Janice is just the ticket!

Posted by on Mar 6, 2010 in General Election 2010 | 2 comments Good one Janice. If candidates can’t afford their own battle bus, then this is the next best thing. I have spent a weekend with Janice Small in  Batley and Spen and I know how hard she is working. Deserving to win is not enough, and Janice knows she has to work harder to convince voters who are undecided to vote Tory, especially after a bad week of Ashcroft news. Janice and I have an...
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Copenhagen disaster forces John Gummer to quit

Posted by on Dec 30, 2009 in climate change, General Election 2010 | 8 comments John Gummer’s decision to stand down at the next general election  did not come as a great surprise to me. Our next parliament must modernise and I believe there will be many changes in the way it works in an attempt to start winning back public trust following the expenses’ scandal. It is time for new blood, and John Gummer leaves after serving Suffolk Coastal for 30 distinguished...
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Why can MEPs switch jobs so easily?

Posted by on Dec 16, 2009 in General Election 2010 | 4 comments Around 200 eager beavers have applied for the safe Conservative seat of West Suffolk to succeed Richard Spring. I believe they include a recently elected MEP. Being elected an MEP back in June was a huge privilege, and I do not understand how they can now renege on pledges they made to constituents during what was a very tough election campaign and decide to switch jobs. The same obviously goes...
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