Turning the tide on the pandemic?
As I write this, I never thought I would be so pleased to see the back of a year as I am 2020.
Councillor Howard Sykes MBE
Take care of yourselves
We are working more from home and, sorry to say, for longer periods of time.
Three-tier system ‘as clear as mud’
We saw the Prime Minister announce in October the new three-tier system, under which every area of the country will be classified as ‘medium’, ‘high’ or ‘very high’ risk during the continuing COVID-19 crisis.
Test and trace is a joke
As I predicted, test and trace has become a joke in many parts of the country.
Stop the power grab!
Liberal Democrat councillors have been challenging government proposals on planning and local government reorganisation at their virtual annual conference.
Riding roughshod over local communities
We finally saw the Government’s planning reforms, sneaked out at midnight on a Wednesday, just before the start of the summer holidays.
Plan to stop the slums of the future
The Prime Minster has demanded that we “build, build, build” our way out of the economic crisis caused by COVID-19.
Making it up as they go along
The ill-thought out relaxation of lockdown, the Dominic Cummings debacle, and poorly considered last-minute announcements have contributed to an increase in the ‘R’ rate in my neck of the woods and in the South West.
Councils need a bigger cake
The Government’s response to the coronavirus crisis will, quite rightly, be judged by the historians and will focus on the human cost of the pandemic.
Care homes – the forgotten frontline
As someone who has just come out of hospital, I know how hard our NHS staff work.