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Would Boris win your vote?
The reason I like Boris Johnson is because he is obviously very intelligent (and I have a weakness for brainy men), and the way he tends to smile and charm his way through life, through his various gaffes. At the end of the day, we know he is not perfect,...
Stand Up Speak Up
David Cameron has launched an innovative online Stand Up Speak Up campaign to help Conservatives shape their future policy by "engaging and involving" the public, asking for their views which will then be considered by the Shadow Cabinet. In order to...
The latest recycling row
While I am delighted the government has been recommended to re-think its fortnightly bin collections, I just wonder why it has taken so long when Labour ignored previous warnings about the potential health risks this involved. According to a government...
The missing – Sarah Morales Hernandez
Sarah Morales Hernandez, 14, went missing Las Palmas on July 30 last year after arranging to meet a friend in a shopping centre. According to her friend, the teenager never arrived and CCTV cameras have no footage of her ever entering the centre. Thorough...
Women and blogging – your views please
You need to have an ultra thick skin and may sometimes wish you could crawl under a very large stone, but other than that, blogging is great fun and I have loved every day of it - well, most of them. The good days certainly outweigh the tiny minority of bad ones...
The missing – Derek Cross
Derek Cross vanished while on holiday with his friends in Benidorm 11 years ago when he was 26. Last year Derek's family renewed a desperate appeal for information. His son Spencer said: "I was nearly four and can remember bits about him. My mum and...
If you are at a loose end this evening….
Well I can honestly say that so far, nobody has ever got lost under my leadership as a guide for the Ramblers' Association. Let's hope my walk this evening is as successful as my previous jaunts. I live very close to Wicken Fen, a stunning National Trust nature...
Campaigning for twins and fairer benefits
Guest post by Linda Jones, campaigning for fairer benefits for parents of twins and triplets. I am a twin myself and so delighted to give a guest spot to Linda Jones who writes a site dedicated to multiple births called appropriately You've...
Have you upset any of the royals?
We all know the Queen has the patience of a saint, the greatest difficulty for her must be not to show surprise or annoyance at other people's odd behaviour. She must have known by now that they do things differently on the other side of the pond. Take George...