Delay to migrants boarding Bibby Stockholm after MP said it ‘cannot be deemed safe’
ASYLUM seekers have not yet boarded the controversial Bibby Stockholm barge, moored off the Dorset coast, as one…
‘I hear you and I will fight for you’: New MP Sarah Dyke’s message to voters
‘I HEAR you. And I will fight for you.’ That was the message for voters from the new MP for…
Lib Dem Sarah Dyke sweeps to victory in Somerton & Frome by-election
IN 1969, Prime Minister Harold Wilson famously told the trade unions to ‘get your tanks off my lawn’. Well, at…
Somerton & Frome by-election: Does a candidate’s address matter?
DOES it matter to you if the person representing you in Parliament lives in the area? For example, should someone…
MP COLUMN: Armed Forces Day and London Pride
IT was a privilege on Saturday to represent the Government at the National Armed Forces Day event in Falmouth…
MP COLUMN: Rail operators: Meeting with Minister
ON Thursday, June 29, I was at the count for the result of the Sherborne West by-election for Dorset…
POLITICS COLUMN: ‘Lib Dems are not a busted flush’
THERE was a letter in this publication last time that suggested the Liberal Democrats are something of a busted…
POLITICS COLUMN: ‘If you want ‘green’, vote Labour’
RECENTLY, in sunny Leith, Keir Starmer and his team provided an update on their plans for the green transition. As…
MP COLUMN: Free trade and high UK standards
I CANNOT be the only one saying, both privately and out loud, ‘where is this year going? My children tell…
How MPs voted – or not – on the Privileges Committee report into Boris Johnson
DORSET MPs largely abstained from a vote over a report that found Boris Johnson has mislead parliament over his…