Karate and Public Buildings

At a recent Parish Council Meeting, Associated Karate Schools wrote a letter complaining about the Parish Council hiring out The Hub to another Martial Arts Club called Adrenaline Martial Arts.

The Hub is a public building and must be for hire to all those who wish to hire this building unless they are for illegal reasons.

In the letter the following is stated:

The letter goes on:

That is wrong. The Clerk was wrong to ask other club. Inform - Yes. Allow the other club to have a veto - No.

The letter goes on:

They can do because they are not public buildings. The Hub is a public building and open to all.

Nor should the Parish Council be worried about whether AKS loses money.

Associated Karate Schools runs 4 venues in Cambourne. Adrenaline is looking to run 2.

Ron says: The Hub is a public building which is open to be hired by all. There must not be any discrimination. If Adrenaline wants to hire and there is space that is competition. If AKS is unhappy about competition then AKS can hire from their other facilities. What is also wrong is the Clerk interfering in who can and cannot hire The Hub. 

The General Election 2015 in South Cambridgeshire

The winner is Ho-de-ho Allen, the Conservative Candidate. All we need now is to vote and the result. As a seat that is designated as a safe seat the General Election will pass South Cambridgeshire by.

Who is standing?

Ho-de-ho Allen - Conservative
Gerald Kindersley - Liberal Democrat
Simon Saggers - Green Party

The UKIP candidate has died so they are looking for another one.
The Labour candidate resigned last year so they are looking for another candidate.

Cambridgeshire is pretty safe for the Conservatives with 6 safe seats out of 7. The Cambridge constituency isn't a safe seat and is currently Liberal Democrat held. Labour wants to win this seat. The Conservative voters in Cambridge should seriously consider whether to vote tactically for the Liberal Democrats rather than elect a Labour MP. I would urge them to do so.

Labour hasn't any interest in any of the other seats in Cambridgeshire so might as well concentrate all resources on Cambridge.

The Liberal Democrats have the same problem as Labour. They need to retain Cambridge and have no real interest anywhere else in Cambridgeshire and should be concentrating all their resources on winning in Cambridge.

The Green Party has no real electoral prospects but as an insurgent party they need to get their party name in front of voters.

UKIP have a few prospects. Huntingdon, North West Cambridgeshire and North East Cambridgeshire are all constituencies where UKIP does better than most. UKIP needs to decide where it will fight. Shailesh Vara or Jonathan Djanogly are both good candidates with Vara as prime candidate for UKIP to go after.

The Conservatives have a few seats they need to retain outside of Cambridgeshire. Peterborough, Bedford and Stevenage are seats the Conservatives need to retain. Resources would be better spent on retaining these seats rather than trying to win in Cambridge.

Ron says: Living in a safe Conservative seat mean no other party is interested in South Cambs. Does it really matter who I actually vote for? I doubt it.