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The Mushroom 10 Nov 10
Their new room in the Lubyanka was more to their liking. It had a nice view of the nearby church with its elderly congregation and just beyond, a fried food outlet. A prefect combination which kept the boss staring out the window for ages.
This gave them time to think. The fools in the group had voted down the plan to give them more cash, forcing a public u-turn, an ungainly interview on the wireless and a wholly unbelievable performance in the chamber. But at least they been able to stop it being put off indefinitely, ‘Next year, next year,’ they consoled themselves…
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Pheasey Park Farm Labour 9 Nov 10
A few weeks ago I posted the Electoral Reform Societies plans for the new MP boundaries when the numbers are cut. This got a very good response and remains the most read post on this blog as political people are aware of the fuss caused by people ‘moving’ areas.
This is applicable to Pheasey more than any other area as being on the edge we could be moved to a number of different constituencies.
So last night both Mike Bird and Adrian Andrew proposed the following…
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The Plastic Hippo 9 Sep 10
…and Brownhills moves to Walsall
Not many politicians have exerted enough influence to have a word in common usage based on their name. The words Machiavellian, Churchillian, Thatcherite and Marxist have entered the language as every day terms and will remain in lexicon forever. So will a word derived from Governor Eldridge Gerry of Massachusetts (1744 – 1814). His bright idea was to re-draw district boundaries to ensure electoral success. His gift to the world is called gerrymandering.
The ever resourceful blogger from beyond Barr Beacon, pheaseyviews, has unearthed a report commissioned by the Electoral Reform Society which offers a solution to the pledge by the coalition government to reduce and equalise parliamentary constituencies in the UK. The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill is currently before parliament and proposes an alternative vote system where we are asked to list the candidates in order of preference. Tagged onto the bill are proposals to reduce the number of MPs from 650 to 600 and to re-draw boundaries to give each constituency a roughly equal amount of eligible voters, around 76,000…
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Pheasey News & Views 9 Sep 10
It is inevitable that the the government will get their way and redraw the (parliamentary constituency) boundaries and there will be massive changes (unless a large rebellion) that I think, in Pheasey, will have large political repercussions on the Estate.
You can see that effect in the Pheasey to Birmingham thread I started and the strong debate on both sides especially from Steve Grey.
So let’s look at the proposals…
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Pheasey News & Views 11 May 10
I have no doubt that the majority of people living on Pheasey do not consider themselves from Walsall, in fact I am totally convinced the vast majority of us consider ourselves from Birmingham and 100% Brummie.
I would like to know people’s thoughts on this?
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Pheasey News & Views 8 May 10
Plenty of people would have seen Pheasey on buses (33, 997, 934) but actually not know where it is.
Simply put, we are part of Walsall Borough and yet the vast majority of us are Brummies, we go to Birmingham for recreation and work. Briefly this is what happened…