Mervyn King and the Bank of England

So here we are in 2011 and we have QEII and that is not the cruise liner going on a voyage. But it might as well be one as we learn from Mervyn King that he believes that not only are we headed for a double dip recession but that the problems ahead may be as bad as the Great Depression if not worse!

Clearly, Mr King knows a thing or two about the Economy and need for stability in time of crises.

But I do question his undoubted wisdom this time round; the injection of around £75B over the next four months may be welcome to keep money moving but the doom and gloom of something unimaginable and worse than the Great Depression we do not need.

So if you get a chance to read this Mr King. Try to be just a bit more bullish next time.

Supporting Culture at SJSS

CPC11 life is not only politics!

Start of LCO season. 1
Mozart Concerto no 10 fir two pianos
Poulenc Concerto for 2 Pianos
Haydn Symphony no 104 'London'

The CNJ special on Camden Conservatives at CPC11

The group photo of Camden's Tories had a splendid turnout this year. The main story that Richard Osley choose to focus on however, was comments from Cllr Jonny Bucknell going against party lines on asking for the entire HS2 development to be axed.

Since the proposed route would cut underground through virtually most of Camdens housing estates such as Belsize Park, Swiss Cottage and parts of Kilburn. Cllr Bucknell voiced valid concerns for the residents of Camden. And is completely correct to represent his ward of Belsize.

On such local issues Councillors often go against national party lines.

Camden Group held an excellent reception on the last night of Conference.

Manchester CPC11 photo diaries

The Manchester Conservative Party Conference 2011 Photo Diaries

Manchester was and is an excellent host city as was the case back in 2009.
CPC11
The feel was different this year for two very obvious reasons, one we are now in Government and have responsibility and that creates a seriousness and state of focus hard to compare to 2009 and the other is the continuing evolution of the Modern Conservative Party.

As a Liberal Conservative I feel very at ease with nearly all aspects of party policy, which is reassuring and has made this years Conference one of the most engaging for me in dealing with the most pressing issues that face us today in Modern Britain.

Boris - The Adoration

Launch of BowForward campaign for BOW Group Elections

Launch of BowForward at CPC11 in Manchester today. This photo shows Bow Group members handing out literature and highly sought after copies of the Forbes magazine.
The BowForward team are running for elections of the BOW Group AGM later this October.

Camden, Cuts, The Cabinet, Smiles and taking ownership

Like all councils up and down the country cuts have been imposed by central government. It is entirely up to the locally elected council administrations to decide on how best to proportion out belt tightening measures.

This is after all what every citizen of Great Britain does every month when balancing earnings against expenditure. Is it not reasonable that if “the people” have to make cuts not only to essential things as well as any luxury items and foods just to make ends meet every month.
Unfortunately some folks get caught up in the easy use of that flexible friend the credit card, much like the Labour government under Gordon Brown did with the treasury of our country. But we know where that leads to, in the case of a government a fall from grace, and in the case of the individual the loss and repossession of homes.

So against this backdrop, is it not reasonable that the Camden Labour administration accepts it’s responsibility to implement hopefully a fair and well thought out measures of cuts and that balances the financial books of the very affluent borough of Camden.

I sincerely hope that the new Labour Cabinet fully embraces the challenges that face them in these very difficult financial times and uses a positive managerial command of pushing forward rather than just blame central government for having fewer sweets in it’s sweetie bag this year. It must accept as all the people have already accepted and move on in a dignified and positive way to show by the quality of it’s analysis and fiscal management that Camden can become a shining beacon to other councils by way of example.

If the cabinet feels the need of atonement about about dishing out the package of cuts to the residents of Camden they could always make the gesture to reduce their handsome allowances!

The Full Council meets this Monday 28th February at 7pm. Camden residents will be watching!

Author: Nigel Rumble