Reform
VIEW FROM WESTMINSTER Several recent events have provided a snapshot into the health of democracy around the world. ‘Super Tuesday’ showcased the...
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Restorative Justice
Writing a regular column is a strange business in many ways – not least because, unlike with private correspondence, you really have very little...
Read this entry » Advantages
What kind of advantages today should we be willing to sacrifice in turn for a better tomorrow? I was prompted to reflect on this question last...
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There is a certain sort of psychological test that consists of the tester saying a word and the person who is being tested saying the first word...
Read this entry » Skateboarding
Once upon a time, ancient Greece made a name for itself with the marathon and the Olympics. Ancient Rome was famed for circuses and gladiators. ...
Read this entry » Amsafe
Last week’s Bridport News reported the remarkable fact that the Amsafe workshops have now begun production of netting for the military version...
Read this entry » Time Capsule
I was delighted last week to see that pupils from Thomas Hardye School are contributing to the creation of a time capsule that is to be planted...
Read this entry » Volunteer Transport
I ought to begin this week’s column with an apology. A few weeks back, I used the column to draw attention to the need for hospital...
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Skills Training
Yet again, last Friday, I found myself opening a Skills Training Centre in Bridport run by BLAST – the wonderful charity that is providing more and more skills...
Read this entry »St Michaels
For many years now, the question of the development of the so-called south west quadrant of Bridport has been on the agenda. Indeed, I don’t think there has been...
Read this entry »Search & Rescue helicopter
It was very bad news to hear that, despite any considerable amount of local campaigning and lobbying from Richard Drax and myself, the Department for Transport has...
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One of the challenges of life as a local MP is that things go wrong and you find there is only a limited amount you can do to put them right. So it is, to say the...
Read this entry »Local radio
For several years now, I have been working with the Dorset Broadcasting Action Group to promote, among other things, the idea of a proper BBC local radio station...
Read this entry »Broadband 2
Some weeks back, I wrote in this column about the splendid news that high speed broadband is coming to Dorset. I am now able to provide a further update. Dorset...
Read this entry »Seagulls
Have you ever reflected on the remarkable differences of character between one part of West Dorset and another? As someone who often has to travel across the terrain...
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