Honouring International Women’s Day

Honouring International Women’s Day

I will be honouring International Women’s Day today by attending an event in the House of Lords entitled, “Achieving Equality in Parliament.” It is organised by WAFE – Women worldwide Advancing Freedom and Equality and I  shall be interested to hear their...
Introducing the hospitalist

Introducing the hospitalist

Have you heard of the hospitalist? It’s an American concept, and one I would like a new Conservative government to consider introducing here to improve patient care while in hospital following yesterday’s devastating report in The Sunday’s Times which...
The Jon Venables legal quagmire

The Jon Venables legal quagmire

If reports that Jon Venables – one of the killers of Jamie Bulger – is correct and he is to be charged with offences of a sexual nature, then we face an unprecedented legal quagmire. The law seems to be bending over backwards to nurture and protect Venables...
Janice is just the ticket!

Janice is just the ticket!

Good one Janice. If candidates can’t afford their own battle bus, then this is the next best thing. I have spent a weekend with Janice Small in  Batley and Spen and I know how hard she is working. Deserving to win is not enough, and Janice knows she has to work...
Controlling from the grave

Controlling from the grave

I’ve been reading Winston Churchill’s obit in The Times today and it describes how  his mother, the glamorous Pamela Harriman, left him $6 million in her will – on condition that he shared it equally with his first wife who he had divorced; he went on to...