First £20,000 Dormouse Bridge
This is truly Newport’s Annus Magnificus.All other MPs will eat their hearts out when they hear that my constituency now has a £22,000 Dormouse Bridge. It’s...
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MP remembered well
What a marvellous way to be remembered.Yesterday would have been the late David Taylor MP’s 64th birthday. Very sadly he...
Read this entry »Who’s smiling now?
Which political party members are smiling after 100 days of coalition? The answer is a bit of a surprise. The Tories have gorged on the Daily...
Read this entry »Betrayed will betray
Total number of British soldiers killed in Afghanistan = 332What a pathetic defence. Under friendly fire in Bristol, Clegg defended the Liberal...
Read this entry »Cruel cut
It's not a group we hear much about but The National Housing Federation, which represents England’s housing associations, is making...
Read this entry »Lady in a fur coat
As long ago as the 20s there was a learned thesis named 'In search of a scrounger. It mocked the myth of legendary scrounging woman 'in...
Read this entry »Pourquoi apprendre L’americain?
"Why learn American? is the surprising message on the front of a t-shirt seen in Brittany today. The back gives the real message:Perak...
Read this entry »Three wise men
Like three shining pinnacles emerging from a sea of dross and doublespeak, three wise men spoke today.Professor Donald Light described the...
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VJ Day 1945
VJ Day 1945 is a jewel of a memory.The Labour Government had been elected the previous month. My brother and I had fond memories of VE day celebrations that...
Read this entry »131 in a year
Total number of British Soldiers killed in Afghanistan = 331 There is sad anniversary tomorrow in Gwent. It will be exactly a year since Abergavenny soldier Private...
Read this entry »Are MPs worth £5?
Total number of British Soldiers killed in Afghanistan = 330If I had done this as MP, my wife would have divorced me - possibly posthumously after killing me...
Read this entry »Only the Mail gets it right
It’s difficult to admit that it is only the Daily Mail that takes the swine flu monstrous scandal seriously.Tomorrow they will report my comments here yesterday...
Read this entry »Apology and transparency needed
This is a press release that the Council of Europe issued this afternoon.As WHO Swine Flu advisors are revealed, PACE rapporteur renews call for greater transparency Paul...
Read this entry »Where are the names Margaret?
Dr Margaret Chan, director general of WHO, said today that the 2009 H1N1 virus had "largely run its course". Six weeks ago she told me that she could...
Read this entry »Principles for hire
I woke up to energy minister Chris Huhne this morning saying his ideas of nuclear power have been 'mis-understood'. Using the crudest threat he said...
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