Questions for Local Election Candidates & PCC
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Eric Olthwaite
Guest
Did he try to smooth the way? Or did he just tell Cameron he would try?
snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
What would you like to look back on at the end of your term and be able to say that you had played a major role in achieving in the field of Active Travel?
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
I would go more nitty gritty for the Police Commissioner: will you encourage Operation Snap (acting on bike cam and dash cam submissions) and Operation Close Pass (unmarked police bicycles with cameras in close pass hotspots)? What other support will you offer to Active Travel?
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
In my case, given one of the candidates, it's "how complicit were you in the suicide of xxx just you could take their seat?"
Not that we have corrupt councillors.
Not that we have corrupt councillors.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
For county councillor candidates, I think questions might include:
Do you support spending £20 per person of the transport budget on cycling and walking projects to reduce pollution and improve health?
Do you support spending £2m starting to implement active travel plans around King's Lynn before splurging another £200m on Norwich's third ring road?
Will you implement the "Gear Change" transport policy?
Do you support spending £20 per person of the transport budget on cycling and walking projects to reduce pollution and improve health?
Do you support spending £2m starting to implement active travel plans around King's Lynn before splurging another £200m on Norwich's third ring road?
Will you implement the "Gear Change" transport policy?
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It's irrelevant - he should have just said 'No'.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Is Sunak standing for your county council, then?
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
As this is a cycling forum - well mostly - maybe we should be asking them about active travel policies - especially improving cycling infrastructure
round here they seem to have made some good efforts with cycle lanes and the like.
But normally spoiled by small problems - like shared path but not actual indication that a shared path is starting (Silver Jubilee Bridge I looking at you here!!!)
or cycle lanes that end with a sign 10 foot up in the air - after an exit ramp with no sign and 30 yards before the sign!
or cycle paths that just fizzle out onto a pavement at some point - with no indications
small things - buta few signs and a couple of tins of paint would improve a lot of stuff!
so - maybe appoint someone who cycles to do a survey (on a bike!!) and also check out plans before they are implemented
round here they seem to have made some good efforts with cycle lanes and the like.
But normally spoiled by small problems - like shared path but not actual indication that a shared path is starting (Silver Jubilee Bridge I looking at you here!!!)
or cycle lanes that end with a sign 10 foot up in the air - after an exit ramp with no sign and 30 yards before the sign!
or cycle paths that just fizzle out onto a pavement at some point - with no indications
small things - buta few signs and a couple of tins of paint would improve a lot of stuff!
so - maybe appoint someone who cycles to do a survey (on a bike!!) and also check out plans before they are implemented
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
You probably won't find it that way: the Con will probably be vague, while all the other parties condemn him and an Ind could do anything. It might be better to ask what they will do to remove corruption from county/shire hall/offices/buildings/Castle Hill/Endeavour House, and possibly stop the next corrupt MP rising.
No point in questions in our area.
We have a Labour candidate (bless! - it's good to have that level of optimism in Surrey), a lib-dem, A tory and an independent.
The Lib Dem is invisible. No internet presence at all. The Tory candidate can't decide where he lives and seem to keep running for different wards.
The independent is a former Tory, has been in post for many years and does a good job, responds quickly to e-mails and is popular locally.
I wonder which will win?
As usual the main parties will make a big thing of which councils go blue and which red, seemingly unaware that your local council has sod all to do with central government.
We have a Labour candidate (bless! - it's good to have that level of optimism in Surrey), a lib-dem, A tory and an independent.
The Lib Dem is invisible. No internet presence at all. The Tory candidate can't decide where he lives and seem to keep running for different wards.
The independent is a former Tory, has been in post for many years and does a good job, responds quickly to e-mails and is popular locally.
I wonder which will win?
As usual the main parties will make a big thing of which councils go blue and which red, seemingly unaware that your local council has sod all to do with central government.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Even there, there is point in questions. You might extract a commitment from the shoo-in, all of the party candidates might ask their colleagues about it and independents are often community activists and you might set them thinking.
I've also been thinking more and rewritten my first question to include mention of "20 minute neighbourhoods" https://www.sustrans.org.uk/our-blo...-community/what-is-a-20-minute-neighbourhood/ - I also suggest looking at Sustrans's manifestos. I think they're mediocre at managing the NCN but they are being pretty good at publishing support materials for this set of elections.
Yes, that is a tragedy of local government and our shoot civic education systems. Local issues often make some difference, and sometimes they're even relevant local issues (=within the power of the layer holding elections), but it's usually just a modifier on the national party fortunes. At least "police and crime commissioner" does what it says on the tin. I sometimes wonder if "county council" should be rebranded to "social care, highways and education council" or all local government services should have to be branded "PLACE council SERVICE".
Poacher
Gravitationally challenged member
- Location
- Nottingham
Find out what they really think.
"What are you going to do about cyclists riding on the road instead of the cycle paths my road tax has paid for?"
Obviously, don't ask this while wearing head to toe lycra.
"What are you going to do about cyclists riding on the road instead of the cycle paths my road tax has paid for?"
Obviously, don't ask this while wearing head to toe lycra.
