Honestly, is there anything more boring? Click here to go straight to the bit about Radlett, the Watling electoral division and Caroline Clapper, our councillor. We’re struggling to think of anything. County Council elections have none of the obvious glamour of the national contest, the stakes are lower and – let’s face it – nobody… Continue reading Hertfordshire County Council elections – preview
18 Apr 2025
The Sir Oliver Dowden sketchy behaviour monitor, part two
In which we ask what happens to an MP’s priorities when three quarters of his income comes from his second (and third) jobs? UPDATE: 20 April 2025: Sir Oliver’s new favourite football team San Diego FC got absolutely clattered 3-0 at Charlotte, finishing with ten men after some VAR drama (they have VAR in the… Continue reading The Sir Oliver Dowden sketchy behaviour monitor, part two
4 Apr 2025
DC01UK: data centre drama
It’s a few months since we learnt that Europe’s biggest data centre might be built here in Hertsmere – what could stop it from happening? In part three of our DC01UK deep dive we’ll look at the various obstacles that must be overcome before it goes live on the Internet in 2030. It might fall… Continue reading DC01UK: data centre drama
18 Mar 2025
DC01UK: a demanding new neighbour
Previously on Radlett Wire: two local firms have secured outline planning permission to build Europe’s biggest data centre right here in Hertsmere. We don’t know much more than that. For instance we don’t know who the final client is or who will use the facility once it’s live. Likewise, we have only the most basic… Continue reading DC01UK: a demanding new neighbour
4 Feb 2025
DC01UK: Hertsmere steps into history
Well, possibly. Data centres are the cotton mills and steel foundries of our day. Vast, industrial-scale facilities that are right at the heart of the fourth industrial revolution. And one might be built right here, next to the motorway in South Mimms. We’ll admit to a certain childish excitement about this. Mysterious developers want to… Continue reading DC01UK: Hertsmere steps into history
21 Jul 2024
Slim pickings
Look, we know we should have expected this, but we’re experiencing a bit of a post-election comedown. There’s plenty of action in Parliament, of course, and it’s kind of mind-blowing to hear the man in the big hat reading out a list of broadly social-democratic laws, even if some of them are a bit arbitrary… Continue reading Slim pickings (http://radlettwire.co.uk/2024/07/slim-pickings/)
19 Jun 2024
Farage’s contract
It’s chaos at Reform HQ but that’s how they like it… For an insurgency polling in double digits and threatening to disassemble the most successful political party in history, Reform UK is a pretty shabby outfit. Neither a high-gloss, updated 20th Century dinosaur like Le Pen’s National Rally, nor a dark, ideological machine like Alternative… Continue reading Farage’s contract (http://radlettwire.co.uk/2024/06/reforms-contract-with-you/)
4 Jun 2024
Be prepared
Fear is back Why does Rishi Sunak want us to prepare for war? Why does Oliver Dowden want us to fill the cupboard under the stairs with tins of beans and bottled water? And what’s any of this got to do with a concrete shed in the middle of Radlett? If you walk up Gills… Continue reading Be prepared (http://radlettwire.co.uk/2024/06/be-prepared/)
14 May 2024
Hertsmere General Election preview, part four
The Conservative Party This is it. The big one. The last of our four guides to the parties standing in Hertsmere at the next general election, whenever that is. We’ve done the fringe parties, the Liberals and Labour so now it’s time to tackle the incumbents, the 800-pound gorillas of Hertsmere politics, the Conservative Party,… Continue reading Hertsmere General Election preview, part four (http://radlettwire.co.uk/2024/05/hertsmere-general-election-preview-part-four/)
18 Apr 2024
Voting in Radlett on 2 May
Calm down, it’s a really boring one. On Thursday 2 May there are local elections in many parts of England. It honestly seems a bit unfair that just down the road in London they’ve got all the excitement of a Mayoral election. In fact, there are elections in about a third of English councils (107… Continue reading Voting in Radlett on 2 May (http://radlettwire.co.uk/2024/04/voting-in-radlett-on-2-may/)
18 Jan 2024
How to keep tabs on your MP
Right at the base of our democracy is the idea of representation. We send our MPs to Westminster to vote on our behalf. How they vote is our business. Of course, once they get to Westminster they usually become ridiculous figures – and they quite soon join one of the two available categories. They’re either… Continue reading How to keep tabs on your MP (http://radlettwire.co.uk/2024/01/how-to-keep-tabs-on-your-mp/)
17 Jan 2024
Shall we fire this thing up again?
There’s an election coming. We can feel the electricity in the air. We haven’t posted here for seven months. We took a break and meanwhile, you may have noticed, the world got even more dark and weird. But Rishi Sunak says his ‘working assumption’ is that we’ll have a general election in the second half… Continue reading Shall we fire this thing up again? (http://radlettwire.co.uk/2024/01/shall-we-fire-this-thing-up-again/)
10 May 2023
Hertsmere General Election preview, part one
The fringe parties Calm down. The general election could be as far away as 28 January 2025. It could be a lot sooner, though. Now that the Fixed Term Parliament Act is no more and Prime Ministers may call elections whenever they want, subject to the maximum term, the element of surprise is back. May… Continue reading Hertsmere General Election preview, part one (http://radlettwire.co.uk/2023/05/hertsmere-general-election-preview-part-one/)
13 Apr 2023
2023 Local elections in Hertsmere – the results
Okay, let’s face it, the local elections are not the most glamorous in the calendar but they are, in some ways, the most relevant to our everyday lives. (this post now updated with the results fron the 4 May local elections) Turnout in local elections rarely exceeds half that seen for national elections and the… Continue reading 2023 Local elections in Hertsmere – the results (http://radlettwire.co.uk/2023/04/local-elections-preview/)
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