by admin | May 13, 2015 | Opinion
More despondency across Moseley today as the process of steady gentrification takes yet another victim. Last week the HSBC was forced to close taking its much loved cashpoints with it. The steady demographic change that we’ve seen in recent years seems to have...
by admin | Apr 30, 2015 | Opinion
Another week and another hustings. This time it was the General Election hustings. That means these are people applying for a proper job with sixty seven grand a year, a four day week and a posh flat in London. You would think that given the stakes being so high AND...
by admin | Apr 21, 2015 | Opinion
Hustings are that perfect moment in an election where bland questions violently clash with people pretending to be interested. In a bit of a change from recent trends it looked like numbers were a bit down on previous years, probably because people were scared to...
by admin | May 14, 2014 | Opinion
Everyone looks forward to a decent hustings, everyone is inevitably disappointed with the one they go to. The 2014 Moseley and Kings Heath hustings were no exception. I have no idea what I expect from a hustings but having covered every single one for the last 15...
by admin | Dec 20, 2013 | Opinion
As we will be about as inclined to write a story on Monday as you will be to read one, we thought we’d get all of the Christmas greetings out of the way in one go. Merry Christmas. In many ways this will serve as the Christmas Card you were...
by admin | Apr 25, 2012 | Opinion
We had high hopes for the hustings this year. It would be the fifteenth year we’ve done this and it could be the last one where we get to see a fairly long serving Councillor with a reputation for unguarded comments. We were disappointed. Let’s get this...
