John Dickie-Northampton's dissenting voice

Forty odd years in the local politics of Northampton has brought very few insights and even less understanding of the beast we know as local politics-but from the town that gave the world Bradlaugh-what the hell!

Saturday, 25 August 2012

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Prince Harry has an arse- big deal! So it would appear that Prince Harry has an arse Hold the front page! As a matter of fact not only ...

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Friday, 27 July 2012

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We're all professionals now! Time to return to the blog now the book is finished. You can still read my now monthly column in the now ...

Monday, 2 January 2012

New Year-almost new blog

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The last time I blogged was in April last year.Being elderly and lazy I have relied on my weekly column in the Chronicle & Echo(every We...

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Friday, 29 April 2011

Excitement at fever pitch-Guildhall quietly snoozes

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Thursday was the night of a thousand dreams.Or at least it promised that-according to the Chronicle & Echo .If you didn't get there ...

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Sunday, 24 April 2011

Wales wedding-excitement overwhelms me!

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A week to go before Mr and Mrs Wales big lad Bill gets hitched.I'm so excited about knowing what the lovely Kate (call me Catherine from...

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Tuesday, 19 April 2011

To AV or not AV?

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Three or four weeks ago I was absolutely sure that I would vote No in the great AV debate. I can sense readers eyes starting to glaze over,b...

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Tuesday, 12 April 2011

Time for some new thinking

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There is little real point in producing a local manifesto. That's why I'm surprised that the local Labour Party went to the trouble ...

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John Dickie: For 30 years I followed the teaching trade.For the same 30 years I was also a Labour Councillor on Northampton Borough Council.For ten of those years I was leader of Council.On leaving council(all 30 years representing castle ward) I went to WarwickBusiness School and completed a masters in Public Administration(MPA) which included a stint at the Kennedy School of Governance(Harvard) and Georgetown Univ. I was also for a number of years a partner ina small export orientated business.Now I write weekly for the Northampton Chron & Echo and do a little supply teaching when the mood takes me. Have been married almost 40 years to Marie- who left school at 15 and now has a PhD. and was Chair of Northants Police for over a decade and has worked nationally in a number of policing roles.Marie was awarded a well deserved OBE in the 2008 New Years Honours.

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