In My View - Progress in Westminster and Concerns about Stroke Services Thursday, 25 April, 2024 It’s been a busy and fairly satisfying few days up in Westminster. As usual the press are reluctant to look beyond personal issues and speculation but there has been progress on a number of issues already this week. It started with the Rwanda Bill, as it has become known, passing after a great deal of back and forth with the House of Lords. Amendments suggested by the Lords can be helpful and the... Articles
International travel rules to change 26th January 2022 Rules on international travel are changing on 11th February. For details click here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/travel-abroad-from-england-during-coronavir…... Media
In My View - Tax rises are not the solution as we recover from Corona Virus 18th January 2022 At the time of writing I am hopeful that most of the restrictions on our lives due to Covid will be lifted in the coming week. As reported in Southern Africa... Articles
In My View - Keeping a Low Cost of Living Whilst Caring for Our Environment 1st January 2022 This week I have been back in Westminster but I am very much focused on making sure that the issues that matter to us here in Somerset are reflected at a... Articles
In My View - Hopes for 2022 30th December 2021 As we head into 2022 I am sure our wish list will be a great deal shorter and more widely held than usual. This has to be the year that we move on from the... Articles
In My View - My Comments on Vaccine Passports 23rd December 2021 Last week I found myself on the cover and in an article in the Western Gazette about comments I made on the radio around the introduction of vaccine passports... Articles
Somerset COVID Vaccine Details 23rd December 2021 Capacity in Somerset for boosters and other COVID vaccines has increased with more walk-in centres and other sites across the area. For more details please... Articles
In My View - Why Vaccine Passports Don't Work 16th December 2021 This time next week it will be two days until Christmas. I hope as many as possible are making plans and looking forward to a well deserved break. As always our... Articles
In My View - Taking Our Issues into Westminster 9th December 2021 Time certainly seems to have run faster than normal during the pandemic and it is hard to believe we are already into the final run up to Christmas 2021. For... Articles
In My View - Remembrance Service Always an Honour 18th November 2021 It was an honour as always to lay a wreath at the Remembrance Service in Yeovil on Sunday. It is such an important tradition in this country that we remember... Articles