A blog by Cllr Mark Haworth-Booth
06/05/2025 / 06/05/2025 by Mark Haworth-Booth
The news came on Friday, just before we sat down for lunch with friends at the Jack Russell in Swimbridge, was a rare treat. The treat became rather more of one, with a bottle of Prosecco, when we saw how emphatically Cllr Sara Wilson, our excellent candidate, had won the county council seat for Ilfracombe […]
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29/04/2025 / 29/04/2025 by markhaworthbooth
Photo: Caroline Lucas MP addressing Extinction Rebellion demonstrators 1 May 2019 A few days ago I chatted with Extinction Rebellion (XR) colleagues in North Devon about the movement and its future. I found myself stressing that XR had already achieved a major objective by prompting the House of Commons to declare a Climate Emergency on […]
22/04/2025 by markhaworthbooth
In a week of so much horrible news, I start with something very positive – the waterwheel turning at Hele Mill in the video above. Rosie and I visited Hele, just east of Ilfracombe, to deliver leaflets for Cllr Sara Wilson, the splendid Green Party candidate in the county elections on 1 May. Hele Mill […]
15/04/2025 / 15/04/2025 by Mark Haworth-Booth
Photo: Ilfracombe Rosie and I have canvassed in Ilfracombe for Cllr Sara Wilson the past two Saturdays. It was extremely breezy on the first one – easily as bracing as Skegness. Sara is a strong candidate for the county council elections on 1 May and the Greens are best placed to beat the Tory incumbent. […]
03/04/2025 / 03/04/2025 by Mark Haworth-Booth
PHOTO – Dennington Hill, Swimbridge The Asphalt Industry Alliance’s (AIA) Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) survey has found that £16.81bn is required by councils to bring the network up to their ‘ideal’ conditions. The annual survey, which was completed by 78% of councils responsible for roads in England, London and Wales, also found that […]
26/03/2025 / 26/03/2025 by Mark Haworth-Booth
Thank you, Richard Burgon MP, for what you are doing to prevent the Gaza genocide that Israel is carrying out while the world does nothing much – especially our own craven government. This is my latest email to BBC Feedback: Dear Feedback The coverage of the last two weeks, in which Israel has cut off […]