Hands up any Labour Minister who is an IMBY ? I ask because, last year, the best Margaret Becket (then Housing Minister) could muster when pressed on the arbitrary impact of housing targets on Elmbridge was “we have to put [them] somewhere” ! I suspect local residents might have a few suggestions – perhaps Derby […]
Read MoreI am delighted to have been short-listed for the selection of the next Conservative candidate for Esher and Walton. Before the final choice is made on 21 November, I will be out and about listening to, and learning from, people in the constituency. I will also post a series of comments here – on local […]
Read MoreThere is an interesting debate emerging on the center-right about the merits of replacing the Human Rights Act (HRA) with a British Bill of Rights (BoR). Phil Johnston makes the case for a BoR in the Daily Telegraph, whilst Peter Oborne defends the HRA in The Guardian. Given the erosion of our bedrock freedoms under […]
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