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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...