Blogging will be infrequent until the new year at my wife’s special request. I’ll be finishing my constituency work today and then taking Christmas off. In the meantime, I’ll leave you with this shot of St Lawrence Church West Wycombe at night. Merry Christmas and best wishes for the New […]
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Attempting to live an adventurous life in a nannying age
Coping with heavy snow (or why I am a winter tyre bore)
The Royal Air Force used to send me to Bardufoss in Arctic Norway, in winter. I learned there that, if you want to drive on snow, use winter tyres and, if you want to drive on ice, have studs in them. The point was hammered home when we went to Ørland […]
Read MoreWhat Churchill might have said to the Twitterati?
Via Wikiquote, Churchill, November 17, 1906, Institute of Journalists Dinner, London: For my own part I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities which he excites among his opponents. I have always set myself not merely to relish but to deserve thoroughly their censure. Arrogant, […]
Read MoreNorthumberland
Beth and I are now home after a great week in Northumberland, which included our 14th wedding anniversary. It seems to us a wonderful yet much-neglected county, though it is apparently not neglected by the RAF!
Read MoreGreat footage from the National Geographic
Parachuted in? Only literally
I enjoyed two skydives at Weston on the Green this afternoon, in cloudless skies. For the first, I floated out stable, looking up at the plane, before surveying from freefall the constituencies represented by John Howell MP and the Prime Minister. It’s a slightly flat landscape for my liking. For […]
Read MoreOn a lighter note
I have learned that the British Parachute Association‘s magazine, Skydive, is featuring me next month, including this photo: There’s a rumour that I may be the first skydiving MP. I don’t know if it is true but, in any event, I wish I had more time for it. The sky […]
Read MoreBecoming an MP
Yesterday, I was first publicly introduced as Wycombe’s MP. It is an awe-inspiring responsibility. Unsurprisingly, this new back bencher was not called upon to advise the leadership over the weekend, so I was able to accept a couple of invitations, one to participate in the launch of Walk Wycombe and […]
Read MoreA modest General Election playlist
Courtesy of We7.com: Free music – General Election 2010 I would have included more Rage Against the Machine but their language is distinctly unparliamentary. Update: One BFP reader felt this was a little frivolous in the context of our floundering economy. I recommend my economics posts.
Read MoreThe Oasis Project
On Tuesday, we paused the campaign for the Party’s social action day, which allowed us to get involved with a good local charity. We were very glad to join the Oasis Project with Pastor John Richards. The Lane End Oasis Centre is a good news story which is set to […]
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