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Farmers could still wait months for farm payments
My MEP Robert Sturdy is today meeting farmers in his constituency in Norfolk and one subject will be at the top of the agenda - the shambolic handling by Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett over the new style farm support payments. Mrs Beckett has conceded that...
Charles Clarke faces tough time in Cambridge tonight
David Dimbley will he hosting Question Time in Cambridge this evening Home Secretary Charles Clarke Home Secretary Charles Clarke faces a tough time tonight when he appears on BBC's Question Time which is being recorded live in Cambridge. Fellow guests include baby...
Cherie Blair wouldn’t come clean about nappies either
Will baby Arthur have a "green" bottom? This PA pic was taken by a former colleague and friend Andrew Parsons What nappies did baby Leo wear? So blue is the new green, but is the blue brigade true to this? As press officer for East Anglia's leading recycling roadshow...
Millions more of us are doing it..
Millions more of us are doing it, we simply can't resist. Blogging is soaring to incredible new heights, according to Technorati with blogsphere now an incredible 60 times bigger than it was only three years ago. According to David Sifry's excellent report on this,...
Thanks to Iain Dale
My recent post bemoaning the loss of my daily newspaper delivery due to heavy handed nanny state legislation has been given a plug today by Iain Dale who was also incredulous. A good point was raised by Neil Craig about how it had helped boost the coffers of our young...
Margaret Thatcher’s passion about climate change
When I was interviewed by Conservatives for my job in the run up to last year's general election as press officer for the Eastern Region, I was asked what I thought about their immigration policy. Although I agreed there were concerns about this, I told them I felt...
Is 60 too old to work?
Our much loved GP Pam Kenny is being forced to retire because she has reached 60. Her request to continue working just one day a week and provide holiday cover has fallen on deaf ears. Such was the outrage in my community which she has served for 32 years that...
My daily treat sadly comes to an end
I don't have many luxuries in life, regular treats that I look forward to. Except one, which is my delivery each morning of four daily newspapers, plus an evening one too. Now, thanks to the unreasonable bureaucratic demands placed on my local newsagent, this is to...
Married to blogsphere
Better to warn her in advance. Sadly, too late for my husband...... Brilliant cartoon from the creative genius of Hugh Macleod, of gapingvoid Thanks to Geoff, who brought this to my attention on his snowboarding trip to the French Alps.