Massive disruption returned to our roads last weekend, as a result of long check-in delays at the Port of Dover. The lengthy queues were caused by detailed passenger and passport checks being carried out by the French border force at the ferry port. This was in response to the heightened level of security threat in […]
Last week I met with John Gale and Terry Noakes at the Folkestone Trawlers Association, to discuss the outcome of the referendum on Britain leaving the European Union, and its impact on our local fishing industry. This is now an opportunity to re-write the rules as the UK prepares to withdraw from the Commons Fisheries […]
This week Britain will have a woman Prime Minister for only the second time in its history. I am delighted that Theresa May has been elected as the new leader of the Conservative Party and I believe that she will give the country the direction it needs at a time when there are many challenges […]
This week the Conservative Party starts the process of electing its new leader and our next Prime Minister. The Conservative MPs will reduce the field of five candidates to two, and those names will then be submitted to a ballot of all of the members of the party across the country. The winner of this […]