Well on Tuesday night the Council approved the Coalition budget for 2011-12 and then also voted me in as the new Lead Councillor for Environment and Sustainability. I must admit I never thought I would ever take up such an exalted role when I went into politics, it was not normal for a Lib Dem to dream of power in the 1990’s. But here we are in 2011 and we find ourselves sharing power with the Tories and actually working with them to improve life for Reading residents after 23 years of Labour rule.

Anyway I now get to immerse myself in licensing and environmental protection alongside street cleaning and waste management. So its pretty much rubbish from here on in!

I hope I still find time to blog occasionally.