Thanks for voting me in the Top Ten

Posted by on Sep 28, 2007 in updates | 9 comments I’m thrilled and delighted to be ranked at No 10 in Iain’s 2007 Guide to Political Blogging voted for by fellow bloggers and readers. It includes a list of 500. A thousand thanks to you all. What particularly thrills me is that my blog is enjoyed by a wide spectrum of people from different backgrounds – not just Conservatives. For example, there is Linda Jones, who admits to...
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The Foreign Office blog

Posted by on Sep 28, 2007 in updates | 2 comments Congratulations to David Miliband for launching a blog as Foreign Secretary. I know he made mistakes with his Defra site, which he has acknowledged, and I am chuffed to still be included on his new blogroll. I did predict back in July that he might be blogging again as Foreign Secretary. I like his approach, despite our different political backgrounds. He is the only minister who wants to write...
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Ending sex slavery is not a Home Office target

Posted by on Sep 28, 2007 in updates | 8 comments Let’s hope Home Secretary Jacqui Smith reads the report in today’s Times about sex slavery in Cambridgeshire. Women are said to be traded in auctions for between £500 and £3,000. They are then virtual prisoners in rented houses. An investigation by The Times has revealed how immigration from Eastern Europe has brought a supply of women deceived into thinking good jobs await...
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