It’s election time, you can’t really escape politicians at the moment, at least I can’t.
The one particular politician that I can’t shake off is Ben Gummer. And as luck would have it he’ll be at Wherstead Road (the top end) at the The Shipwrights Arms, near the Starfish chip sjop, Colwill’s butcher and the Jorna restaurant. [...]
Bridge Ward News
News from Bridge Ward, Ipswich including the Hayes, Old Stoke, Prince of Wales Drive, Maidenhall Estate and Wherstead Road
Browsing the archives for the Wherstead Road tag
2 Mar 10
Ben Gummer in Wherstead Road
13 Feb 10
Nick Herbert visits Bridge
Never heard of Nick Herbert?*
Well if the Tories do win the General Election you will hear about him a lot more. He’s the shadow environment spokesman for the Conservatives, so it’s a good chance he’ll become a minister if the Tories get in.
When I heard that he was coming down to help Ben Gummer I [...]
5 Feb 10
Bob Blastock, we need more like him
Bob Blastock is one of the people that you see everywhere. I first met him about five years ago when I went to a meeting of the Over Stoke history group. I wasn’t really that active in local politics at the time, confining myself to delivering a few leaflets and so I didn’t get to [...]
28 Dec 09
How will the bus sell off affect Bridge Ward?
Ipswich Council is in talks to sell off Ipswich Buses to the Go Ahead group. No doubt certain councillors who never use the buses (or live in the ward) are preparing their leaflets now. It’s a good thing I’m not standing as a Conservative in the next Borough elections. Oh wait, I am.
The truth is [...]
3 Nov 09
Why Europe matters
Churchill insurance – which is a decent sized Ipswich employer – is going to be forcibly sold by RBS on the orders of the European Commission. Hopefully no one in Ipswich will lose their job as a result of this.
The problem is not the breakup as such – it’s just that it is made by [...]
7 Oct 09
Media reaction to the Port Noise Meeting
There’s been some media reaction to the meeting yesterday.
Radio Suffolk and Town 102 both publicised the event. Here is the Mark Murphy show that has me (24 minutes in) and Matthew Ling of the Environment Services (1 hour 37 minutes in)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p004kwht/Mark_Murphy_06_10_2009/
We also got a write up of the meeting from the Evening Star:
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=xDefault&itemid=IPED07%20Oct%202009%2006:18:54:530
They estimated about [...]
6 Oct 09
Noise meeting
Just finished the noise meeting which was quite productive. There were about 150 people there.
Some of the highlights:
No one from Southern Cement wanted to speak or identify themselves, which was expected. No one from the Port of Ipswich did either, which was disappointing.
There are plenty of people outside the Noise Action Group who are very angry. [...]
5 Oct 09
Moving Story
A lot of Tories were canvassing on Wherstead Road and Bostock Road yesterday and got most of the expected concerns, port and traffic noise and the buses – together with a new concern of parking.
You know how serious this port noise is getting when one of the people you talk to is in the process [...]
1 Oct 09
Reminder: Public Meeting on the Port Noise
Just a quick reminder that there is a public meeting on the port noise:
Date: Tuesday 6 October
Time: 6.00pm – 8.00pm
Venue: IP-City Centre, Bath Street (near Wherstead Road)
Please try to turn up. Email me on james@bridgeward.org.uk if you need a lift or would like to speak.
Filed in Ipswich Port Noise Abatement
