‘I have confidence that spring will come again’ sang Julie Andrews in the ‘Sound of Music’, and from their latest report, the influential International Monetary Fund (IMF) seems to be on the same page. Back in the 1970s it was the IMF that had to bail out Britain with an emergency loan, but today they […]
The Pope’s visit to Britain was the highlight of last week in Westminster, as well as for many hundreds of thousands of people right across the country. On Friday I was fortunate to have a place in Westminster Hall representing the Folkestone and Hythe constituency, when Pope Benedict addressed the assembled members of parliament, which […]
You don’t have to look at your calendar to know we are into September, you can feel it in the air when you leave home in the morning; the slight freshness that accompanies the sunshine. When we have a few bright September days this is my favourite month of the year, not least because last […]
This Wednesday in parliament we debated some of the issues around traveller sites and temporary camps established without permission. This is an issue which can arrouse strong feelings and has been a particular recent concern to residents and businesses near to Park Farm and Shearway Business Park in Folkestone. I believe that we have to […]
There has been recent speculation in the media that the Gurkha regiment may be cut from the British army which, like many of you, I read with dismay. However, this is just the speculation of some journalists and an individual MP, and not a view that has been expressed by members of the Coalition Government. […]