This week you have your say on who you think will be best to represent you on North Tyneside Council. I really hope that I’ve demonstrated why re-electing me is the right choice. I’d like to take just a minute to recap the reasons – Personal, Practical and Political: Personal reasons: Practical reasons: Political reasons:Continue reading “It’s Local Election Week”
Monthly Archives: April 2023
Some thoughts on St George
Happy St George’s Day! Are you doing anything special to mark the occasion? This morning I went along to Christ Church, our local parish church, where they had a St George-themed service featuring some of the kids from the Cubs and Scouts. The minister at the church, the Revd Canon Glyn Evans, who also happensContinue reading “Some thoughts on St George”
Escaped Eagle Owls + other case work!
I’ve just been having a look back at my case work files for the last few months. Most of it is pretty run of the mill stuff – apart from the huge bird of prey that was recently terrorising the neighbourhood! I often say that my role as a councillor has 2 sides to it:Continue reading “Escaped Eagle Owls + other case work!”
Local Easter Traditions
On Good Friday I was really pleased to be able to join members of the various local churches around North Shields for the annual Walk of Witness event. I tend to think of myself as quite a future-oriented person. I’m into new technology and spend a lot of time thinking about the kind of worldContinue reading “Local Easter Traditions”
Standing for re-election
Having now served for four years as a Labour councillor in the Preston ward of North Shields I’m happy to announce that I will be standing for re-election. My election leaflets will be dropping through the letterboxes of homes around the ward over the next couple of weeks. But if you can’t wait for thenContinue reading “Standing for re-election”