Blog Posts

  • Ex- Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher dies

    Today is a very sad day. An icon of strong leadership and of common sense, Mrs Thatcher led this country out of the dark days of the 1970’s. She will forever be held up as one of the great leaders of all times. Today at the age of 87, she died peacefully following a stroke.… Read more

  • Canvassing and emails

    Great response on the door step. People have really appreciated the “get on with it” attitude to running the county council. I have had lots of emails in asking questions, offering support and sometimes disagreeing. All very helpful and a great opportunity to make the arguments one to one. Face to face I am getting… Read more

  • Conservative Manifesto – check out our priorities and success to date

    Read about our three main priorities in our manifesto. http://www.cambsconservatives.com/manifesto-2013/ Also, did you know the Conservatives are the only party to support the current scheme for the A14 upgrade. On Europe we want to trade with Europe but not be ruled by Europe. I am proud to have been the prime mover leading the Conservatives… Read more

  • Why a vote for an Independent is a wasted vote – worse it disadvantages the people

    Politics is a funny thing. Many parties claim all sorts and seek to be the dominant party. Independents claim everything, oppose everything and cannot deliver anything, however good as individuals they think they are. The party with the most seats and with over 50% of the seats is the party in power. At the county… Read more

  • The election campaign so far

    So, a brief reflection on progress so far. County wide, I seem to have flushed out both Labour and the Lib Dems into producing a manifesto. I have it on good authority that the Lib Dems were not going to produce one intending just to complain and protest about everything we are getting on with.… Read more

  • Losing weight – more elections please

    A few weeks ago I bought a gizmo that monitors how far I walk, how many steps I take and how many calories I have burnt. It synchs up with my iphone and Mac where I log what food I eat. Simple really, eat more calories than I burn, misery – burn more calories than… Read more