View from Westminster 9th December 2016 9th December 2016 It would be no exaggeration to say that the railways are the backbone of our country. According to the Office for Rail and Road, there were 1,619,928 entries... Westminster News
View from Westminster 2nd December 2016 2nd December 2016 One of the peculiar, and misleading, arguments of the EU referendum was the suggestion that being members of the EU somehow prevented the UK from exporting to... Westminster News
View from Westminster 25th Novemer 2016 25th November 2016 From time to time, misunderstanding abound about how things work. This often leads to a run of letters to local MPs, and two such events have happened recently... Westminster News
View from Westminster 18th November 2016 18th November 2016 From time to time, when writing this column, I am spoilt for choice. Now is one such occasion: do I write about Remembrance Sunday? Or about the US elections... Westminster News
View from Westminster 11th November 2016 11th November 2016 The events of last week in the high courts has certainly created a stir with regard to Brexit. At stake is the government’s ability to act on the issue of... Westminster News
View from Westminster 4th November 2016 4th November 2016 The announcement about airport expansion has finally been made. It will be Heathrow, where a third runway will expand capacity for air travel in the South East... Westminster News
View from Westminster 28th October 2016 28th October 2016 Over the years that I have been involved with Wyre Forest in a political context, I have never failed to be impressed with enormous contribution made by... Westminster News
View from Westminster 21st October 2016 21st October 2016 The 2016 national Poppy Appeal is well underway, running until Armistice Day on 11 November, and this week was the launch of the local appeal by the Royal... Westminster News
View from Westminster 14th October 2016 14th October 2016 The 2016 party conference season is now over. It’s been an odd season: the Lib Dems, once in government, seemed to get no coverage at all; Labour was all about... Westminster News