N.B. The author is Tim Hewish – my Parliamentary Researcher. Against the media backdrop of the Chancellor’s announcement to rein in benefit expenditure, there is one important policy pledge that should be granted more air time: – subsidised university education for the children of soldiers, sailors and airmen killed on active […]
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How to create schools and alienate people
N.B. The author is Tim Hewish – my Parliamentary Researcher – who is somewhat riled by opposition to the Government’s education reforms — Steve Baker. The largest powder keg in the Hundred Years’ War known as class warfare is surely Education. Toby Young, writer and now somehow alienator of the people of […]
Read MoreRed Ed – already trying to rewrite history
N.B. Tim Hewish is my Parliamentary Researcher. I asked him to comment on Ed Miliband’s conference speech. I have just listened to Ed Miliband’s first official speech as leader of the Labour Party. I am struck by the attempted hoodwink he is trying to pull. He talks about the optimism of […]
Read MoreCressex Community School visit
Last Friday, I was delighted to have the opportunity to visit the Cressex Community School. In recent weeks, it has created local history by becoming the first state-maintained Trust School in Buckinghamshire and one of the first Cooperative Trust schools in England. Co-operatives have a fundamental role in creating a […]
Read MoreWestminster Hall Debate
Tim Hewish is my Parliamentary Assistant. I asked him yesterday to attend a Westminster Hall debate on my behalf. In this post, he sets out what he learned. Yesterday I was able to attend the Westminster Hall Debate on the Westmorland General Hospital obtained by Tim Farron MP who discussed […]
Read More“We are a whole generation clearly suffering from Stockholm Syndrome, direly dependent on the State”
NB: The author is Tim Hewish, who I am glad to welcome as a local contributor. — Steve One of my local Wycombe friends asked me: Why, as a young person, should I vote Conservative? I initially came out with the usual blurb about the positives of Conservatism, but she […]
Read MoreLies, damned lies, and statistics
We already knew Gordon Brown loves to give us statistics on how is he ruining our economy, but now he takes the whole aphorism above as the official Labour political campaign – Damned Lies. As David Cameron said last night: Let me take this opportunity to say very clearly to […]
Read MoreWe will end the Culture of Worklessness
David Cameron has pinned down a major source of Britain’s plight – worklessness. Building on his vision of Britain looking towards creating a Big Society, not running into the arms of the State, he sets out a bold plan of action. It will be a culture that is based on […]
Read MorePower to the People
NB: The author is Tim Hewish, who I am glad to welcome as a local contributor. — Steve Next week, the Conservatives will announce their new policy document on raising public participation in politics. It is true that we live in a representative democracy whereby MPs are elected with the […]
Read More‘A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops’ – Henry Adams
NB: The author is Tim Hewish, who I am glad to welcome as a local contributor. — Steve Buckinghamshire is blessed with having Grammar schools and is complimented by a large number of successful State schools; however not all parts of the country are so privileged. I was fortunate enough […]
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