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How we voted, and our new local council

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Thoughts on City of York Council, and how we voted, and who lost and who won, and why. With a survey, asking for your views.

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And we’re back

Sunset from Lendal Bridge, 7 May 2015

Just catching up after a hiatus, and some sunset-watching and tree-hugging .

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A pause for thought, in King’s Square

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So on Thursday we’re not just electing MPs for York Central and York Outer to go off to Parliament to represent York, we’re also of course electing local councillors. There’s a lot to think about, so let’s have a few quiet moments … More … →

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Back to the 70s: 1979 election leaflets

Montage - Conservative Party election leaflets, 1979

Let’s drift nostalgically back to the 70s, via some old election leaflets in a scrapbook.

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Voting, York Central: a quandary

Election leaflets, 2015

As previously mentioned, it seems important to write about the forthcoming elections. In particular, about the election of a new MP for York Central. We already know that it won’t be Hugh Bayley, as … More … →

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On voting … (part 1)

Election leaflets, 2015

Thoughts on voting in the forthcoming elections, and whether we should bother. A kind of intro to further thoughts, to follow.

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Here comes the sun

Walking, shadows, sunlight, Shambles, 25 March 2015

Springtime photos: here comes the sun. And hopefully some supporting subscribers … :)

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More old iron: from Birmingham, to York

Avery ironwork — weighbridge? — off Piccadilly

In a yard off Piccadilly, York. Made in Birmingham.

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