http://juliansturdy.co.uk Prospective Conservative MP for York Outer Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:36:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Gordon Brown has now responded to my petition which urged him to make funding available to dual the A1237 York Northern Ring Road. You can read in full the Prime Ministers reply to the petition here:  http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page16584 His response though is very disappointing , to say the least, the ... http://juliansturdy.co.uk/2008/08/26/gordon-brown-ignores-need-for-action-on-york-northern-ring-road/ After last years fantastic achievement which saw the village of Dunnington win gold in Yorkshire In Bloom, this year the competition got harder as the village goes for glory in Britain In Bloom. This is now my third year helping out with the village's entry and last Saturday I was ... http://juliansturdy.co.uk/2008/08/13/judging-day-for-dunnington-in-bloom/ Over the last few days local Councillor Siân Wiseman and I have launched a campaign to improve road safety at the notorious Hazelbush Crossroads on the A64. We are asking local residents who share our concerns about the dangerous crossing to sign a petition calling on the Highways Agency to ... http://juliansturdy.co.uk/2008/07/30/safety-campaign-for-notorious-a64-crossroads/ As a local Yorkshire farmer I have always been a great supporter of the Great Yorkshire Show and ever since I was a young boy going with my father to help him in his role as a cattle ring steward I have tried to play an active role in supporting ... http://juliansturdy.co.uk/2008/07/14/the-great-yorkshire-show/ On Saturday my four year old son and I went to Copmanthorpe Carnival. Unfortunately the British summer was up to its old tricks again as umbrellas were the name of the day, however this did not dampen spirits as the Carnival celebrated its 40th anniversary with a wonderful day enjoyed ... http://juliansturdy.co.uk/2008/07/07/copmanthorpe-carnival/ Ireland the only Country of the 27 Member States that currently make up the European Union to have a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty have potentially saved our country from handing over even more powers to Brussels in the name of this Treaty. We therefore owe enormous thanks to those ... http://juliansturdy.co.uk/2008/06/16/three-cheers-to-the-irish/ Congratulations to Edward Timpson MP, our new Member of Parliament for Crewe and Nantwich following his election on Thursday in the by-election.  I spent a number of days over in Nantwich helping to campaign and there was no doubt that the good people of Crewe and Nantwich were ready for ... http://juliansturdy.co.uk/2008/05/24/crewe-nantwich-by-election-success/ Last weekend Susan Wade Weeks (Conservative Parliamentary Candidate York Central) and I launched a campaign to encourage shoppers in York to stop using plastic bags. The campaign entitled “Plastic Ain’t York’s Bag” was launched in York City centre with us giving away 1,000 Fair Trade cotton bags in exchange for ... http://juliansturdy.co.uk/2008/05/18/plastic-aint-yorks-bag/ I am extremely disappointed that the Government has left our region in complete confusion over its eco-town proposals. Its lack of ability to make decisions seems to be spreading down from the Prime Minister to his cabinet colleagues as this complete farce continues. If none of the short listed ... http://juliansturdy.co.uk/2008/04/16/eco-town-confusion/ Today sadly is the last day that Fulford Post Office is open for business, and when Aasif Rabbani (sub postmaster) closes the door for the last time it will not only mean the lose of yet another local post office but also for the residents of Fulford, the lose of ... http://juliansturdy.co.uk/2008/03/26/a-sad-day-for-fulford/