http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/ Read the news and views of our Liverpool Daily Post columnists. en-gb Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk no Read the news and views of our Liverpool Daily Post columnists. liverpool daily post columnists, Jim Hancock, Larry Neild http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/11/24/jim-hancock-wait-for-justice-is-long-enough-64375-22323500/ Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/11/24/jim-hancock-wait-for-justice-is-long-enough-64375-22323500/ JUSTICE delayed is justice denied. The people of Liverpool have waited long enough for the revelation of the Standards Board reports on their council leader Warren Bradley and his predecessor Mike Storey. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/11/17/jim-hancock-stadia-must-wait-64375-22272055/ Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/11/17/jim-hancock-stadia-must-wait-64375-22272055/ TOMORROW could mark a significant step towards Everton beating Liverpool into a new stadium. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/10/13/jim-hancock-how-will-this-end-64375-22020096/ Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/10/13/jim-hancock-how-will-this-end-64375-22020096/ LIVERPOOL and Everton playing in their old stadia for years to come. The second crossing of the Mersey at Runcorn delayed indefinitely. Unemployment rising, wages depressed and our pension funds under threat. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/10/06/jim-hancock-tories-are-on-a-roll-64375-21973206/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/10/06/jim-hancock-tories-are-on-a-roll-64375-21973206/ I’M TOLD Freshers Week at Liverpool’s universities has seen the best recruitment figures for the Conservative Associations in years. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/09/29/jim-hancock-disunity-returns-after-ruth-kelly-resignation-64375-21919381/ Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/09/29/jim-hancock-disunity-returns-after-ruth-kelly-resignation-64375-21919381/ I WAS chairing a fringe meeting at the Labour conference last week and next to me was Ruth Kelly, the Transport Secretary. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/09/22/not-the-right-time-for-a-change-of-leadership-64375-21872809/ Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/09/22/not-the-right-time-for-a-change-of-leadership-64375-21872809/ BLAIRITE lick-spittles was the unflattering description handed out at the weekend to those Labour MPs who asked for leadership nomination forms. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/09/15/party-makes-a-stand-64375-21822465/ Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:48:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/09/15/party-makes-a-stand-64375-21822465/ SHOULD fans be allowed to stand to watch football matches? The question is a poignant one here on Merseyside, for reasons we are all familiar with. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/09/01/time-for-fresh-start-64375-21644536/ Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/09/01/time-for-fresh-start-64375-21644536/ WHAT ever happened to the complaint that Liverpool’s two most prominent councillors conspired to oust the former chief of the Culture Company? http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/08/11/kirkby-scheme-blues-64375-21508409/ Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/08/11/kirkby-scheme-blues-64375-21508409/ THE economic downturn could be the decisive factor in scuppering the Everton/Tesco scheme in Kirkby. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/08/04/visibility-inspires-64375-21463087/ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:44:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/08/04/visibility-inspires-64375-21463087/ COULD the Conservatives soon be back on Liverpool City Council? This reverie crossed my mind last week when I met two of the last Conservative councillors in the city before The Great Extinction in the early nineties. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/07/14/transport-travails-64375-21338635/ Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:30:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/07/14/transport-travails-64375-21338635/ NEIL SCALES isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. This is particularly the case with Wirral residents, some of whom blame him personally for keeping the tolls on the tunnels. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/07/07/should-life-be-life-64375-21298591/ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:55:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/07/07/should-life-be-life-64375-21298591/ TO BE in a hall with at least ten people whose sons or partners have been viciously killed on Merseyside, is a humbling experience. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/06/30/world-expo-will-give-liverpool-a-chance-to-prove-itself-64375-21203063/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:06:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/06/30/world-expo-will-give-liverpool-a-chance-to-prove-itself-64375-21203063/ DURING Liverpool Business Week, I experienced 15 bruising rounds with Derek Hatton, and heard a challenge to Merseyside politicians to dig deep for the Shanghai challenge. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/06/23/granada-in-the-dock-64375-21138389/ Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:44:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/06/23/granada-in-the-dock-64375-21138389/ LAST week, the Liverpool- born newscaster Peter Sissons launched an outspoken attack in St George’s Hall on Granada TV’s lack of commitment to Merseyside. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/06/16/jim-hancock-strange-but-true-64375-21080069/ Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/06/16/jim-hancock-strange-but-true-64375-21080069/ "STRANGE days indeed”, sang John Lennon in the song, Nobody Told Me. These are strange days indeed in the political world. Former Shadow Home Secretary David Davis could be the only serious candidate in his own by-election. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/06/09/jim-hancock-eu-gravy-train-issue-is-a-major-distraction-64375-21046869/ Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:45:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/06/09/jim-hancock-eu-gravy-train-issue-is-a-major-distraction-64375-21046869/ MEMBERS of the European Parliament have always suffered from a bad press, often unfairly in my opinion. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/05/05/bitter-pill-to-swallow-64375-20862462/ Sun, 04 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/05/05/bitter-pill-to-swallow-64375-20862462/ I AM indebted to Nadia Stewart for making my forecast come true, that the Lib-Dems would cling on to control of Liverpool Council. But whether the people of Liverpool will feel so indebted, I very much doubt. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/04/21/jim-hancock-strain-of-a-revolt-for-labour-64375-20792819/ Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/04/21/jim-hancock-strain-of-a-revolt-for-labour-64375-20792819/ IT’S 40 years since Harold Wilson, Prime Minister and MP for Huyton, led his party into a disastrous round of local elections. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/04/14/jim-hancock-slow-off-the-mark-64375-20759496/ Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/04/14/jim-hancock-slow-off-the-mark-64375-20759496/ MERSEYSIDE needs to get its act together. A year ago, a government minister, Phil Woolas, announced he’d knocked heads together and the Merseyside City Region would become a reality. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/04/07/jim-hancock-too-late-to-share-64375-20730552/ Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:59:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/jim-hancock/2008/04/07/jim-hancock-too-late-to-share-64375-20730552/ TWO snowy mornings made my weekend special. Yesterday’s was down to nature, but on Saturday my losing streak at Aintree was broken by a decent return on the third horse in the National.