Fitzy Northampton

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.

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A Wonderful Response...

I must say I never imagined there would be a time when Northampton didn't have a Woolies store.

Judging from local newspaper reports and local media coverage, the Lib-Dems have never been under such fire as at the present time.

The Lib Dems see Northampton's Market Square as an entertainments area and not as a market.

I would like to keep the general public up to date with current goings on regarding the proposed new market layout, because Northampton Borough Council has rejected the layout plan favoured by the traders.