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I appreciate that what I am about to write is easier to do so when in Opposition. However, there are times in a Parliamentary career when you have to ask: how...

Many people will have had a hope that the second Trump administration might have been different from his first. That a greater sense of calmness and ‘grown up’...

During the recent General Election campaign, I suggested that an issue that would need serious consideration over a period of time is the role of the State and...

‘I was incredibly shy. I had quite bad speech defects as a child – I couldn’t say my R’s, my W’s, my th’s – that made me even shyer. It’s quite extraordinary...

The technical seasonal weather bulletins tell us we are in Spring but, as I write this at my desk looking out over North Dorset it seems anything but. Let us...

‘Will it stand the test of time?’ is often a question asked. In short – will something that looks or sound good today be so in the future. When it comes to...

For this column I thought I would have some varied topics rather than a thematic piece. Farming and food production remains one of the largest part of the UK’s...

Like many people, PE was never my favourite or best subject at school. I never quite seemed to be built for whatever it was we were supposed to be playing or...

I joined so many of the community in and around Blandford welcoming the decision by the Planning Inspectorate to refuse permission for the development at Deer...