Unite with foes: progress together - for the BV Online 22nd May 2023 Regular readers will know of my suspicions of populism in politics. Not to be confused with being popular (what politician doesn’t seek to be that?), more the... Articles
Not quite so discontented yet - for the Blackmore Vale online 23rd January 2023 As Gloucester put it in Richard lll, it does feel rather that ‘now is the winter of our discontent’. The spectre and presence of strikes have once again reared... Articles
UK Parliament Week, 14 - 20 November 2022 3rd November 2022 This year, UK Parliament week will run from 14 - 20 November 2022. This is a brilliant opportunity to find out more about what Parliament is and how you can get... Articles
Honouring the life and service, and reflecting on the loss, of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, for the Blackmore Vale. 26th September 2022 We will all be familiar with the words from the hymn Abide With Me: ‘Change and decay in all around I see, O Thou who changest not abide with me’. Well, we are... Articles
Remembering our shared humanity. 6th December 2021 I would like you to share an experience of mine which I hope none of you will ever experience. Picture this: three years ago my eldest daughter, while we were... Articles
Blackmore Vale Digital November 2021 29th November 2021 I welcomed the shock, horror and outrage that greeted the vicious murder of my colleague David Amess. The response of the public highlighted that, thank God... Articles
Blackmore Vale 26th February 2021 10th March 2021 So! The sensible and steady path from Lockdown to more normal times will soon be opened and we will all begin to take our tentative steps forward. The Prime... Articles
We are all in this together 28th January 2021 In the words of the Aretha Franklin song “Here We Go Again”. Covid seems like one of those film villains tha,t despite shooting, stabbing, suffocating and... Articles
Blackmore Vale: What is a select committee? 12th November 2020 A few weeks ago I logged in a little late for a zoom call to discuss a local issue with some Parish Councillors. I explained that a Select Committee meeting... Articles