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We’re having an open meeting…

Independents for Frome was set up with the sole idea that the people of this town could and should be ...
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Keep Frome ifFy

National Politics is more broken than ever with scandals being unearthed seemingly on a daily basis. We are in a ...
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Why I’m Standing – Steve Tanner

When I’ve been out and about in Frome a few people have asked why I decided to get involved with ...
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Care Home Canvassing – Everyone’s vote matters

Two of Independents for Frome’s candidates are making sure that older people don’t get left out of the forthcoming local ...
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Making the right decision

This week the IfF led Town Council changed the way it makes decisions. It added an ethical element to the ...
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Party politics and brick walls

So, it’s 18 months since a group of Independents formed a majority of councillors on Frome Town Council.  We came ...
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Is the Council buying land a bad thing?

On the 1st November 2012 the Somerset Standard ran a ‘Letters Special’ on the recent decision by Frome Town Council ...
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is “Think Global – Act Local” still viable?

Over the last few days three highly significant sets of meetings have been taking place:  In Mexico, national political leaders ...
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Planet Under Pressure – thoughts from the brink

I’m just back from ‘a major international conference focusing on solutions to the global sustainability challenge’ with the world’s scientific ...
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Poetry for Independents by Crysse Morrison

When fatcats hogged the piggybank, and we paid for unjust wars with cuts in jobs and services, and even Radio ...