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My disagreements with One Nation Ministers
I have set out my local reasons for not seeking election in 2024. I also had a number of reasons related to national direction that meant I was in disagreement with One Nation Ministers.
Lord Cameron at the Foreign Office was offering concessions on Gibraltar’s borders and in pursuit of the...Read More »
Why I did not seek election in 2024
I decided not to run both by weighing up what I could hope to achieve as an MP in this new Parliament for Wokingham and for the wider nation. I assumed Conservatives generally would suffer a heavy defeat, though when I made the decision not to run I thought I...Read More »
The people voted No to changing the voting system
In 2011 the Coalition government at the request of the Lib Dems gave us a referendum on abandoning the first past the post voting system. Recognising the fact that many voters support the idea of single member constituencies where the MP has to provide a good service to retain support...Read More »
Conservatives and Reform
Some contributors write in as if this is a Conservative site or to tell me to back Reform. Please read the recent statement over what this site is seeking to do.
I propose to welcome the new government’s main aims on growth, law and order and helping people get on in...Read More »
Labour sets out to get the U.K. to grow the fastest in the G7
Here’s the main aim of the Labour Manifesto. I fully support it. So did Liz Truss.It just shows how varied and wide an appeal it has.
Growth needs to be per capita growth. It needs to be productivity raising, wage increasing growth. We do not want GDP growth based on inviting...Read More »