22nd June 2010
On Tuesday this week I sat in the House of Commons to hear George Osborne deliver his first Budget. This was one of many Budgets which I have listened to over the...
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19th August 2010
We are fortunate that in our area there have been a number of large public sector building projects which have been approved in recent years,...
Read this entry » 12th August 2010
Congratulations to Yeovil Town FC on their first win of the season, in their first match on Saturday 7th August. It is always good to have the...
Read this entry » 29th July 2010
Parliament has now finished for its summer recess. But this year there will be no repeat of the past lengthy “holiday”, which saw...
Read this entry » 22nd July 2010
On Monday this week I flew by helicopter from the heliport in Battersea down to the International Airshow at Farnborough. This is certainly the...
Read this entry » 15th July 2010
Last week started for me early on Monday morning in Westminster with meetings in my office, and then at midday I walked over to one of...
Read this entry » 4th July 2010
Last week I was back in our area on Thursday night after a busy few days in Westminster. On Friday morning I travelled to Donyatt, near Ilminster,...
Read this entry » 28th June 2010.
Over the last week, the UK has been wilting in the first real “heat wave” of this summer. We are accustomed each year to complaining...
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10th June 2010
I would like to start this week by thanking all of those who have contacted me with kind messages of support over the last 2 weeks. I have been stunned by the...
Read this entry »THIS IS A LITTLE LONGER THAN USUAL
31st May 2010. I have already said publicly that the last few days have been the longest, toughest and emotionally most testing of my life. To have your privacy...
Read this entry »A new politics for Britain
This is my first article for the Western Gazette since the last Parliament was dissolved in early April, and a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since...
Read this entry »8th April 2010
Last week I was out and about in our area for a part of the time, knocking on doors as part of the General Election campaign. I have many pleasant memories...
Read this entry »29th March 2010.
I am writing this article a few days before this edition of the Western Gazette goes to press, so I do not know whether the General Election will have been called...
Read this entry »22nd March 2010
The starting gun has yet to be fired, but the horses are off in the 2010 General Election race. Unless Gordon Brown is planning some unprecedented emergency legislation...
Read this entry »14th March 2010
Last Thursday evening I attended a Public Meeting in Swanmead School in Ilminster, organized by the South Somerset Climate Action Group. There was a very thought-provoking...
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