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Our EU Spending to Rise???

I spotted this on ConservativeHome today and as you can imagine was not best pleased.  If this is the truth then someone in Central Government needs a good talking to. Preferably from a hard case like “Our Chum” Mr Pickles.

It cannot be right in a time of fiscal meltdown, recovering from the mess that [...]

Party Chairman visits Harlow

Eric Pickles visited Harlow today.

He came as Conservative Party Chairman to see how the association was doing, and to Support our future MP Robert Halfon.

It was another great chance for us to show a senior member of the Conservative Party just how wonderful Harlow is.

Eric is MP for nearby Brentwood and [...]

Knocking on Doors

Last night I spent an enjoyable evening with a large group of friends.

No we were not down the pub, or having dinner, but we did have a lot of fun.

We spent the time knocking on doors in the Staple Tye ward, which will shortly be having a by-election. We were making people [...]

An evening of Housing issues

An interesting evening at the Civic for me at the Housing Committee last night – as a Substitute for Mrs J (the other Cllr Johnson) who is unwell at the moment and can hardly speak.

Now, housing is not really my specialist subject, but I keep up with what is going on at [...]

On the Streets

Today was a day spent out meeting people in the streets and on the doorstep. Something we keep doing in Harlow Conservatives. One of our Action Days!

Far too often in towns up and down the country, politicians only knock on peoples doors “when they want something” ie its election time and they want [...]