Election Time, Mistletoe and Wine

There are few things that drag this lazy site of its tired arse like an election. Obviously mock outrage at a supermarket comes close but at the end of the day elections are where the real business of local engagement/involvement take place. So on May the (check date)...

Market Forces

Our village green seems to have had many exciting twists and turns over the years. From the earliest aspirations for it to become a community hub to the absolutely batshit mental idea to build a massive metal tree on it. Getting rid of the toilets from underneath the...

Hustings 2011

We went to the Hustings this year so you didn’t have to.  It seems that  this message didn’t very far as a couple of hundred  other people also turned up. As so many other people were there we only stayed for an hour. There were a number of...

Save Moseley Village

The quite frankly odd campaign to Save Moseley Village appears to be happily reigniting itself.  As the plan to redevelop the derelict Meteor Ford site returns to planning for another go, all manner of incredible accusations seem to be flying around. Probably the most...

CCTV Take 2

After the great news that the unlawful Automatic Number Plate Recognition system is to be removed, Moseley residents might have thought they would get some respite from this nonsense. Unfortunately not. It looks like we’re going to have another similar scheme...