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Why Esther shouldn’t stand in Luton
Our Vicky found herself unexpectedly rubbing shoulders with Esther Rantzen today at a school in Luton which she was visiting with Conservative Luton North parliamentary candidate Jeremy Brier. Esther is considering standing as a candidate in Luton South against...
Conservatives supporting the British horse racing industry
Like many other businesses today, the British horse racing industry is struggling from the recession. Living close to Newmarket, it is something I enjoy from time to time with my family. I find the culture and varied backgrounds of its enthusiasts fascinating. I...
The changing European political agenda
One moment climate change, the economy and Lisbon Treaty were key issues for our European MPs and candidates, but now it is expenses. Yesterday this issue was also the focus of the launch of the Eastern Region Euro election campaign in Newmarket when they each signed...
The day of reckoning will come
With the British political scene in unprecedented turmoil - and yes, I would like to see an early general election so political associations and the electorate can decide who they can trust as their MP - I am delighted to say there is some good news on the political...
David Willetts in Cambridgeshire
It was business as usual for David Willetts today when the Shadow Universities Secretary visited Cambridgeshire to support our Euro election candidate Vicky Ford, despite those newspaper headlines. They met the local principal of a college in Huntingdon who explained...
A week in May…
So unelected ordinary people will tell MPs whether they can claim a loo roll holder on expenses because they can't be trusted themselves. How distasteful is that? The lack of trust, I mean. An independent auditing body will now be asked to hold these purse strings, a...
Reminding Charles Clarke of the Lisbon Treaty
Following a two-page report in the Eastern Daily Press after Charles Clarke announced he was ashamed to be a Labour MP, our Eastern Region MEP Geoffrey Van Orden penned this reply which was published on the EDP's letters' page today reminding Mr Clarke about the...
Why a UKIP vote is a wasted vote
Conservatives must beat UKIP before they beat Brown, says John Flack, one of our ace candidates in the Eastern Region Euro Election. These are his reasons why: When UKIP asks you to “lend them your vote†at the Euro Election please, please, don’t be fooled...
The highs and lows of football and politics
So once again I ask myself, "how on earth did the week fly by so quickly?" One minute I'm in Diss with our fragrant, choir singing Vicky Ford and Andrew Mitchell, the Shadow Secretary for International Development, visiting an Oxfam store as they share their voluntary...