An election is coming. We don’t know yet exactly when (at least at time of writing), but it’ll be soon. Before long, you’ll see campaigners and candidates traipsing through the winter rain, snow, wind and hail to ask for your votes. I’m sure you can guess which way I...
A few weeks back at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, something very, very strange happened. Well actually, I’m sure many very, very strange things happened, but I’m thinking of one incident in particular. The Conservative Party Chairman James Cleverly...
Imagine if somebody broke your windows and left you with no option but to board them up as best you could. Then a few years later, they tell you that they will gradually put those windows back in, pretending that it wasn’t them who got rid of them in the first place....
You may well have heard me wax lyrical about the delights of the Tame Valley. For those of you who haven’t experienced it yourselves, it’s a beautiful bit of green space running right through my constituency (and beyond from the moors in Saddleworth down to the Mersey...
As Alice Cooper once famously sang, school’s out for the summer. For many this means jetting off to sunnier climes or picking up a bucket and spade and heading off to the British seaside. Whether you’re searching out Mickey Mouse in Florida or riding a donkey down...
The Peterloo Massacre casts a long shadow in our national history. The horrendous murder of men, women and children peacefully gathered at St Peter’s Field to demand political representation for ordinary people was a pivotal moment in our shared story. Whilst Peterloo...
