Will 177 new houses be built near to Birkenhead North train station car park?

Will 177 new houses be built near to Birkenhead North train station car park?

Will 177 new houses be built near to Birkenhead North train station car park?

                                          

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Beaufort Road Site – Wirral Council decision on housing (2nd May 2019)

Councillor George Davies (Cabinet Member for Housing and Community Safety) and Chair of the Birkenhead Constituency Committee 28th July 2016
Councillor George Davies (Cabinet Member for Housing and Community Safety) 28th July 2016

On election day, I filmed a series of short videos about political issues and decisions until the rain interrupted.

Above is video of the one house left standing after Wirral Council demolished the Council houses here between 2000 and 2003. Behind this house is the relatively recently constructed Birkenhead North train station car park.
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What would happen if Wirral Council’s 5 leaders had a game at the Last Chance Saloon?

What would happen if Wirral Council’s 5 leaders had a game at the Last Chance Saloon?

What would happen if Wirral Council’s 5 leaders had a game at the Last Chance Saloon?

John Wayne as the sheriff in Rio Bravo
John Wayne as the sheriff in Rio Bravo

The following is meant as satire and didn’t really happen.

Inside a bar at the Last Chance Saloon in a dusty town in the Wild West sit round a circular table five players and a dealer of cards. Sitting next to the dealer is his wife.

The bar staff are at a discreet distance away washing glasses by the bar wondering what will happen and whether they’ll still have a job after this game.

The players are Moira, Pat C, Ian, Pat H and Phil.
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After the elections what happens next for Wirral Council?

After the elections what happens next for Wirral Council?

After the elections what happens next for Wirral Council?

                                             

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Elvis Presley – Suspicious Minds

Above is Elvis Presley’s Suspicious Minds that sums up how people feel after these local elections.

Cllr Phil Davies (Cabinet) 28th February 2018
Both Phil Davies and Bernie Mooney are leaving Wirral Council

Following the local elections and my piece about the results although Wirral Council has been down this path many times in the past, people have some questions about what happens next.
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Greens, Lib Dems and Conservatives gain councillors on Wirral Council as Labour and Independents lose seats – No Overall Control (no party has a majority)

Greens, Lib Dems and Conservatives gain councillors on Wirral Council as Labour and Independents lose seats – No Overall Control (no party has a majority)

Greens, Lib Dems and Conservatives gain councillors on Wirral Council as Labour and Independents lose seats – No Overall Control (no party has a majority)

                                          

Returning Officer for Wirral Council Eric Robinson 25th March 2019
Returning Officer for Wirral Council Eric Robinson 25th March 2019

Yesterday the people of Wirral (including myself) voted. I myself voted in Bidston and St James ward. Other people voted in the other twenty-one wards across Wirral.

The result of this election is that Labour has lost its majority on Wirral Council.
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Electoral Commission confirms that Wirral Council used wrong legislation in candidates’ consent to nomination that was nearly 4 years out of date!

Electoral Commission confirms that Wirral Council used wrong legislation in candidates’ consent to nomination that was nearly 4 years out of date!

Electoral Commission confirms that Wirral Council used wrong legislation in candidates’ consent to nomination that was nearly 4 years out of date!

                                 

Returning Officer for Wirral Council Eric Robinson 25th March 2019
Returning Officer for Wirral Council Eric Robinson 25th March 2019

The Electoral Commission have confirmed today that Wirral Council issued all candidates in the twenty-two elections of a councillor to Wirral Council nomination papers that contained a flaw.

In a statement provided today The Electoral Commission wrote, “We will update the forms with the additional relevant extracts of the legislation to reflect the amendment the next time we revise them.
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