Ian Cawsey (Lab, Ret 2010)

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Former member for Brigg & Goole. Retired from parliament in 2010.

Articles written by Ian Cawsey (Lab, Ret 2010)

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water

By • on March 24, 2010

The MP4 album is now available!The profits go to Help for Heroes so even if you fear what you will hear - it's for a great cause!It's called...

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Thunderbirds are go!

Thunderbirds are go!

By • on March 24, 2010

I use Twitter and Facebook so much now I’ve become a bit lax on this blog but today was a day I feel obliged to talk about.It was the last...

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Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water

By • on March 24, 2010

The MP4 album is now available!The profits go to Help for Heroes so even if you fear what you will hear - it's for a great cause!It's called...

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Being Equitable

Being Equitable

By • on February 24, 2010

There was a meeting in parliament this afternoon to discuss the progress (or lack of it) towards a compensation scheme for those who lost money...

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Bak Two Skool Four Thee Tawreeys

Bak Two Skool Four Thee Tawreeys

By • on February 15, 2010

I think this is not the first time I've blogged about the poor standards of maths amongst those who run the Tory Party.Today we had two more...

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It's getting jittery!!

It's getting jittery!!

By • on February 10, 2010

I missed parliament today. Peter Sanderson who led the Axholme Connexions (a local charity singing group) died suddenly and today was his funeral....

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Who's the mystery voice?

Who's the mystery voice?

By • on February 9, 2010

I blame Kev Brennan - just to get that in early!He played this track to me and said this would be good to play along with a collection of the...

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The voice of the people!

Thanks to my mate Rich for this story - don't know whether it's something to be pleased with or disheartened about!Anyway Rich agreed to do a bit of canvassing for...

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Why there's more to teaching than a bit of paper!

When I was at school we had a maths teacher who was also our form teacher who was a quite brilliant academic. He had worked for Rolls Royce I seem to remember and...

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What's the connection?

There was something in our local paper the other night about Stagecoach saying they want to end some local bus services.  The council say they are planning to pay...

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Scunny's Forte Fourth Scuppers Score Scoop!

Not much football yesterday but there was the amazing match at Derby which finished Derby 1 - Scunthorpe 4 - so all Iron fans will be over the moon with that - or...

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Snow, sledges, slip ups & squibs!

Cold, cold, cold! I spent the week in the constituency watching the snow levels rise and the temperatures drop!On Thursday I helped my wife Linda deliver the meals...

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It just doesn't add up!

Inevitably there is going to more focus on the policies and announcements of all the parties between now and the election.And for the Tories this is already proving...

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Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year to you all - hope you had a good one!I did a You Tube New Year thing which you can laugh at by going to  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTbrvOBZb..foParliament...

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MP4 – we can rule the world!

Hope you all had a great Christmas and are about to have a Happy New Year.Since I last posted I have now been supplied with a link to a news item from the global...

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