement (or indeed any disagreement) that I recall, and the motion was carried overwhelmingly.
In 2009/10, we were lucky that, here in Winchester, we had a Mayor who cared passionately about homelessness and raised a large amount to support local homelessness charities.
This is the film that was made to support Dominic’s campaign.
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To support homeless people in Winchester, you can donate online to Trinity or to the Nightshelter – and both organisations are also always looking for volunteers. Two other organisations are also actively helping homeless people locally: Emmaus and the Winchester branch of the Salvation Army.
It seems a long time ago now, but on the day that the coalition was announced, Mark Easton reported on the views of activists from Winchester on News at Ten.
Here’s the report:
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It seems a while since Winchester City Council had its troubles with Icelandic banks.
I realised to my surprise that I never uploaded the video of the original BBC News report on it, so here it is:
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I particularly like Steve Humphrey’s line about the Conservatives in Winchester feeling the blues and the Lib Dems in Eastleigh basking in a golden glow!
More catching up. Here’s a BBC South Today report on ambulance response times from April 16, 2009 using the results of an FOI request I did on ambulance response times.
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The response to this FOI request and subsequent meetings with the trust, led to the discovery that Hampshire had too few ambulances per capita, persuading the trust to admit this at their AGM, and an increase in ambulance numbers towards the end of last financial year.