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The pressure’s on
The pressure's on now I have been elevated to Iain Dale's daily reading list of blogs. I am fairly high up too, nestled between Conservative Home Front Page and Guido's award winning blog of parliamentary plots, rumours and conspiracy, due to the letter of my first...
Is this the most awful picture you have ever seen?
Trudy's ravaged foot Trudy and Malcolm at No 10. This is a picture of Trudy Lapinskis foot ravaged by a devastating neurological syndrome called Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. According to her consultant, it is believed to be the worst case of its kind in the country....
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...