Westlea Housing...A triumph for Westlea Housing Tenants

Six months ago I was involved, along with Councillor Mercy Baggs in trying to get a family that was living in damp overcrowded conditions re housed. After several visits and many phone calls finally Westlea Housing agreed that there was a damp issue and that it was not just condensation as they had been insisting.

Today the family have moved into proper accommodation which is not damp and has sufficient rooms for the family needs. Well done Westlea Housing for finally seeing sense.

Westlea Housing Association is a charitable Registered Social Landlord providing housing and support services. "We are committed to providing support to enable individuals to live independently in the community". http://www.westlea.co.uk/

Have Your Say On Future Voting

Soon it will be time to brave the elements and go to the polls again. On May 5^th 2011 you will be able to have your say on one of the most important decisions in political history. How will your vote count in future elections.? Your choice will be to retain the first past the post system that we all know and which is the cause of our "sea saw" government system with each party desperate to get a majority of MPs elected every 5 years.

Or the alternative which will take account of all votes cast and appoint MPs on a proportional basis. This system is used in many civilised countries such as Switzerland and results in a much more stable government.

In the Alternate Vote system proposed by the referendum, voters will still be electing just one candidate associated with one geographic constituency. Instead of simply voting for one candidate choice on the ballot paper (with an 'X'), the voter would instead rank one or more of the candidates in order of preference. If after first preferences have been counted, no one candidate has a majority of the votes cast, then the bottom candidate will be eliminated and their second preferences will be redistributed accordingly. The process continues repeatedly until one candidate reaches a majority and wins.

For more information visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_Alternative_Vote_referendum,_2011#Proposed_AV_system

Q. Do you think this is a good idea or not?