🏡 The Parish Pump Party
Local"Big ideas start in small places."
Led by SandraFromBakewell · Founded 2 months ago
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All this online nastiness isn't just about MPs — it's poisoning our local chats too. Time to make platforms accountable.
I saw it happen just last month with the proposed new roundabout by the A6. Our own Councillor Davies, bless her, put up a post on the Bakewell Facebook group asking for opinions, and within hours it was just a free-for-all. People calling
How are we supposed to get to the next village without a car? Ridiculous!
Why are we still pretending everyone drives everywhere, especially in rural areas? We've got perfectly good buses going past Bakewell, but they run about as often as a hen lays a golden egg, and only to the big towns. It’s completely imprac
Scrap GCSEs for Local Skills Training
I think we should get rid of GCSEs and replace them with local skills training that actually prepares kids for the world of work. This is needed because the current system is failing to give young people the skills they need to get a job an
Stop letting developers just buy up villages for holiday lets!
We need a national policy that gives local councils the power to limit the number of new properties built specifically for holiday lets or second homes. My town of Bakewell is drowning in them, and it’s pushing ordinary families out because