Letter to Editor: BHF and setting targets
DID you know that by setting a target, such as a marathon or bike ride, has helped a quarter (25%) of people get fitter in the past?
Mr. Perrin’s Blog: Not happy with grass verges in South Ockendon
OVER the years I have repeatedly asked the Council to protect grassed areas by means of barriers. I have suggested that drivers who, despite previous warnings, repeatedly offend should have their vehicle removed from the grassed area, “clamped and charged to have the clamp removed.
Mr. Perrin’s blog; A Word in Your Ear…..The duplicity of defecting councillors
Mr. Perrin’s blog; A Word in Your Ear. THE duplicity of, past and present, United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP)/Thurrock Independents Party (TIP) Councillors seems to know no bounds. After originally being elected as UKIP/TIP Councillors they decide to defect to another Party without seeking endorsement from the electorate, especially those UKIP/TIP members/supporters who voted for […]
Blogspot: NSPCC promote charity’s Speak Out, Stay Safe service
NSPCC Fundraising Manager for Essex Sarah Laffling discusses the benefits of volunteering for the charity’s Speak Out, Stay Safe service.
Blogspot: Cllr Martin Kerin: Why I’m backing Kier Stamer
AFTER a short, painful period of reflection, the Labour Party has a crucial decision to make over the leadership and direction that we will take now, following the worst defeat since 1931.
Mr Perrin’s Blog: Will 2020 be the year Brexit finally “gets done”?
THE “back-stabbing Labour Party MPs have finally got what they wished for, and done for Jeremy Corbyn, Et Tu Brute?
Christmas message from British Heart Foundation
WHILST most people’s Christmas wish lists this year will consist of many-a-material good, I assure you that the Christmas wishes of thousands of people in the East of England this year, look quite different.
Mr Perrin’s Blog: Reflections on the General Election of 2019
AS the dust settles post GE 2019 one thing is indisputably clear, Politicians should be careful what they wish for. Ever since the 2016 Referendum most MPs, across the political spectrum, have persistently called for a “second referendum/peoples vote/confirmation vote/whatever.
GE19: Open letter to Jackie Doyle-Price from a Thurrock Headteacher
THANK you for your prompt reply to my letter asking you, as an election candidate, to commit to restore school funding. I am replying to you in an open later because I believe, at a time when so many untruths are being circulated.
Mr Perrin’s Blog: The General Election of 2019
IN a few days time, 12 December 2019, people will be voting for a new Government and, rightly or wrongly, the main issue will probably be Brexit.
Mr Perrin’s Blog: Thurrock’s General Election candidates face Question Time
THE candidates hoping to be elected as Thurrock’s Member of Parliament (MP) attended a “hustings* meeting, held at St. Peter and St. Paul Church in Grays on Thursday 28 November 2019, to answer questions from the public. Despite a disappointing turnout, which I believe struggled to reach 100+, the meeting was a civilised affair. The questions asked gave some indication as to what issues were concerning the people of Thurrock and the replies from the Candidates revealed where they stood on those issues.
Letter to the Editor: Help Crisis give the gift of hope this Christmas
AS the cold nights of winter draw in it becomes more apparent how important home is to us all. While most of the country will be getting ready to celebrate with loved ones and looking forward to a home cooked Christmas dinner, there will be thousands of people facing the struggle of having nowhere safe to call home.
General Election 2019: Who is standing up for the 72%?
AS you may know, 72% of those who voted in the 2016 European Union Referendum in Thurrock voted to Leave. That is a whopping 57,765. We have a general election in Thurrock on Thursday December 12th and you get the feeling that people are wintering who exactly is out there representing them on that issue.
Thurrock student says: “You can get to Oxford and Cambridge”
WHEN I was growing up, I always saw Oxford and Cambridge as real-life Hogwarts – exclusive universities that only invited those born into excellence. Some people, I feel, still hold this view in a way; that if you are born into the ‘right’ family then you have an easy road to get in,
Mr Perrin’s Blog: A Word In Your Ear about Inflammatory Language
WAS it debate or rabble? I refer to the scenes in the House of Commons during questions to the Prime Minister. In my opinion it was the day Parliament descended into Bedlam and some Members became “Bedlamites”.
Letter to Editor: Recruitment crisis for Nursing
Dear Editor, THE majority of your readers will have had experience of nursing care, either directly through care they’ve received or from witnessing that given to family and friends. However, many may be unaware of the current crisis in nursing which looks set to only get worse unless urgent action is taken now. Across England, […]
Mr Perrin’s Blog: “I apologise to Cllr Halden………..”
I APOLOGISE to Cllr Halden for saying that he just scraped in with a single figure majority in one of his three elections. I should have said that more people voted against him than for him. MPs and Councillors tend to be very “selective” when referring to facts and figures especially when it comes to election results.
Mr Perrin’s Blog: Cllr Kerin and the Referendum
IN response to Cllr Martin Kerin’s article in which he makes a case for a confirmatory “final say” referendum with regard to Brexit.
Mr Perrin’s Blog: Mockingbirds, Popinjays and Cllr Halden
THE Editor of “Your Thurrock” wrote an article asking “Is it time for a gentler, kinder form of politics in Thurrock? He was prompted to do so in response to a “tweet” by Cllr James Halden regarding Cllr John Kent’s opposition to the closure of Orsettt Hospital and the NHS proposed plans for future NHS services in Thurrock.
Is it time for a gentler, kinder form of politics in Thurrock?
LAST week, the portfolio holder for health and education, Cllr James Halden used social media to refer the the former leader of Thurrock Council as an “out of work printer”.
Laura’s Blog: The evolution of obesity
The evolution of obesity By Laura Moxley Rationing began in the 1940s. Restrictions on food allowance was initially hard hitting. Food was bland and relatively tasteless, portion sizes were more than controlled and the opportunity to snack on double helpings of cake and custard were totally non-existent. 1940s Daily, the female of the house would […]
Thurrock Labour councillor wants to see end to “In-Work Poverty”
Ending The Scourge Of ‘In-Work Poverty’ By Martin Kerin @MartinKerin IT has been 11 years since the Global Financial Crisis rocked our country. Today, the ugly spectre of poverty haunts our country, and, as the recently released statistics indicate, it is getting worse. As recently reported from the Resolution Foundation, by 2022, 37% of children […]
Letter to Editor: The cutting down of trees
SEVERAL years ago a home owner decided to pay for professional tree surgeons to come and remove a large tree in his front garden, he was subsequently taken to Court by Thurrock Council and there was much hullabaloo as the Council was not going to tolerate trees.
Blogpost: Mr Perrin reflects on local election
IN contrast to other Councils, Thurrock Council barely changed, it remains a “hung” Council.