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The Times backs the Tories!!
The Times refused to back the Tories at the Conservative Party Conference last autumn. You can see Times Editor James Harding state on this video that none of the major parties had so far earned their influential endorsement. He said: "We will make a decision on...
Jim Paice faces unexpected battle to retain his seat
The worrying backlash from John Cowan being dropped by Labour in South East Cambridgeshire is the threat this unexpectedly poses for Jim Paice, our wonderful Shadow Agriculture and Rural Affairs Secretary. What he doesn't know about this subject isn't worth knowing....
Who has blocked my YouTube account?
I've had problems uploading videos on my iMac and spent much of last night and this morning speaking to Apple support who have concluded that due to the political content of my videos, and having exhausted their usual list of technical solutions, YouTube has blocked...
Introducing our two Luton Conservative candidates
There's only one week left to E-Day, and our two Conservative candidates in Luton, Nigel Huddleston standing in Luton South, and Jeremy Brier, for Luton North, discuss their campaigns in the run up to 6th May. Nigel also discusses the Esther-factor, and the response...
When Gordon met Gillian
They were softly spoken words which dealt the killer blow for a flagging Prime Minister now publicly shamed for his lack of sincerity, no matter how grovelling his humble apology to grandmother Gillian Duffy. Although much publicity has been given to the quizzing she...
Whatever the result, we will not get the change we really need in parliament – more women MPs
Whatever the outcome of the general election, we will not see the change we really need in parliament - many more women MPs to reflect our true society.Data shows that although the three main political parties are fielding a record number of women candidates for the...
Congratulations to James and co..
Congratulations to my son James and his fellow players from Soham for becoming champions of their Under-17s football league in effect yesterday, though there is one more fixture game to play. The proud dads spayed them with bubbly afterwards and the jubilant team went...
Some Cambridge culture
I was one of tens of thousands from around the world who went to the cinema last week and linked up with a live performance of Alan Bennett's "The Habit of Art" at the National Theatre in London. It was a sensational experience and our enjoyment of the play was...
Labour’s lurid PPC John Cowan sacked?
It would appear that Labour's South East Cambridgeshire parliamentary candidate John Cowan (pic right) has been sacked for sending lurid emails in his previous life as a Lib Dem supporter (oh, he considered becoming Tory too!) This is my constituency, so I naturally...