By mattypenny, on June 19th, 2010%
The pictures below are by my friend, Fred Fieber. Fred paints and draws different things, but one of his main subjects is Salisbury. I like Fred’s pictures very much, so I’m really pleased to be able to include some of them on my website. If I can point some web traffic in his direction too, that . . . → Read More: Fred Fieber
By mattypenny, on May 7th, 2010%
John Glen was elected Member of Parliament for Salisbury.
Following an old tradition, he sang an old Wiltshire song ‘Vly be on the Turmut’ on the balcony of the White Hart Hotel, ably assisted by musicians from the Cathedral School. I went down to the White Hart today and witnessed this slightly odd tradition. I quite enjoyed . . . → Read More: John Glen, MP for Salisbury
By mattypenny, on April 25th, 2010%
Why do you want to represent Salisbury?
I care about Salisbury, I was born and brought up here. I believe politics can make a difference to people’s lives in Salisbury, when I went back to speak at Bishops, my old school, I got lost because it had been totally rebuilt, with money from a Labour government. I . . . → Read More: Tom Gann, Labour candidate – Q and A
By mattypenny, on April 23rd, 2010%
Why do you want to represent Salisbury?
I want to represent Salisbury as our MP for the simple reason that I am passionate about making our community a better place and I want to make a positive difference in local people’s lives. I have lived in South Wiltshire all my life and I now run a solar . . . → Read More: Nick Radford, Liberal Democrat candidate – Q&A
By mattypenny, on April 23rd, 2010%
Why do you want to represent Salisbury?
Salisbury is my home, it is the city my mother, grandparents and great grandparents have lived in for most of the last 90 years. I grew up in Wiltshire too and I am keen to serve this constituency as I understand it and I believe I have the right blend . . . → Read More: John Glen, Conservative candidate – Q & A
By mattypenny, on April 19th, 2010%
The Labour, Liberal and Conservative candidates kindly agreed to complete a set of question and answers for salisburyandstonehenge.net. The questions were largely suggested from local people via Twitter, but some are from me.
The questions and answers are on the following pages:
John Glen, Conservative candidate
Nick Radford, Liberal Democrat candidate
Tom Gann, Labour candidate
The other candidates standing are:
Arthur Pendragon . . . → Read More: Election 2010 – the Salisbury candidates
By mattypenny, on February 13th, 2010%
There are a couple of Salisbury blogs that I really like.
The first is Salisbury Daily Photo. Salisbury Daily Photo is one of a growing number of ‘daily photo’ blogs – the author takes and publishes pictures of their home city. It’s not dissimilar in theme to the stuff I’ve published on this website in the . . . → Read More: Two great Salisbury blogs
By mattypenny, on January 30th, 2010%
I’m pleased that all of the candidates for the Conservative nomination to be Salisbury’s next Member of Parliament have agreed to answer a set of questions for this website.
Jeremy’s introduction on the party website says:
Being able to help, and get results, for all constituents, is why I want to be MP for Salisbury. With a . . . → Read More: Q&A with Jeremy Quin – candidate for Salisbury Conservative nomination
By mattypenny, on January 30th, 2010%
I’m pleased that all of the candidates for the Conservative nomination to be Salisbury’s next Member of Parliament have agreed to answer a set of questions for this website.
Victoria’s introduction on the party website says:
One of England’s top 100 criminal prosecutors, I work in the real world, speaking up for the decent majority. I . . . → Read More: Q&A with Victoria Atkins – candidate for Salisbury Conservative nomination
By mattypenny, on January 28th, 2010%
As you may know the Conservative Party have decided to select their candidates my means of an ‘open primary’. In principle, this means that anybody resident in the constituency can vote to select who is going to be the next Conservative candidate for the General Election.
Following the resignation of Salisbury’s long-serving MP, Robert Key, an . . . → Read More: Salisbury Conservatives ‘Open Primary’ – the candidates
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