Recently in local politics Category

The current 'Credit Crunch' combined with high energy prices is seemingly causing a recession... a period of no economic growth or contraction.  Part of me welcomes this, despite the discomfort we will all experience (such as reduced entertainment bookings for me) as in a greener world we'd consume less, and in a recession we do just that.  One of the weird effects of this economic situation is that with reduced demand, some prices will fall... so I'm not suprised to see the fuel prices dip temporarily. 

I wasn't expecting to win. Infact I would have been very suprised to become a City of York Councillor, as with our party's limited resources we targetted just three wards with leaflets and canvassing, and my ward wasn't one of them. But even so, losing an election isn't a good feeling.