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Being the Soham Psychic
I can now tell you about the book I have been working on over the last year. A copy has just arrived on my doormat, which is a totally thrilling experience. And it is on a topic which is totally different to my normal line of work. Do you believe in psychics? When I...
My holiday highlights
We have just returned bronzed and refreshed from our cruise around the Med which we shared with 3,000 plus passengers on P & O’s amazing new flagship, The Venturer. It was so vast that I only mastered my way around its countless corridors – all beige and...
Sailing off into the sunset ….
Like David Cameron, I have packed a selection of light reading (though not trashy!), for my holiday which starts tomorrow. It includes the works of two new authors for me, Justin Cartwright and A. L. Kennedy, as well as The Great Lover, by Jill Dawson – a novel...
Please vote for your favourite political blog
Which political blog is your favourite? You only have until midnight on Friday to register your votes for the 2009 Blog Poll organised by Iain Dale for the TOTAL POLITICS GUIDE TO POLITICAL BLOGGING IN THE UK. As usual, it will be published in mid September in...
Parliamentary support for Headway
Headway Cambridgeshire this week welcomed Cambridge MP David Howarth for a visit and he was very impressed after learning about plans to develop and expand our services for brain injury survivors in the county. As chair of trustees, I explained how we...
The cost of being a political underdog
I can’t help but feel sorry for Craig Murray, though I think he is being too harsh on himself by saying he is “probably the worst political candidate in history†following his experience in Norwich North. The Honest candidate who is a human rights activist,...
Congratulations Chloe
Congratulations to our terrific new MP Chloe Smith – the youngest in the House of Commons – who achieved an outstanding result in Norwich North beyond our wildest dreams. Chloe won 13,591 votes in the by election - more than twice as many as Labour candidate Chris...
Community apple juicer beats anti-social yobs
Full marks to the Cambridge Green Party councillor who came up with the wonderful idea of making juice from fallen apples which kids had been using as missiles to pelt at residents. Coun Margaret Wright came up with the juicy idea to tackle anti-social...
Hoping we stay clear of swine flu
In about 10 days we set off for a cruise around the Med. But I am becoming increasingly concerned about the threat of swine flu. A friend we are travelling with – who works in a doctor’s practice – told me last night that one of their staff was off with swine...