Showing posts with label Telford penguins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Telford penguins. Show all posts
Sunday, November 09, 2014

Leisure attraction bans single people "on child protection grounds"

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Back in 2008 I blogged about a bizarre policy of Telford and Wrekin Council . As so often, I quoted the Shropshire Star: Council staff o...
Thursday, December 18, 2008

Two Tory councillors resign from Telford & Wrekin group

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Telford & Wrekin councillors Denis Allen and George Ashcroft have today resigned the Conservative whip. Their action follows a "sig...
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Thursday, October 30, 2008

Revenge of the Telford penguins?

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Remember the fiasco of the Telford penguins and the Tory-run council's policy of challenging any lone adults found in the town park in c...
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Saturday, October 04, 2008

Telford penguins victimised again

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The Conservative-run Telford & Wrekin Borough Council has made a laughing stock of itself again. Yes, it has returned to victimising th...
Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Telford park row: Council backs down

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From the Shropshire Star : Telford & Wrekin council boss Andrew Eade today stepped into the patrols in the park row and admitted: “We ma...
Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Telford park story reaches national press

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The story about Telford & Wrekin Council questioning people without children in the town's main park has begun to reach the national...

Telford Park: Some blogosphere reaction

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The story about single people being stopped and asked why they are in Telford Central Park has not made the national press yet. Perhaps now...
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Monday, September 08, 2008

Telford Council to question single people seen in town park

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Earlier today I noticed that someone from Liberty had been reading one of my posts on the Telford penguins . I smiled. But it isn't funn...
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Saturday, September 06, 2008

The Telford penguins speak

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Video courtesy of the Shropshire Star (of course). More about the penguins here .
Thursday, August 28, 2008

The Telford penguins: I am not alone

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A comment on my latest New Statesman website column sends readers to Telford & Wrekin Council Watch . It has taken up the case of the T...
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Monday, August 18, 2008

My latest New Statesman column

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A new Calder's Comfort Farm can be found on the magazine's website. It covers Tim Leunig, The Bog Centre, the Telford penguins and ...
Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Telford penguins refuse to be cowed

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More news of the climate campaigners who were asked to leave a Telford park after dressing as penguins and handing out leaflets. That origi...
Saturday, August 09, 2008

Authorities swoop on rogue penguins in Telford park

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It's time to see how Shropshire is getting on without me. And it's not looking good. From the Shropshire Star : Two campaigners dres...