Local Elections 2008


May 1 marks another year of local elections and your chance to vote for change in Cathays, so if you are fed up with parking permits, refuse collections, petty crime, uneven pavements or rubbish landlords then pop down to your polling station and put a cr

Why Students Should Vote…

You may have discovered pieces of cardboard dropping through your letterbox, which aren’t the usual student deals on take-away pizzas, Chinese or Indian cuisines.


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Liberal Democrats


Simon Lucey speaks to Keith Clements of the Lib Dem Focus Team and asks what achievements they’ve completed this year in Cathays

The streets of Cathays have a real problem with litter. How will the Lib-Dems improve this?

We have already employed extra street cleaners to improve the situation, but we also want to focus on improving education.


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Green Party


Sophie Cole chats with John Cowie, the Students’ Union’s Ethical & Environment Officer, and his aspirations to stand in local elections

What inclined you to stand for the Green Party?

I’m standing to be a paper candidate for the Cathays area; it is important that the Green Party have some sort of representation so people, especially students, know who they are and that they are active.


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Labour


Josie Allchin quizzes two student hopefuls running for seats in Cathays: meet Michaela Neild and Steve Farringdon

What made want you want to run in these elections?

MN: Local politics is something that really appeals to me. I started off in local youth politics and got quite attached to do things locally, I really enjoy going back to the roots of things.


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