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Poetry please!
My colleague Michael Gove, who speaks for the Opposition on education, caused a bit of a stir the other day when he called for the return of traditional elements to the school curriculum. One of the things that he wanted was to see more poetry taught in English lessons and all children encouraged...
Evening Standard
Below is the article published today in the Evening Standard... http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/ I'm very grateful to the Evening Standard for the half page and prominence of the article. Tory MP tables Bill to sca......
Welcome action on fuel bills
Last year both John Bercow and I went to the offices of the Vale of Aylesbury Housing Trust to collect a petition signed by more than 1300 VAHT tenants from all parts of Aylesbury Vale protesting about the fact that prepayment meters for gas and electricity attract premium charges despite the fact that...
That really showed me
Britain has a Minister for Europe, Chris Bryant MP . I’m delighted to have been singled out by him in a speech he made yesterday to lefty organisation Progress. Chris attacks me for wanting to give the people an in / out EU referendum. ...
My Westminster Mile
Today was the Westminster Mile for Sport Relief and I was delighted to take part. I was never going to be the winner, but that wasn’t really the point afterall. Sport Relief is a great charity and I would urge all constituents to get involved with the many runs that are taking place this year. If you...
Recovery requires lower taxes, less regulation
Normally, a fall in the value of the £ would mean exports increase relative to imports. Latest figures, however, suggest that hasn't happened. Sterling fell - and exports decreased compared to imports. Perhaps after decades of high taxation and...
Have the Conservatives changed enough?
One of the triumphs of Labour spin over the last twenty years has been to caricature Thatcherism. Because they so feared its success, economically and electorally, they set out to associate it with a set of unpleasant characteristics so we would “never go back to it”. Their presentation...
Jack Straw defending Westminster old guard
Jack Straw is a one of Westminster's great political survivors. Part of this, I’m certain is down to the fact that he’s actually rather a polite and decent man. He's been in the Cabinet for over a decade, and held many big ministerial jobs. A...
Big Brother Watch
Those of my readers who are concerned about the ever-advancing power of the state and its agencies (and there are, I can assure you, quite a few) could do worse than bookmark the Big Brother Watch website. Big Brother Watch’s mission statement is as follows: Big Brother Watch fights injustice and campaigns...
From Baker to Balls
Four former Education Ministers appeared before the education select committee yesterday; Ken Baker, David Blunkett, Estelle Morris and Charles Clarke. At last I understand why we have the education system that we have. For decades, each new set of politicians thinks they...
Why defence inflation is sky high
"The MoD faces a higher rate of inflation than other organisations because the prices of the goods and services it buys increase very quickly" writes James Kirkup in the Telegraph. That might superficially tell us why the defence budget is under pressure, but it explains...
Reassert Parliamentary sovereignty
Recently I was keen and happy to support Bill Cash’s proposed legislation to “reassert UK Parliamentary sovereignty.” His five clause Bill states “The sovereignty of Parliament is hereby reaffirmed”. It goes on to protect sovereignty from treaties, other legislation...
Arts bursaries mired in confusion
Confusion reigns over the Government’s plans to fund a number of ‘Creative Bursaries’. The DCMS website announced the £600,000 initiative yesterday and said that this was enough funding to pay for ‘at least 40’ youngsters on a scheme which is intended to help create...
