Articles
- 19th January 2012
No problem facing the country is as urgently in need of resolution as the future method of providing for social care for the elderly and the disabled. read more »
- 22nd December 2011
At Christmas, we should remember with gratitude the care and dedication of those who have to keep the services going on which we all depend during the holiday period. read more »
- 9th December 2011
Last week, the High Court in London witnessed a skirmish, into which our town of Bideford has been drawn, in a much wider battle with great significance for the character of public life in our country. read more »
- 11th November 2011
Over the summer I held a meeting at Westminster with representatives of RWE, the company responsible for the proposal to build the "Atlantic Array", up to four hundred and seventeen wind turbines in the Bristol Channel situated, at its nearest point, about nine miles off the North Devon coast and this week, I called them in to see me again. read more »
- 28th October 2011
For many years, I have strongly and consistently argued for the holding of a referendum on our continuing adherence to the EU after a period in which the efforts and energies of a Conservative Government have been single-mindedly devoted to the renegotiation of the terms of our membership. read more »
- 14th September 2011
This week the Boundary Commission published its initial proposals for change in Devon and Cornwall as part of its review of English constituencies. read more »
- 3rd August 2011
The Constitution of the United Kingdom is a curiously idiosyncratic mechanism. read more »
- 8th July 2011
With just a week and a half to go before the summer parliamentary recess, this week has been a busy one for meetings with ministers. read more »
