Tag Archives: Surgeries
Prove me wrong on surgeries…
While I’ve often complained that surgeries are not that useful I still do them. So if you want to be my first visitor in something like two years I’ll be manning the councillor surgery session in Battersea Library tomorrow (Saturday 21 August) from 10am to 11am. No appointment necessary, just show up. Like the Filipino [...]
Is all communication good communication?
I’m sure many are getting bored with my council surgeries and engagement obsession, but sadly for those that are it’s my blog – and if a blog has any point it’s surely to allow the blogger an outlet for all those thoughts and ideas which he worries bore his wife far too much – so [...]
Weekly wrap-up, 24 July
My usual end of week wrap-up of bits and pieces I want to highlight or didn’t post about at the time. Pre-summer council meeting Wednesday saw the council had it’s last full meeting before the summer recess. Of course, the council doesn’t take a holiday in the same way that Parliament does, but there’s a [...]
A bi-partisan approach to surgeries?
If I have wittered on enough about surgeries the South London Press have prompted me to witter on even more by publishing a story sparked off from the original blog post. They don’t seem to have it on their website, but it essentially restates my belief that they are a waste of time – under [...]
Weekly wrap-up, 17 July
As usual, my end of week post detailing a few bits and pieces I want to highlight or didn’t post about during the week. Council surgery I’ve been fascinated by the response to my post on council surgeries not least because I’ve still to have any feedback suggesting the current surgery system works. Given the [...]
Council surgeries – the debate continues…
I’m really rather surprised at the response I got to my post on council surgeries. There are a few comments on the blog, I’ve had a few emails and the South London Press called to chat about it for a story (which makes me nervous, because I know this can be portrayed negatively). I’ve even [...]
Do council surgeries serve a purpose?
I’m going to come right out and say it, it’s a risk, but I’m taking it: I think council surgeries are a waste of time. They are a hangover from a bygone age. And we should look at how we provide them, and even whether we should provide them at all. I’m going to give [...]
