It's something I heard time and time again during the election, and perhaps became my biggest ‘bang-head-on-table' issue of the last Parliament. Now it seems Lord Myners - former City Minister under Labour - agrees with the many other sane ...Read More
Politics is a strange business. Addictive, corrupting, alienating and inspiring, being even a small part in the campaign leaves you asking yourself any number of questions. I'm currently enjoying a break from frontline politics, and reflecting on what might be ...Read More
Not a huge post from me - just some remarkable statistics that really did make me gasp. Unbelievable one of the world's largest economies, not to mention one of the oldest welfare states, could allow a situation to emerge where: 1.4 ...Read More
I was pretty amazed to see the head of the Electoral Commission lambasting problems in polling at the General Election evidence of a "19th-century system for running elections was "buckling" under the weight of 21st-century democracy." Jenny Watson has launched an ...Read More
During the election campaign, I was asked by Vibrations magazine to be their token tory for a piece on culture and the general election. I really enjoyed the conversation and (other than probably swearing too much) I hope I made ...Read More
So, after a few hectic months, the time has come to reflect on the campaign and thank the dedicated group of volunteers for their support during the campaign. We performed much better than the national swing of 5%, halving Yvette's majority ...Read More
Yesterday some of the team and I spent the day handing out copies of David Cameron's contract between the Conservative Party and voters. The contract sets out certain specific things in exchange for people's vote. It's a contract that sets out what we will do ...Read More
When you're hearing Mr Brown's tales of how he led Britain through the stormy waters of the financial crisis, it's worth noting what he said as we were heading into the mire. "Lehman Brothers is a great company today that can ...Read More
[caption id="attachment_443" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Our new welfare poster"][/caption] It's one of the biggest issues facing Britain, and something I know people across the constituency are concerned about. How will a Conservative government tackle the benefits culture Labour have burdened us with? We ...Read More