Blog Posts

  • Cambridge City Conservatives Association – AGM

    Last night I was the guest speaker at the CCCA annual general meeting. It was great to see so many members attending. They are a passionate and energetic group who have a strong belief in the Conservative values of honesty, individual responsibility, success and fairness. Hope and the expectation that everyone can aspire to be… Read more

  • My speech at the broadband contract signing event today

    Good morning everyone. I’d like to welcome members of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Broadband Delivery Group including District Councillors and our partners in business, education and health; as well as our colleagues from BT, the Connecting Cambridgeshire Programme team, and the local media. Today’s signing of the contract between Cambridgeshire County Council and BT is… Read more

  • Cambridgeshire signs broadband deal with BT.

    Businesses and communities in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough will have some of the best fibre broadband coverage in the country following a deal with BT to provide a county-wide high speed network by the end of 2015. Cambridgeshire County Council has today signed a contract with BT that exceeds its ambitious targets to bring better broadband… Read more

  • Great quote from Lord Prescott

    Some of the quotes in the Cambridge News today caught my attention. In particular I liked the one from Labour Peer Lord Prescott. “Why does Nick Clegg need 15 special advisers when I managed with two when I was Deputy Prime Minister? Even Jesus Christ capped it at 12” Interesting. Read more

  • Meeting the Prime Minister

    Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending a function at No 10. I was able to have a discussion with David Cameron on the subject of the A14 upgrade. He told me he had just been talking about the A14 with Cabinet colleagues and was keen to accelerate the upgrade. I get the impression that… Read more

  • Lib Dems – unbelievable but consistent spin

    Today at Cabinet Kilian Bourke, Lib Dem Leader of the opposition had every opportunity to speak on what ever subject that he wanted but chose not to. At no time did he ask to speak on any subject nor did he ask to speak on behalf of anyone else in his group. For good management… Read more