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An evening at the Masonic Lodge, and charity shops
I spent an evening at the gracious Cambridge Masonic Lodge this week where I was presented with a cheque for £1,250 on behalf of Headway Cambridgeshire, one of many local charities to benefit from the generosity of City & University of Cambridge Masonic...
Grassroot Tories voice concerns over Lib Dem-Conservative coalition
Grassroot Tories from my association in South East Cambridgeshire are to meet our MP James Paice to discuss their concerns about the Lib Dem-Conservative coalition. Some Conservatives are still anxious about this new partnership (I expect Lib Dem supporters are too),...
How does a new MP juggle family life?
Julian Sturdy, newly elected MP for York Outer, talks to The Yorkshire Post about his new life and how he will juggle family life with his parliamentary duties in Westminster. Julian Sturdy: Welcome to Westminster – it's a new world for rookie MP Premium Article !...
In memory of Mutley the Dog
Like other bloggers, I am shocked and saddened by the sudden death of Mutley the Dog, whose ramblings verging on the absurb never failed to amuse. He was only 46. His devastated partner Kate left a comment one of my previous posts this morning breaking the bad news:...
Won’t Fergie ever learn?
If something seems to good to be true, it is. As Fergie should know and has just learnt to her horror from this News of the World sting where she was caught trying to cash £500,000 for selling access to Prince Andrew in his role as trade envoy. Prince Andrew had no...
Meet Norfolk’s Tory MPs
It's great to know that Norfolk is in great hands with our Tory MPs, from left, doe-eyed Chloe Smith, MP for Norwich North and a newly appointed Conservative whip; new girl Liz Truss, MP for South West Norfolk; grandee Keith Simpson, MP for Broadland, who has held...
Diane Abbott enters Labour’s leadership contest
Labour's leadership contest has become very interesting all of a sudden now the contenders include more than just white, middle-aged men, including brothers to boot, with little to differentiate between them, according to Labour's left wing MP Diane Abbott, who has...
Should cycle helmets be made compulsory?
This week is Headway's national Action for Brain Injury Week and one of the visitors to our stall at Addenbrooke's Hospital was Dr Mary Archer, chairman of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. I was so impressed. She has wonderful people skills and...
A new dawn for our democracy
A huge weight rests on the shoulders of these 226 newly elected MPs in shaping our future democracy to modernise and help restore public trust in Parliament; they make up more than a third of the 650 MPs in the House of Commons. The new MPs know this too, and that...