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Comment on William Hague on why VAT shouldn’t go up by Gareth Allen

Gareth Allen — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:15:12 +0000

Sounds like your allegiance is wavering, Nick…

There’s a lot of Hague’s policy platform with which I agree, but I have always admired him as a man. He strikes me as an honest and decent man trying to do his best for society.

If more were as straight as he is, we would have many more people engaged with politics.

(I still wouldn’t vote for him mind you…)

Comment on 1.5m give a rip about Dale Peterson by Gareth Allen

Gareth Allen — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:09:01 +0000

Well he’s wearing his policies on his sleeve and his rifle on his shoulder. You can’t accuse him of hiding his intentions.

Comment on Reform should start with the electoral roll and postal votes by Twitter Trackbacks for Nick Pickles’s blog » Reform should start with the electoral roll and postal votes [nickpickles.co.uk] on Topsy.com

Thu, 13 May 2010 19:52:41 +0000

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Comment on Why the Conservatives offer the change we need by Michael

Michael — Mon, 03 May 2010 21:59:37 +0000

As far as my memory and research tells, Labour did “open the floor up” for other candidates, but nobody else stepped forward - or the people who stepped forward didn’t do too well.

Speaking of voting, two days to go!

Comment on Pontefract Hospital - save our A&E department by What’s the problem in Pontefract? « the credo

What’s the problem in Pontefract? « the credo — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 08:21:30 +0000

[...] problem in Pontefract? April 25, 2010 by thecredo Nick Pickles says we don’t know the whole story of the A&E ward, for one thing. We’ve seen our local MP Yvette Cooper in plenty of photo opportunities at the [...]

Comment on Quiz your candidates! by Twitter Trackbacks for Live in the Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford constituency? Quiz your candidates: [nickpickles.co.uk] on Topsy.com

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:23:59 +0000

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Comment on the campaign chart v2 by Twitter Trackbacks for the campaign chart v2 - Nick Pickles [nickpickles.co.uk] on Topsy.com

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 21:17:54 +0000

[...] the campaign chart v2 - Nick Pickles http://www.nickpickles.co.uk/?p=431 – view page – cached so, another week of the campaign flies by and I’m just catching up on emails before packing for a trip to London tomorrow. I’m taking part in a round table discussion on ‘Open Government’ with the Centre for Technology Studies, which should be very interesting, and a chance to take the feedback on Government IT projects I’ve had from people using them to a group of industry experts. Tweets about this link Topsy.Data.Twitter.User['nickpickles'] = {”location”:”Altofts”,”photo”:”http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/801660469/twitterProfilePhoto_normal.jpg”,”name”:”Nick Pickles”,”url”:”http://twitter.com/nickpickles”,”nick”:”nickpickles”,”description”:”Conservative PPC for Normanton,Pontefract&Castleford, Tech PR and music photographer. “,”influence”:”"}; nickpickles: “the campaign chart, v2: http://bit.ly/aIUx7s ” 16 minutes ago view tweet retweet Filter tweets [...]

Comment on Fire up the internet campaign! by Twitter Trackbacks for Fire up the internet campaign! - Nick Pickles [nickpickles.co.uk] on Topsy.com

Sat, 03 Apr 2010 15:40:29 +0000

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Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:27:30 +0000

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Comment on Why Wakefield needs change - Labour’s legacy is a dull city by Michael

Michael — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:26:03 +0000

I definitely agree with you about Wakefield Kirkgate; I recall about six months ago there was an assault in the station where the victim tried to use the emergency help tannoy point to get help, and found it wasn’t working. They had a report on one of the local news shows where they had a list of stations where the help point didn’t work, and it was disgustingly long.