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Mid-Norfolk selection embraces new Tory openness
I must admit I was surprised when I heard Chris Fisher had been invited to question the finalists for the Mid-Norfolk selection. Chris is political editor of Norfolk's leading paper, the Eastern Daily Press, a paper I admire as a journalist. But it has a reputation of...
How will John Reid fine our new migrant workers?
John Reid simply hasn't done his homework regarding our new migrant workers from Bulgaria and Romania, I fail to understand why he is introducing a flawed system that he admits is not workable. How exactly is an on-the-spot £1,000 fine going to be enforced against an...
Robert Sturdy increases pressure on Indian Government
We had a great morning filming with the Politic's Show in Newmarket today to highlight India's unfair export ban of horse sales from the UK. Robert Sturdy believes India is the only country in the world to impose this ban and is doing his utmost to have it...
Urgent need to invest more in breast cancer research
Everyone knows someone who has died tragically of breast cancer, I had a dear friend called Julie who was a victim of this merciless killer, she was always the light and soul of the party and bundles of fun, it's still impossible to believe that she is no longer with...
Uni places should be given on ability, not background
Lowering university entry requirements by up to two A-level grades would be a travesty of justice to those who have proved their academic abilities, but are rejected to make way for a student with inferior grades simply because he or she is from a...
Can we protect our goalies?
I spent the morning making teas at my son's football match where one of the mums expressed concern about her goalie son getting bashed on the head, he'd suffered a bad collision with the goal post last weekend. This topic was highlighted recently by the serious head...
Mid-Norfolk goes to George Freeman
For those of you who have been following James Turmbridge's Herculean challenge for Mid-Norfolk, I'm afraid it ended with a disappointing result for him today, particularly after his stomach churning fight against the odds to make it through to the final selection. He...
Labour donor speaks out over "witch hunt"
Gladiatorial Grant Shapps has reminded police to get their act together over the "cash for peerage" investigation, which has already had three extensions. I'm sure one of those under scrutiny, former Cambridge-based biotech millionaire Sir Chris Evans, wishes the...
Body parts trade needs regulating
The bones of broadcaster Alistair Cooke deserved to be left to rest in peace, as did those other corpses which were mutilated and sold off in an astonishingly lucrative multi-million pound illegal body parts trade. The fact that he was 95 did not deter...