23rd March 2024
Scant detail at the Police & Crime Scrutiny meeting at GCC, 23rd March, but it looks crime has increased in Wotton-under-Edge since April 2023 with an average of 36 crimes a month. A 76% increase from the 2019 baseline but within levels to be expected for a town like ours, apparently.
It seems that the Police are looking at sharing 'real-estate' and collaboration at the Fire Station.
Given that the last time I checked the 999 response time to Wotton was 24 minutes, something needed to happen.
#opcc
19th March 2024
Gloucestershire Constabulary's PEEL Assessment published last week seems less than good.
I have concerns about the performance of Gloucestershire Constabulary in keeping people safe, reducing crime and providing victims with an effective service. In particular, I have serious concerns about how it responds to the public.
His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary Wendy Williams
#opcc
15th March 2024
Went along to the Bolster Wotton business meeting last night. With over 50 people present, it was standing room only!
12th March 2024
Gove just doesn't get (or maybe he does) that more and more of the population, be it individuals or grassroot organisations, actually want to challenge and undermine Westminster, its inherent corruption and the vile the prejudice it seems to endorse. People are vexed with our two main political parties, our politicians, the archaic and inequitable union and our unrepresentative voting system. People want to see some institutions abolished and others transformed, not preserved. People want to see a fairer, more inclusive, more progressive liberal democracy. Some want a modern democracy that may even see Britain as group of independent nation states.
Gove's redefinition of extremism is an outrageous attack on collective vision and personal belief. There are organisations and political groups that are proud of their radical agendas. They know that together we can build a better society. But these groups, in Gove's eyes, are extremist because they seek to undermine the establishment, its institutions and his own conservative dogma.
We have to stand up to this very dangerous authoritarian diktat from an increasingly dangerous and desperate government.
I'm proud to be an extremist.
#activism
7th March 2024
I wish they had spent as much effort developing their Industrial Strategy (which has been in draft form since 2019) as they have put into their “final hurrah” knees-up for 200 local dignitaries.
Prepared by County Cllr Linda Cohen
5th March 2024
StroudTimes coverage of the Holocaust Memorial Day – Stroud ceremony hosted by Community Solidarity Stroud District 28th Jan.
https://stroudtimes.com/pictures-and-video-stroud-marks-holocaust-memorial-day/
5th March 2024
As I shopkeeper in Wotton I think I approve, but I also have considerable experience dealing with the fallout when this sort of thing goes horribly wrong....
5th March 2024
Out delivering local Stroud District Green Party newsletters this morning to the houses around Chestnut Drive and Symn Lane in Wotton.
#GreenParty
