Check your emails for electoral roll survey, Dorset Council urges
HOUSEHOLDS are being urged to respond to emails asking them to confirm their electoral roll information. Dorset Council has reassured…
How MPs voted – or not – on the Privileges Committee report into Boris Johnson
DORSET MPs largely abstained from a vote over a report that found Boris Johnson has mislead parliament over his…
‘We need to invest in the future of our planet’
APRIL 22 is Earth Day and with the Poole Harbour oil spill the irony is not lost on me…
‘No intention to re-establish New Forest’
The death of Nigel Lawson gives cause to reflect on the enduring lessons which he taught those of us…
Political oratory is a powerful weapon in war
Political oratory is still a very powerful weapon to both persuade and inspire. It does, indeed, help win wars. President…
Deliberately making voting more difficult
Why would the Government make it more difficult to vote? Voter apathy in the UK is increasing, and in the…
Conservative wounds are opening
Whatever is happening to the Conservative Party? Open wounds are opening in to festering sores and more ‘big-fish Tories’ are…
Unfair for workers to shoulder burden
I was delighted to represent the Liberal Democrats on ITV’s The Last Word during January where one of the…
Shapps’ anti-strike bill inflaming situation
The Grant Shapps’ anti-strikes bill published this week sets out to establish minimum service levels to be maintained during…
Abolish stamp duty to help first-time buyers
It is always gratifying in the House of Commons to have one’s ideas greeted by colleagues with ‘Hear, hear’….