Today of course was the scheduled day for counting the Seacombe Open Primary votes, to determine who residents of Seacombe have selected to stand as the Conservative candidate in 2010. In view of the sad and tragic death of Suzanne Moseley it was decided to postpone the opening and counting of the votes. Both candidates, Tony [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Seacombe Open Primary!
Posted in Conservatives, Open Primary, tagged Council, Local Conservatives, Open Primary, Seacombe, Wirral on September 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Festival of Transport
Posted in Transport, tagged Birkenhead Park, Festival of Transport, Heritage, Ken Fretwell, Merseytravel, Stanley Steam Car, Steam Engines, Wirral Council, Wirral Lions on September 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This morning in my Merseytravel Role, I took part in the official opening ceremony of the Annual Birkenhead Ferstival of Transport, held in Birkenhead Park. Part of the opening ceremony was to present a cheque for £150 to Sarah Harte, Wallasey resident and student of Weatherhead Media and Arts College, who was the winner of the [...]
Natural Causes!
Posted in Chris Blakeley, tagged Moreton, Saughall Massie, Suzanne Moseley, Tragedy, Wirral Council on September 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Earlier today I reported on the sad and tragic death of my colleague, Cllr Suzanne Moseley. At that time I had no idea what the cause of death was. *I have now heard that Suzanne sadly and tragically died of natural causes, as a result of a brain haemmorhage. The cause of death does not make a [...]
Councillor Suzanne Moseley RIP
Posted in Chris Blakeley, tagged Cllr Chris Blakeley, Cllr Suzanne Moseley, Leah Fraser, Moreton West and Saughall Massie, Suzanne Moseley, Wirral Council on September 18, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I am very sorry to inform you of the death of my colleague, Cllr. Suzanne Moseley (47), one of the three Conservative councillors for Moreton West and Saughall Massie. I have no further details on the circumstances of her death but send my condolences to her family and friends at this very sad time. Suzanne became involved [...]
BNP – Sadly Only A Slap on the Wrist
Posted in Wirral Council, tagged BNP, Chris Blakeley, European Elections 2008, Fly Posting, North West, Wirral Council on September 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Readers of the blog will be aware that back in June I caught red handed two BNP activists fly posting leaflets on Council Street Lighting Columns. Having given the Council the names and addresses of the two activists, I expected the Council to take legal action to deter future breaches. How wrong I was. After three [...]
Thankyou Mr Hogan-Howe
Posted in Wirral, tagged Bernard Hogan-Howe, Chief Constable, Merseyside Police, Wirral Town Hall on September 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last night I was delighted to be invited by Wirral’s Mayor, Cllr Andrew Hodson, to atttend a Civic Reception at Wallasey Town Hall in order to recognise the tremendous achievements of Merseyside’s Chief Constable, Bernard Hogan-Howe, who is shortly leaving his post to take up a role in Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Police. Mr Hogan-Howe [...]
Wirral meets Bulgaria!
Posted in Merseytravel, tagged Bulgaria, Eu, European Funding, Mersey Ferries, Merseytravel, Pier Head, Spaceport, U534, Wirral, Woodside on September 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As a Merseytravel representative, I have spent the best part of today with a delegation from the Republic of Bulgaria who are visting Wirral/Merseyside on a fact-finding visit. The group were welcomed by the Mayor Of Wirral, Cllr Andrew Hodson at Spaceport. All of the group are officials from town halls across Bulgaria, and they were in Wirral to see [...]
First CUT is the Deepest
Posted in New Labour on September 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
And the second, third, fourth, and and on………. With thanks to ConservativeHome
Out and About in Saughall Massie
Posted in Campaigning, Local Conservatives, tagged Chris Blakeley, Leah Fraser, Local Conservatives, Saughall Massie, Simon Mountney on September 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight I was out with Leah Fraser and the Action Team, calling on homes in Saughall Massie. We called on homes in Kingfisher Way, Curlew Avenue, Curlew Close, Kestrel Avenue, Kestrel Close, Merlin Avenue, Merlin Close and Sandpiper Close, finishing off in the gathering gloom as can be witnessed by the photo. The reception we [...]
All Our Yesterdays!
Posted in Transport, tagged BT Convention Centre, Gordon Brown, Jury's Inn, Liverpool, Merseytravel, Neil Scales, Transport, TUC, Unison, Unite on September 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At lunch time today, along with my colleague, Cllr Ian Lewis I attended a TUC fringe meeting ‘Transport in The Cities’, at Jury’s Inn Liverpool hosted by PTEG. (Passenger Transpor Executives). The speakers included, Jack Dromey Deputy General Secretary Unite (he is perhaps better known for being the hubby of Harriett Harman MP) Mike Jeram, [...]
