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For the past 25 years members of local peace groups re-dedicate themselves to the campaign for international  harmony. Flowers are cast on the waters of Tredegar Park Lake to recall a similar ceremony in Hiroshima.   Arguments still rage on the need to bomb the two Japanese cities. Some argue that it shortened the war and [...]

I understand that capital is now to be released to rebuild Sheldon Heath as the KE VI Sheldon Heath Academy.I hope that this is not as part of BSF. If it isn't then we should be able to get the school rebuilt a lot faster.BSF is dreadfully slow and [...]

MANY of you will have noticed by now that things haven’t been operating at all smoothly here at Harris Towers recently. Many readers are being denied access to the site with various baleful warnings that if they do visit the site, they’ll be struck down by all sorts of malevolent [...]

I'm not sure if I've quite got the training to be a double-decker bus driver so it's a good job that in this photo I'm only pretending, not actually driving the thing!Last week the BT 'Infinity' bus rolled into Edmonton Green Shopping Centre. BT doesn't have a huge amount [...]

INTERESTING that supporters of the Alternative Vote (AV) among Tory members are outnumbered nine-to-one by those opposed. And that raises the question, once more, of when governments should hold referendums. Now, I might consider it a tad undemocratic for a Tory government to be forced to have a referendum it never [...]

There is an important extract from John Waters' storyThrough the evolution of media custom and practice, however, a situation has developed whereby the very mention of “childcare proceedings” or “family law” is enough to have media lawyers and editors running for cover. Even though it is very often abundantly clear [...]

You have to feel a little sorry for the Observer / Guardian's "secret civil servant". Making much of their anonymity, Whitehall's answer to Adrian Mole recently complained about how the beastly Coalition is doing away [...]

Writing in yesterday’s Telegraph, various film luvies claimed that “For every pound invested [by the UK Film Council], the country gets £5 back.” Guess that means we can now just give the UK Film Council a few £billion, and [...]

The government was right to go to India to carve out a new relationship based on the changing balance of economic activity and power in the world. The world Stock market index still reflects the world as it was in [...]

Somewhat of a relief to back in my constituency today. Have met my local campaign team this morning, then the Chair of the Royal Surrey to hear their plans following their success in achieving foundation status. Then on meet a blind man to talk about the nightmare of dangerous [...]

Chloe Smith MP today ran the third in the series of her 'Next Generation' business seminars. Begun last year in collaboration with City College and Howes Percival LLP, these meetings bring together Norwich students, entrepreneurs and established local firms to discuss the skills and business policies needed for the [...]

 Tomorrow (Friday 6th August) annual peace commemoration of Hiroshima at the Lakeside Tredegar Park Newport at 6.30  to 7.00pm. Poems, peace readings and flowers to cast on the waters of the lake. La GrippeA bit more reality from France on the Swine Flu pandemic that never was. FRANCE'S swine flu vaccination [...]

Allister Heath, one of our top economic commentators, reminds us in today’s City AM of the speed with which industrial production has moved from the West; “In 2008 ... China produced more steel than the USA, the EU and Japan [...]

Delyn MP, David Hanson, has welcomed figures released this week which show that in the year to date 1st April – 28th July, crime has fallen in Flintshire by 18.6% over the previous year. Mr Hanson said:- “Figures released by North Wales Police show that crime has fallen dramatically in Flintshire in [...]

If you’re interested in this Guardian article about a leaked document on NHS websites, you might also be interested in seeing the list of 4,282 websites I recently received from the department. Have a look through and let me know what you think of the best and worst! The document that [...]

Consituents remain interested in the situation for the country hence I am going to repost and update a posting I made on 23rd July (on The Stirrer forum).The financial crisis had really four components. Three were international and one national. The international ones were 1. CDOs (the credit crunch issue [...]

There has been much written about the decline of the Liberal party during and after the First World War. The facts are stark. In 1914 the Liberals were running [...]

Loathe as I am to criticised broadcasters for not giving attention to my pet topics,, I was roused to anger last year. I sent off a sulphuric epistle to BBC Wales  complaining of their thin coverage of the sporting miracles of Newport County soccer team last season.   This year all [...]

The fanfare around coalition claims for greater transparency in Whitehall has not yet been met in reality. Let’s be honest, most people knew the salaries of the very top civil servants. The interesting information is in the the detail, the granular figures for the middle orders. I’ve recently asked a [...]

Speakers   Martha Kearney Simon Hughes Thank heavens for Simon, that’s all I can say.  SH:                  Council house allocation has always been controversial and it’s very important that if we’re going to debate any changes to the fundamental issue which is that if you’re given the tenancy and you pass the probationary period, you have [...]