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Why working in Tenerife is not an MEPs “junket”
When you are an MEP you have to attend meeting throughout the European Union. And that includes Tenerife. So today's story front page "exclusive" splash in The Express, "Climate MEPs live it up in Tenerife" is way off the mark and misleading. My MEP Robert Sturdy is...
UKIP’S immigration poster defaced in Cambridge
There is no racial tension in Cambridge. When I go to Toastmasters, I am always impressed at the way in which half its members make fluent presentations in their second language. It's the last place one would expect to find a UKIP poster promoting its strong...
Loving my new iMac
I wish you could see me right now. I'm like a very excited kid with a new toy. And my new toy is an Apple iMac. Someone told me last week that I was like a man because of my love of gadgets. I'm actually a very feminine woman, but I just love being creative and...
Thriplow daffodils, Morris dancing, and a chance encounter with our woman Speaker
It’s true, the daffodils were scarce at the 42nd Thriplow Daffodil Weekend following our cold winter, but there were plenty of other attractions to remind me of England at its best. It helped that this was a green and unspoilt English village, a mix of traditional...
My latest election campaign videos
I’ve been making election campaign videos for Conservative parliamentary candidates and experimenting with new formats to make them visually more appealing, to add a new dimension. Here’s a couple I have just produced for Rob Halfon, who is standing in Harlow; one...
Julian Sturdy, campaigning for back pain injections
Should people today be expected to live with chronic pain if it can be eased by an injection? Ask those who have been stopped from having them, and the answer is a resounding ‘no’. NHS North Yorkshire and York has decided against routinely funding spinal...
The Telegraph and Political Boll**ks
I’ve been enjoying my friend Richard Havers’ latest timely book, Political Boll**ks which takes a sideways look at some of the amusing/sublime/ridiculous things our politicians say. I like this quote from John Prescott: “I’m told some Tory MPs believe ethics...
Does anyone look good on Botox?
I feel sorry for Carla Bruni if she feels so insecure about her once radiant looks that she had to resort to Botox. I hadn’t noticed her features becoming deep set with wrinkles. Does she hope that a taut expression will make her appear fresh faced, younger and more...
Nick Hillman welcomes Caroline Spelman to Cambridge
It’s a great coup for a parliamentary candidate to get a shadow minister to visit them if they are not in a target seat, so very well done to Nick Hillman for persuading Caroline Spelman to support him while she was in Cambridge. Caroline is Shadow Secretary for...