On Saturday it was the Romsey Town cricket dinner at the Devonshire Arms. I have played for this team for a number of years and we always have an end of season dinner where all the awards are made. I was fortunate to win the batting award. What I found interesting was trying to park. Read more

Industrial disputes followed by plant closures was a theme of the 1970s. Have the trade unions learnt nothing? Working with, not against employers keep plants open. The Union Unite seems to keep popping up in disputes. They might want to look at what happened to the coal industry and see how Scargill let his members Read more

At last. A sensible way of reducing individuals energy bills. Long overdue. Subsidies are generally bad. Where they are absolutely necessary then keep them as small as possible. For example, we need nuclear and we need it now if we are to keep the lights on. No amount of wind farms could meet this need. Read more

It seems Michael Dugher is Labour’s attack dog in chief. The blunt speaking, gum-chewing Yorkshireman who used to spin for Gordon Brown, is in charge of the party’s day-to-day fight with the Tories it appears. Yet Dugher’s early attempts to land blows aren’t exactly connecting. A series of questions he posed to Eric Pickles’ Department Read more

Listening to all the political parties shifting policies in all sorts of unexpected directions is starting to feel odd. Policies seem less conviction based but more to catch the popular vote. My own thoughts in no particular order: Creating wealth is good. Low tax to encourage wealth creation is good. Personal freedom is good. The Read more

Earlier in the year I was invited by the FenRATS to speak at a public inquiry over a proposed wind farm proposed at Tydd St Giles. Along side me were Stephen Barclay MP and Steve Tierney who was the local County Councillor. All three of us spoke passionately about how deeply unpopular this proposal was Read more