Fitzy Northampton

Following the recent Northamptonshire county council elections, I would very much like to thank all those good people in Kingsley Ward who voted for me, each and every one of you.

Things are going well for me in these County Council elections.

The Conservatives have made a mess of running Northamptonshire County Council. The Liberal Democrats have made a mess of running Northampton Borough Council. The Labour Party has made a mess of running the whole country.

We are now up and Running in Kingsley Ward for the County Council elections on June 4th.

I have recently contemplated taking part in the forthcoming County Council Elections, standing against Richard Church in the Kingsley Ward. I have a number of reasons for doing this, both personal and on behalf of Northampton Market and the People of Northampton.

Northampton Market Traders had a very bad day on Easter Saturday 11th April, 

Well, we had a gruelling last week in our new positions.

I must say I'm very sad and angry and feel 'Sick as a Parrot' that after all our efforts, and all the 11,000 signatures from the good people of Northampton, that the Lib-Dems have taken no notice at all, and have gone ahead with their decision to 'Improve' the Market Square by reducing the size of the market. This will leave a huge area of waste land most days of the month, except when the occasional Lib-Dem event is on, like Mueller Rice.

Northampton Borough Council have frozen the proposed market move until after the 18th of March, when the Cabinet will consider the Market Traders' Petition.

As you may have seen in the news, we handed in the Save the Market Petition at the Guildhall on Wednesday,

Traders at Northampton Market will be marching to present their 'Save the Market' petition of more than 11,000 signatures to Councillor Richard Church at the Guildhall Northampton, at 11.30 am, Wednesday 4th March.

Once again we are assured by Richard Church, writing at great length in the Chronicle & Echo (Viewpoint 19/02/09), that all is for the best in his blue sky dreams for the future of the market.

Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Northampton North, Andrew Simpson, recently did me the honour of a long letter in the Chronicle & Echo...

Under the Lib-Dem plans for downsizing Northampton Market, some traders at the bottom of the market (nearest Abington Street) are being kicked out of positions they have held for many years, in some cases 20, 30, and even 40 years.

A big thanks to all those who turned up to the Nick Clegg public meeting at the Guildhall on January 29th. If you didn't go, you didn't miss much.