Dear Romsey resident,
1 Comments Published by Tom Woodcock on Sunday, February 25, 2007 at 11:51 AM.
Last were speaking to people in Romsey about the political situation we are in nationally and globally as well as issues and concerns particular to Cambridge and to this part of Romsey.
It is clear that the continuing privatisation of Public Services, made particularly obvious by the market-led cuts in the Health service, are a real concern for many of you. Respect are campaigning for a fully funded, publicly owned National Health service and are backing a Regional Conference on the crisis to be held at Shire Hall next Saturday from 10am –1pm (if you would like to attend, please contact: unison@addenbrookes.nhs.uk 01223 217550)
We also spoke to lots of people about the Governments Foreign Policy. Respect continues to take a very strong position on this, being the only Party calling for Troops to be withdrawn immediately from the Middle East. Between 75,000-100,000 people marched in London this weekend to end the occupation and calling on the Government not to replace Trident – Britain’s Nuclear weapons system. We believe that if troops stay in the Middle East far from ‘finishing the job’ they will cause a further escalation in violence and continue to spread the conflict zone into other countries.
The local issues that come up most often are to do with bins and parking as well as ‘rat runs’ in some areas. We feel that these issues are related to each other. Romsey is unique in Cambridge because of its narrow streets and Pavements and this exacerbates the bin collection and parking issues.
In the longer term we feel that improvements in public transport and pressure and legislation on producers to reduce packaging and waste would provide a strategy for dealing with these problems. In the short term we feel that the collection of waste should be reviewed both in the frequency and the collection days as well as the containers that are made available for residents. We have written to the council about residents parking schemes and the marked parking bays and for a review of the parking situation as part of an intergrated strategy for a sustainable city.
We welcome any response to this and any other issue that are of concern to you
It is clear that the continuing privatisation of Public Services, made particularly obvious by the market-led cuts in the Health service, are a real concern for many of you. Respect are campaigning for a fully funded, publicly owned National Health service and are backing a Regional Conference on the crisis to be held at Shire Hall next Saturday from 10am –1pm (if you would like to attend, please contact: unison@addenbrookes.nhs.uk 01223 217550)
We also spoke to lots of people about the Governments Foreign Policy. Respect continues to take a very strong position on this, being the only Party calling for Troops to be withdrawn immediately from the Middle East. Between 75,000-100,000 people marched in London this weekend to end the occupation and calling on the Government not to replace Trident – Britain’s Nuclear weapons system. We believe that if troops stay in the Middle East far from ‘finishing the job’ they will cause a further escalation in violence and continue to spread the conflict zone into other countries.The local issues that come up most often are to do with bins and parking as well as ‘rat runs’ in some areas. We feel that these issues are related to each other. Romsey is unique in Cambridge because of its narrow streets and Pavements and this exacerbates the bin collection and parking issues.
In the longer term we feel that improvements in public transport and pressure and legislation on producers to reduce packaging and waste would provide a strategy for dealing with these problems. In the short term we feel that the collection of waste should be reviewed both in the frequency and the collection days as well as the containers that are made available for residents. We have written to the council about residents parking schemes and the marked parking bays and for a review of the parking situation as part of an intergrated strategy for a sustainable city.
We welcome any response to this and any other issue that are of concern to you
Labels: Local Respect
Join Andy and other very sane people on Saturday
0 Comments Published by Tom Woodcock on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at 9:01 AM.
BOOK YOUR PLACE TO END THE WAR AND STOP TRIDENT NOW!
0 Comments Published by Tom Woodcock on Sunday, February 18, 2007 at 1:32 PM.
phone: 0771 2893552 / 01223 328912 NOW!
Saturday the 24th of February is going to be a very important day. The Stop the
War demonstrations in London and Glasgow give a great opportunity to build the
movement against the economically and morally bankrupt war policies that this
government continues to pursue.
The Demo looks set to be big. Cambridge have 3 coaches going to London, one of
which is starting in Kings Lynn and picking up people on the way. Please book
now as we want to confidently book more transport. If you have not already paid
for your seat on a coach please do so ASAP – details below.
Monday the 19ths STW organising meeting at CB2 has been moved to Kings College where
we need help signing people up to the coach at the Lindsey German Meeting.
If you are a student at Anglia Ruskin University then please contact Alan on:
07835681809 as we are setting up an ARU Stop the War society and need you to
join!
Labels: Stop the War
If you a fed up with usolicited mail try this. i would of course favour a system where you had to opt in for Junk Mail!
The ‘Stop Junk Mail Today’ awareness campaign has been launched by Cambridgeshire County and the District Councils to help people prevent potential waste even entering homes.
The ‘Stop Junk Mail Today’ awareness campaign has been launched by Cambridgeshire County and the District Councils to help people prevent potential waste even entering homes.
"Thirty Years of Solitude"
0 Comments Published by Tom Woodcock on Thursday, February 08, 2007 at 7:52 AM.
Iranian Women Photographers and Film Directors
Friday 16 February at 8.15 p.m.
Introduced by Goli Taraghi
"House is Black" (1962, 20 mins) directed by Forough Farrokhzad
"Old Man of Hara"(2004, 37 mins) introduced by director Mahvash Sheikholeslami
Saturday 17 February at 2.30 p.m.
"Bou Bou in Tehran" (3 mins) directed by Maryam Mehrjui
"Juste une Femme" (29 mins) directed by Mitra Farahani
Saturday 17 February at 7.30 p.m.
"The Day I Became a Woman"(1999, 90 mins) by Marzieh Meshkini
Friday 23 February at 8.15 p.m.
"Guilaneh" (84 mins) introduced by director Rakhshan Bani-Etemad
Saturday 24 February at 3.00 p.m.
"Friday Afternoon" (76 mins) introduced by director
Mona Zandi-Haghighi
Saturday 24 February at 7.30 p.m.
"A Few Days Later" (78 mins) introduced by director Niki Karimi
Films will be shown in Buckingham House Lecture Theatre;
Photography exhibition 17 February to 11 March, in the Long Room
Admission free; all welcome
www.newhall.cam.ac.uk/events
Friday 16 February at 8.15 p.m.
Introduced by Goli Taraghi
"House is Black" (1962, 20 mins) directed by Forough Farrokhzad
"Old Man of Hara"(2004, 37 mins) introduced by director Mahvash Sheikholeslami
Saturday 17 February at 2.30 p.m.
"Bou Bou in Tehran" (3 mins) directed by Maryam Mehrjui
"Juste une Femme" (29 mins) directed by Mitra Farahani
Saturday 17 February at 7.30 p.m.
"The Day I Became a Woman"(1999, 90 mins) by Marzieh Meshkini
Friday 23 February at 8.15 p.m.
"Guilaneh" (84 mins) introduced by director Rakhshan Bani-Etemad
Saturday 24 February at 3.00 p.m.
"Friday Afternoon" (76 mins) introduced by director
Mona Zandi-Haghighi
Saturday 24 February at 7.30 p.m.
"A Few Days Later" (78 mins) introduced by director Niki Karimi
Films will be shown in Buckingham House Lecture Theatre;
Photography exhibition 17 February to 11 March, in the Long Room
Admission free; all welcome
www.newhall.cam.ac.uk/events
