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KEVIN Brennan MP has warned members of the House that the UK Government’s Education Bill will take away local democratic power from communities, teachers and parents, and put the power into the hands of Michael Gove.In a speech, during the second reading of the Education Bill, Mr Brennan urged members [...]

Vince Cable has apparently "declared war" on Rupert Murdoch and his empire. Hummm ....  Having seen off BSB, the Fleet Street establishment and Wapping Unions, how nervous do you suppose Mr Murdoch must be feeling right now?     For what it is worth, in the battle that looms, I'll be cheering [...]

The US alliance served the UK well in the Cold War, and was at its best under Reagan and Thatcher when their combined pressure helped bring communism down in Eastern Europe. The relationship has not always been so strong. In 1939-41 the US was reluctant to come to the aid of [...]

Cutting public spending by £83bn within 4 years and eliminating the entire £109bn structural deficit within a single 5-year Parliamentary session is the most ambitious Tory attempt yet, Mrs. Thatcher not excluded, to turn the clock back to pre-Welfare State days and to embed private services more deeply into British [...]

Several newspaper chiefs apparently want the government to intervene to prevent Rupert Murdoch's takeover of BSkyB. So.  No vested interest there then. They claim that a Murdoch takeover would end "media plurality".  Murdoch doesn't threaten media plurality - that's the BBC's role. Let's put things into perspective.  Each year the [...]

The Tuesday before last I had the rare treat of getting off the whip in Parliament to attend a very special unveiling in Edmonton - a series of mosaics celebrating old music hall star, Marie Lloyd.I was joined by Year 6 pupils from St Edmunds Primary School who had made [...]

The Coalition started well. Their cancellation of ID cards, HIPs, and lots of regional government was just what many wanted to hear. Yesterday’s papers contained a few warnings that the civil service empire may strike back. Mr. [...]

Today we will learn the full list of reducitons in spending to take this year’s total down by £6 billion. This is a most welcome development, because for the first time the UK government will be acknowledging the problem of the [...]

When we last had a Conservative government I argued strongly the case that Wokingham had been through a period of very rapid housing development and needed to slow down, as the pace of housebuilding was putting too many strains on [...]

I really enjoyed Dan Snow’s recent series on BBC2, Empire of the Seas. It was a thoroughly enthralling story of England’s and then Britain’s rise as a global imperial power. For me, it was one of the best current explanations of who we are, where we came from, and how [...]

Part of New Newport creation has not been halted by the credit crunch.   Building of affordable housing is roaring ahead at Mariners' Quay.    It's the site of the old Town Docks  and the octopus bridge. The site is being transformed from a busy river commercial wharf into a very [...]

The war in Afghanistan has claimed more lives of British soldiers this week. This terrible loss of life prompted a debate in Parliament today (Thursday). The debate focused on an at times unseemly tussle between the political parties on whether the Government had provided sufficient support in terms of troops [...]

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It is quite right that we should remember the abhorrent slave trade. We should also remember that British democracy abolished it and that the Royal Navy enforced abolition at the cost of many British lives. I support groups like Amnesty International which are using the bicentenary of the abolition of [...]