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So where is Bona Mugabe?
Does anyone know the whereabouts of Bona Mugabe? Our government thought she was studying at the LSE, but this has been hotly denied by the university. So is she in the UK or isn't she? Regardless of her whereabouts, the Foreign Office is pressing ahead with a...
Sir Alex and climate change
There were two major events in Cambridge last night, a sell-out concert featuring Lemar and just across the road, the even more pulsating Al Gore himself presenting his Oscar winning film An Inconvenient Truth to...
Duty calls
I'm afraid I need to take a blogging break for a week to spend quality time preparing my next project for my CIPR PR diploma, as well as keeping on top of my work. Blogging is immensely distracting, as well as pleasurable, and my assignment requires...
Wishing Janice the very best of luck
I'm giving Janice Small a plug in her bid to win the Calder Valley selection. I know it means the world to her. We met when we both worked as regional press officers during the 2005 general election and her driving passion and commitment to the Conservative...
Jeremy, out in Africa
Guest blogger today is Jeremy Jacobs writing about his cathartic trek in the Maasai foothills to boost funds for the breast cancer campaign following the tragic young death of his sister Jackie. How have you marked the death of someone close? My family...
Zero tolerance for Ipswich prostitutes
Three months on from the terrible murders of the five Ipswich prostitutes, police and council chiefs are planning the biggest ever crackdown aimed at ridding the town of its red-light district. Plans being drawn up include stricter use of Asbos against...
Dear Sally, if only we could turn the clock back
A letter to Sally Clark, whose death at her home has just been announced. Dear Sally, I can't imagine there is one mother in the country who didn't share your sense of anguish, your feeling of abandonment and utter bewilderment, as well as the deep grief you...
Robert Sturdy’s View from Strasbourg
Each month, I issue a report for MEP Robert Sturdy following the extortionate and costly monthly sitting of the European Parliament in Strasbourg which is sent to the local press, I thought you might like to see the latest one. View...
Do you also think this is a rubbish idea?
One subject certain to arouse anger among householders is the fortnightly rubbish collection and fears over the vermin it attracts. Local newspapers have filled their letters and news pages several times over on this topic. Yet in spite of these very...