Graham Smith

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Journalist at Cornwall Reports

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CMLA: there will be tears before bedtime

1 month ago | cornwallreports.co.uk | Graham Smith

By Graham SmithVery slowly, like the lifting of a November fog, the 28 Cornwall councillors who are members of Reform UK are coming to realise that they are members of a fan club and not a political party. In other news, some of the 16 Independent members of the council are reflecting on why they probably wonât join the Liberal Democrats in any coalition administration.Â Now read on.
Cornwall Council: Fantasy Cabinet, first attempt

1 month ago | cornwallreports.co.uk | Julia Penhaligon |Graham Smith

By Julia Penhaligon Liberal Democrat fans of proportional representation will be acutely aware of the arithmetic which says that with only 26 of the councillors needed for a 44-vote working…To view the rest of this article, please subscribe to Cornwall Reports
Cornwall Council elections: Reform gains causing huge damage to Conservatives

1 month ago | cornwallreports.co.uk | Graham Smith

By Graham SmithThe verification of votes cast in the Cornwall Council elections is now well underway at Bodmin, Truro and Carn Brea.
Chickens come home to roost as Cornwall’s council taxpayers look set to face another maximum 5% increase next year

Oct 24, 2024 | cornwallreports.co.uk | Julia Penhaligon |Graham Smith

Chickens come home to roost as Cornwall’s council taxpayers look set to face another maximum 5% increase next year Posted By Julia Penhaligon on 24th October 2024 By Julia Penhaligon The first clues about Cornwall Council’s next budget have been released this morning (Thursday) – looking to raise local taxes by the maximum 5% while cutting spending… To view the rest of this article, please subscribe to Cornwall Reports Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest...
Ensuring citizens' assemblies land

Oct 11, 2024 | themj.co.uk | Graham Smith |Jez Hall |Sandy Forsyth |Greg Clark

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development talks about a ‘deliberative wave' – a noticeable increase in public authorities at all levels of governance commissioning citizens' assemblies, citizens' juries and other deliberative processes. At the crest of that deliberative wave are assemblies and juries focused on aspects of the climate and nature crises.
Polaris Dawn Rises

Sep 11, 2024 | wereportspace.com | Graham Smith |Michael Howard

Kennedy Space Center, FL. - This morning, September 10 at 5:23 AM EDT a Falcon 9 launched the Polaris Dawn mission to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After several delays for weather and a technical issue, the Falcon 9 lit the Space Coast in the late morning hours sending this historical flight to space.
Splash the cash: County Hall has only seven months to empty its SPF wallet

Aug 4, 2024 | cornwallreports.co.uk | Julia Penhaligon |Graham Smith

Splash the cash: County Hall has only seven months to empty its SPF wallet Posted By Julia Penhaligon on 4th August 2024 By Julia Penhaligon County Hall is running out of time to spend its £132 million Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF) – a pot of government cash, promised by former Prime Minister… To view the rest of this article, please subscribe to Cornwall Reports Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest...
Cornwall’s devolution White Paper: the democratic deficit and how to fix it before Thursday 4th May 2028

Jul 24, 2024 | cornwallreports.co.uk | Graham Smith

By Graham SmithFor all its faults, Cornwall Council is the primary focus of local government in Cornwall. There is no need to change that. If some sentiments can be eased by renaming County Hall a “Parliament” or “Assembly” then so be it. Those who wish to can already refer to the building in Truro as “Lys Kernow.”The council is elected every four years. All that needs to happen is for the politicians who win those elections to realise that they are then supposed to govern.
General Election 2024: the soothsayer calls it

Jun 25, 2024 | cornwallreports.co.uk | Graham Smith

By Graham SmithOne week to go.¬† Neither the polls, nor the bookmakers, have changed very much since that far-distant day in Downing Street when Rishi Sunak stood in the rain without an umbrella and claimed he was the man with a plan. Then he promised to force 18-year-olds into the Army, we had D-Day-gate, and then betting-gate.¬† If England get dumped out of the European football championships before next Thursday, I‚Äôm sure that too will all be Rishi Sunak‚Äôs fault.
Next week’s “pale ale-gate” looks like it will cost Cornwall’s taxpayers even more than “champagne-gate” in 2018 - and that’s before you try to calculate the reputational damage - Cornwall Reports

May 16, 2024 | cornwallreports.co.uk | Graham Smith

By Graham SmithYorkshire’s prostitutes are looking forward to a bumper pay packet next week as around 12,000 wealthy executives from the property sector, mostly men, descend on Leeds for a three-day conference. The “UK Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum” is taking place in Leeds, one of Britain’s busiest cities for sex workers.