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Email DERBY GUARDIAN the Independent, Not-For-Profit Community News-Viewsletter, an Alternative Voice for the Caring People of Derby 1 email DERBY GUARDIAN The independent, not-for-profit community news-viewsletter, an alternative voice for the caring people of Derby. Controversial but rational. © Brennan Publications 2nd Year ISSN 1743-2243 Volume 2 (No. 93) By email on donation/subscription November 5, 2005 Leadership at stake Cameron forging ahead as Blair is challenged Declarations for David Cameron by top Tories in the region put him firmly ahead in the leadership stakes. The latest to come out in support include Robin Wood and Pauline Latham, respectively president and chairman of Derby Conservative Association, and Philip Hickson, leader of the Tory group on the city council. Mr Wood, a former councillor and mayor of Derby, told the Derby Guardian: “Cameron is my man. He stands for the type of Conservative Party I have always wanted. The party needs to change its spots if it is ever to become electable again. “With New Labour crumbling fast and the Liberals imploding, the Tories could really clean up. My prediction is that this parliament will not go the full term and we need to be ready to be ready win new hearts and minds in an early General Election. “David Davis is a fine man but to me he represents the right-wing people who will vote Conservative anyway. They always have. David Cameron has the qualities to embrace the Right but also win the Centre. It is the centre that wins elections. Young people, ethnic and other minorities form the centre ground. So does the ordinary common-sense person in the street.” Pauline Latham said she had first heard David Cameron speak in public some time ago, and thought then that one day he could be leader of the party. “Now I’m quite sure that he will.” Views on Europe The East Midlands Tory MEPs, Roger Helmer and Chris Heaton-Harris, had already declared for Cameron. They argue that as policy differences between the two candidates are relatively minor, issues of personality and style are critical. They told the East Midlands Guardian: “Cameron has a strong media and electoral appeal which will be attractive to sectors of the electorate where the Tories have 2 polled badly in recent years -- women, young people, and middle-class professionals who have drifted to the Lib-Dems. “It has been claimed that his ‘privileged background’ may count against him (he went to Eton), but it would be perverse to reject an excellent candidate because he went to a good school, as did the Prime Minster, who went to Fettes, a highly-rated Scottish public school.” They also applaud “his commitment to taking Conservative MEPs out of the European Peoples' Party group in the European Parliament. This may not be a hot issue on the doorstep, but it puts down an important marker on Conservative EU policy. No longer will Conservatives talk a good euro-sceptic story at home, but cosy-up to the federalists in Brussels.” Voting papers are now being distributed to party members, and the result should be known on December 6. Members know that the choice of their new leader, while being vital to the party’s future, is the beginning of a long and possibly difficult road to the next election. Some think they will get help from the Prime Minister, who faces strong opposition from all sides to important parts of the anti-terrorism legislation, as well as from his own party on his insistence on more reform of social and public services. His confident assurance that he will serve another full term is now very much in question. ________________________________________________________________________ Labour gives Trust more time City council U-turn on St Helen’s House by our political editor Good news for the supporters of the preservation of St Helen’s House. The announcement of a U-turn by the city council’s controlling Labour group is to be made at Tuesday’s meeting of the cabinet, following a successful challenge by the opposition Liberal Democrats. Council rules permit a challenge on a key decision when written notice is received from three councillors who are of the opinion that the decision was not made in accordance with the constitution. The process, described as a call-in, was agreed at the request of Lib Dem members Les Allen, Mike Carr and Ruth Skelton, who challenged the decision made by the all-Labour cabinet on October 18. An official council statement in advance of Tuesday’s cabinet, signed by David Roberts, deputy leader, and an official, Chris Edwards, assistant director of property services, does not mention the challenge, nor the role of the opposition. It refers only to a meeting of Mr Roberts with members of the St Helen’s House Trust, and the successful outcome of that meeting. The statement says: “Councillor Dave Roberts will be announcing to the council cabinet meeting (on November 8) the successful outcome of his meeting with members of the St Helens House Trust. 3 “The talks which took place last Thursday led to an agreement that both the council and the trust believe will allow the trust to continue with the feasibility study Stage Two. Long-term future “It is hoped this will lead to a bid being put to the Heritage Lottery fund. If successful, this would enable the trust to secure the long-term future of the property.” Mr Roberts added: “I am delighted that, as promised, the city council was able to provide the assurances that will enable the trust to continue its efforts to keep St Helen’s House as a focal point of the city’s historic past.” Mr Edwards added: “This agreement is a step towards a secure future for the building and at the same time, doesn’t prevent the council from considering other expressions of interest.” At the cabinet meeting when the original decision was made, both sides (David Roberts for Labour, Hilary Jones for the Lib Dems) were at pains to convince the protesters in the gallery that they were on the side of the trust. The cries of protest were aimed at the Labour group, and the applause at the Lib Dems. The official announcement above is not incorrect, but is economical with the facts. A member of Derby Heart writes of campaigners’ hopes now that the cabinet is agreeing to prioritise St Helen’s House, though below the Roundhouse and Silk Mill, in any future bids for Heritage Lottery funding: While the council agenda still includes seeking a private buyer for St Helen’s House, it has agreed to pay back the money needed by the trust to carry out its feasibility study in the event of the council’s finding a buyer within 18 months. With a viable business and marketing plan, this will enable the trust to put in its own separate bid to the Heritage Lottery fund next year, for about £3 million towards the total cost. ________________________________________________________________________ Calling all librarians Libraries now answer questions live in 24-hr service by Regional Bookman Instant free answers to your questions from trained professionals are now available to library users at the touch of a button – and here is the first report on the new system as it operates in an East Midlands county library service, in Derbyshire. The county council has launched the live question-and-answer service to make it even easier for people to get information by working online through instant “live chat” and email. Enquire is a 24-hour, seven-days-a-week online service that instantly connects people to someone who is trained to help them find the answers. It works like instant messaging or chat-room technology, letting you ask questions which will be answered by trained staff, just as they would if you were talking to them face-to-face or on the telephone. 4 Hosted by the People's Network, Enquire aims to deliver information in this way across England, the United States and Canada. It is one of three new online services being introduced by the People’s Network. The other two, Discover and Read, are designed to guide users through the web and explore books and reading online. Derbyshire’s cabinet member for cultural and community services, Councillor Bob Janes, who launched the new service at Chesterfield library, said: “Enquire demonstrates how libraries are moving with the times and embracing the digital revolution to improve one of the greatest traditions of the public library.” Log on to Enquire at: www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk/enquire.html English library staff deliver the service Monday- Friday, 9am- 5pm, and international library partners cover at other times. People’s Network online services are a natural extension of the lottery-funded project to provide broadband internet access for all within public libraries. Enquire, Discover and Read are the first three online People’s Network services to go live from www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk with support from a £500,000 grant from the Big Lottery Fund during 2004/05. All three services are national firsts. Enquire is the only national real-time and email inquiry service to be delivered round the clock. Discover offers people the chance to search for objects from a wide range of museum, library and archive projects from one single point. Read gives access to a range of online services related to books and reading, including another new PN service called reader2reader where readers can meet online. Feedback from all county librarians will be welcomed by Regional Bookman on [email protected] _____________________________________________________________________ Flu warning by teachers Pandemic could shut down schools The city council may have to shut schools in the event of a flu pandemic, says the National Association of Schoolmasters/Union of Women Teachers.
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