Cavendish Square – a failed “regeneration”

Cavendish Square was a typical 1960’s concrete built shopping centre. It wasn’t very pretty but it was a focal point … More

Pressing the government to reduce Swindon’s debt

I was on BBC radio earlier in the week (after the announcement of the Swindon Housing ballot*) along with Rob … More

We saw this morning the biggest gathering in Swindon probably since 1984. Difficult to judge the size of it, I … More

The picture above (double-click to enlarge it) is of Cavendish Square on the Parks estate in Swindon. You could be … More

The Annual Meeting of the Members of the Great Western Hospital Trust took place on Wednesday this week. The meeting … More

I attended the AGM of Swindon Dial-A-Ride recently. You may recall that Swindon Council was proposing to cut their funding … More

This is Coate Water country park (click on photo to enlarge), the object of a long struggle to prevent ‘development’ … More

I attended a session of the Swindon & Marlborough NHS Foundation Trust AGM last night. The FT was launched at … More

The Labour Party in Swindon maintained its ‘strength’ on the Council, losing one seat and gaining another. Yet that leaves … More

North Swindon MP Michael Wills is worried. His speech to a fringe meeting at the conference of new Labour pressure … More