Throwing a sickee

Throwing a sickee

My son David came home early from school yesterday covered  from head to toe in bumpy rashes, they are all over his body, as well as his face. The doctor instantly diagnosed them as Urticaria caused by an allergic reaction. They look very much like a heat rash....
Are you an organ donor?

Are you an organ donor?

I carry an organ donor card, and have given blood, but I don’t want it to be legislated on a presumed consent basis, it should be a personal choice. This is a very emotive topic and is a decision an individual can make before his death so the next of kin does...
Robert Sturdy on rural roads and energy

Robert Sturdy on rural roads and energy

My MEP Robert Sturdy has made headlines in two leading regional papers today. The Eastern Daily Press describes how hopes for a dual carriageway to span Norfolk as a major European route were scrapped surreptitiously by Eurocrats. Robert discovered this was because...
Conrad Black’s £1,200 biography

Conrad Black’s £1,200 biography

I know he’s a fascinating man, but why does the biography of Conrad Black entitled Robber Baron: Lord Black of Crossharbour, by George Tombs cost a hefty £1,274.25 plus postage at Politicos where it is reduced from its normal price of £1,699? I...
Drinking to destruction

Drinking to destruction

I love statistics, but not these.  Today we are shockingly told that 1,000 binge drinkers are hospitalised in Britain every day. This is a subject which is often on my mind since losing my friend Sue to drink, as well as Celia, who was found to  be four...