Keith Saunders
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Clerk’s Column September 2006
Climate Change. To bring folk down to earth after enjoying their globally-warmed holidays, a Private Member’s Bill, introduced by Mark Lazarowicz (a Scottish MP), has become The Sustainable Energy Act. Disappointingly this has nothing to do with keeping older folk full of beans, so that they can go on working into their 90s, but is …
WI Newsletter – August 2006
As mentioned in previous newsletters we do not have a meeting in August – we are only obliged to have 11 meetings a year and it has long been a tradition in our Institute, as do many others, to have a break in the summer. However, please do not be mislead, this does not mean …
Clerk’s Column August 2006
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WI Newsletter – July 2006
We might have known – our trip to the Isle of Wight had been plagued with setbacks – here we were enjoying (some would say enduring) a long hot dry summer, so of course when 5th July dawned, we woke to a thunderstorm and heavy rain. The original ferry time was put back by an …
Clerk’s Column July 2006
Regional Government. The National Association of Local Councils has been keeping a close eye on the activities of the energetic David Milliband, Minister for Communities and Local Government; now freed from the burden of covering up for his old boss, J–n Pr—-tt, he is putting the finishing touches to the new White Paper on Local …
WI Newsletter – June 2006
The month began with a specially arranged evening walk on the unique Porton Down which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, as this area of chalk downland has never been treated with chemicals or fertilizers. Unfortunately, we did not see any butterflies and very few birds, but we were privileged to see a Lady …
Clerk’s Column June 2006
DeClog. So farewell then to ODPM and to any more John Prescott jokes. Somehow Ruth Kelly seems rather joke-proof, unless it was she who invented the acronym for the new Department for Communities and Local Government. It would be great if this meant the wholesale removal of cholesterol from the departmental arteries, especially in areas …
WI Newsletter – May 2006
At this month’s meeting, we went from debating issues such as renewable energy and sport for a healthy nation to revealing our most embarrassing moment and the things we hate most. How come? For all Institutes May is traditionally the month when we are all asked to consider the Resolutions which will be brought before …
Clerk’s Column May 2006
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WI Newsletter – April 2006
The good news continues as once again, we welcomed another new member to our Institute this month and the hall was full, as our membership was enhanced by the presence of visitors, friends and guests. How many of us have known since we were 8 years old what we wanted to do in life? Well …
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