A veto is not just for Christmas
It was typical of Mr Miliband that he used a good phrase out of time and when it was not true. Mr Cameron used the veto , refusing...
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Shinfield planning consultation
Yesterday I called in at the consultation on the construction of new homes in Shinfield. I raised several issues...
Read this entry » The west’s money go round
The Euro crisis has been postponed. The Euro area has now adopted the very popular approach in the modern west of simply printing...
Read this entry » Visit to Maiden Erlegh 6th Form
This morning I spoke to the Maiden Erlegh Sixth Form as part of their General Studies. I was assured that Labour...
Read this entry » Conservatives can win the 2015 election
Yesterday Tim Montgomerie wrote a depressing piece on Conservative Home, reporting the views of Number 10 stating that Conservative victory in...
Read this entry » Mr Redwood’s contribution to the debate on the Benefit Cap, 1 Feb
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con): This is rightly difficult territory. I am relieved to hear that Ministers have reconsidered the transitional...
Read this entry » EU frustrations
I can fully understand the frustrations many feel about the turn of events in the EU. Many Eurosceptics thought that once a new Treaty...
Read this entry » Wokingham Times
I am relieved that Mr Hesker decided to waive his bonus at RBS. I have been unhappy for sometime about the remit the last government...
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All change, climate change?
Defra has recently published a large amount of material on climate change. It needed to do so under the last government’s legislation,...
Read this entry »Parliament bares its teeth on RBS
Mr Hester decided to waive his bonus when he heard there would be a Commons vote on it. Labour who had signed such a generous contract...
Read this entry »Propping the Euro
Mr Osborne’s rhetoric on using the IMF to prop the Euro has firmed up more. He has always said the IMF should not lend money to prop...
Read this entry »What David Cameron should say to the EU summit
I would like David Cameron, in the privacy of the meeting to say: “The UK wishes Eurozone members success with their...
Read this entry »What David Cameron should say to the EU summit
I would like David Cameron, in the privacy of the meeting to say: “The UK wishes Eurozone members success with their...
Read this entry »Bring home regional policy from the EU?
The cross party group on repatriating powers from the EU this week launched a piece of work on regional policy. They pointed out that the...
Read this entry »US and Europe growth rates
The media is contrasting the US growth rate which hit 2.8% per annum in the last quarter of 2011 favourably with the stalling economies...
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