Posts made in April, 2015

This is a great initiative led by The Guardian to get major investors to divest their interests in fossil fuel companies.  You should support if you can. Alan Rusbridger: The Gates Foundation is already helping to tackle polio, HIV, malaria, sanitation, and much more… which is why we are asking you in this video to divest from fossil fuels Source: Dear Bill Gates: Will you lead the fight against climate change? | Environment |...

  Tony Vickers in a letter to the Newbury Weekly News today states that my decision to stand will achieve nothing other than to split the opposition. He could never be more wrong. I am standing on more than just an anti-Sandleford ticket, and my decision to stand is because I can appeal cross party, a concept the Lib Dems will never understand as they squat in their party bunker. The Sandleford campaign was never a party issue...

This is an updated version of the speech I gave at Streatley I am standing because I don’t think the big problems of the day are being addressed by either politicians or the media in this election. The biggest issue of course is climate change, a topic I have covered elsewhere and you can find it on-line at peternorman.org.uk. Tonight I want to discuss what I think is the second biggest problem we face which is the state of the UK...

Apolitical candidate lambasts BBC Radio Berkshire for biased treatment Apolitical parliamentary candidate Peter Norman expressed his anger today at being deliberately excluded from Radio Berkshire’s hustings at Newbury Market Place this morning (Wednesday 9:00am). Commenting on the conversations he has had with the radio station Peter said: “The BBC has a remit as a public service broadcaster to ensure that there is fair coverage of...

Source: VIDEO: Newbury candidates quizzed at St Bart’s hustings – News – Newbury Weekly News