Musings from Medway (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
As a regular reader of our Tory PPC Mark Reckless blog and his latest campaigns for commuters and tree-lovers, I noted several rather interesting remarks... on his 'core workout' and 'lats'. The full commentary can be accessed on the homepage of the Mark Reckless blog. This blog has been speculating with colleagues on quite how hard Mark was working for Rochester...
Mark Reckless Conservative PPC (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Mark Reckless is proud to be supporting Tickets for Troops. David Cameron has helped to launch Tickets for Troops, a new initiative which offers the Armed Forces free tickets to big events including football matches and top music acts. Thousands of tickets will be made available to all serving military personnel and to veterans who have been discharged through injury since 2001 at the...
John Ward in Medway (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
A little bird tells me that Rochester East Labour councillor Teresa Murray, who is to stand as Labour's parliamentary candidate for the new Rochester and Strood constituency, has stood for (and been re-selected for) her existing council seat in Medway's Rochester East ward. How's that for confidence?Pitching Mark Reckless against Teresa Murray was always going to be a one-sided affair,...
John Ward in Medway (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Mark Reckless, the Conservative candidate for the Rochester and Strood parliamentary constituency, is conducting a residents' survey.Although these can be a bit of a PR exercise and little else in some cases (I have seen this in non-Conservative areas), I've found that the ones the Conservatives conduct in the Medway area have been genuinely useful and have helped to tailor policies and...
Musings from Medway (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Appreciate the correspondence from a number of restaurant and shop owners on Rochester Highstreet. Apparently, our Conservative PPC, Mark Reckless is seeking a campaign launch location, and is struggling to find somewhere. Oh dear. A few locations do not want to be seen to be partisan for fear of loosing customers. The local Tory Association are known for their 'Garden Tea Parties' and...
Mark Reckless Conservative PPC (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
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John Ward in Medway (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
It is interesting to see that the local Conservative candidates Mark Reckless, Rehman Chishti and Tracey Crouch all fully support the Kelly recommendations to clean-up this oddball system. The last two are quoted here, and Mark has said the same elsewhere on more than one occasion.It is interesting to see that Reh Chishti has, like me, never claimed any travel expenses while a...
Mark Reckless Conservative PPC (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... income - amounting to a loss of around £8 billion a year. Speaking out against the cuts Mark Reckless said: "I can't see how it makes sense to cut these benefits which are focussed on helping people carry on living in their own homes, often with family members caring for them, as this has to be much less expensive than supporting people in residential care homes."...
Mark Reckless Conservative PPC (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Mark Reckless, along with Medway Council, Kent County Council, and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) have started a campaign to get this £40billion scheme blown out of the water due to its expense and the massive impact it will have on our area and the environment. Seven years ago, we successfully fought off a similar scheme at Cliffe, on the Hoo Peninsula, thanks...
Mark Reckless Conservative PPC (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... the Department of Health today, we are ensuring we do not make the same mistakes", he said. Mark Reckless welcomed the announcement and added, "I particularly welcome the serious and consistent focus which our Shadow Health Spokesman, Andrew Lansley, has put on public health, an issue which I have raised with Professor Ian Gilmore, President of the Royal College of Physicians,...
