No excuse for not playing your part in local democracy
One of the My City, My Say debates. This is one of those columns which I’m going to be slated for. This is one of those columns where I can’t win. Then again, as my forerunner – the late John Abberley...
View ArticleDon’t just sit and moan: Have your say on future of the Six Towns
The Wyg report says the city council is right to focus on Hanley as the retail centre of the city, but suggests Burslem and Fenton are downgraded. It was easy to spot the killer line in the report...
View ArticleTime to back sure-fire winners which matter to our Six Towns
The Sentinel’s front page reporting the £20m city council cutbacks. When you’re staring down the barrel of £20 million cuts, every penny really does count. The truth is that because of the way the...
View ArticleNever mind the election… what about our manifesto?
As Gordon Brown and David Cameron are busy peddling the policies they hope will propel them to 10 Downing Street, I thought I’d have a dabble at my own manifesto – specifically for North Staffordshire....
View ArticleTheir England is not one I either want or recognise
The flag of St. George. I’ve often heard the movers and shakers in the Potteries wish that Stoke-on-Trent had a similar profile to the likes of Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and Nottingham. At the...
View ArticleRoyal mix-up a real missed opportunity to mark 100 years
My picture of Princess Diana on the log flume at Alton Towers. Picture copyright Smith Davis Press. Through my work I’ve been very fortunate (if you like this sort of thing) over the last 20 years to...
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