This is my MEP Robert Sturdy's report following last week's sitting in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. He raises a good point about increased prices of fertilisers, many poor farmers are unable to afford it and this further exacerbates the global food crisis....

Rice rationing has begun to bite in Britain and the US only a couple of days after my post on food security. In Britain rice is being rationed by shopkeepers in Asian neighbourhoods to prevent hoarding. Tilda, the biggest importer of basmati rice, said that its buyers...

   Boris Johnson has been given the boost he badly needs which could help him secure victory in the London Mayoral race. It is believed to be the first time a Conservative has been endorsed by The Sun since they backed Tony Blair in 1997. It's payback time...

Am I the only shopper who has noticed that shelves in supermarket stores are not as plentiful as they used to be? In the last few weeks when I've popped into Tesco, it's almost like the pre-Christmas rush has taken place, there are lots of unfilled spaces on the...

Reading John Prescott's frank admission about his battle with bulimia in today's Sunday Times was really eye-opening. I thought it was a disorder which only affected women. Gorging on food was his way of dealing with stress instead of turning to the bottle, though he...

I'm not surprised to learn that we are cramming the equivalent of 31 hours into a day, according to this latest report. Researchers have found that typical middle-class city people now have so many timesaving gadgets that they can cram into 24 hours the same quantity...