From 2006 to 2010, I was a councillor for Lee Green ward in the London Borough of Lewisham. During that time, I blogged regularly and in 2009 I won the Tim Garden Award for the Best Blog by a Liberal Democrat Holding Public Office. My blog posts from my term of office are archived here in case they prove of use to former constituents, or to those who share my annoyance with faulty street furniture
I spent the weekend in Birmingham at Lib Dem Spring Conference. My partner’s originally from Moseley, so no opportunity is ever missed to take a trip up to England’s second city (more trees than Paris, more canals than Venice, I’m reliably informed). However, lovely as the canals and trees are, the highlight of the weekend was Nick Clegg’s speech. See for yourself:
Hmm, the Worcester & Birmingham canal and the Tardebigge Flight. I spent many a childhood holiday wondering why my parents couldn’t just go on a package holiday to Malaga or smthg, rather than canal boat holidays to Gloucester, Sharpness, Birmingham or similar exotic locations, and taking a week to get there! Would probably appreciate it more now I guess . . .