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Launched today: Poles Apart – How to get rid of a million useless road signs


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Via Poles Apart: Conservative MPs Nadhim Zahawi, Steve Baker, Anne Main and Julian Smith will on Monday publish Poles Apart – ‘how to get rid of a million useless road signs’, a pamphlet drawing attention to the visual blight and waste of public money caused by pointless and unnecessary road signs. Poles Apart builds on the prior work of the Minister of State for International Development Alan Duncan MP and describes the problems of unnecessary and useless signs before promoting a […]

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Attack of the vampire squid


As you can see, some of my Cobden Centre colleagues in finance are not afraid to call the banking system a “vampire squid”. And then along came this video as part of a campaign for bank reform: Happily, as a Director of The Cobden Centre, I am ahead of this particular curve. As I set out in this polemic, the problem with banking is that it isn’t capitalist. It is a centrally-planned, legally-privileged cartel based on a government monopoly and the […]

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Polling day


Voted early with Beth and, of course, for myself, which felt weird. I almost wanted to keep the ballot paper… Dashed off to get out the vote, then lunch with the team before trooping around the committee rooms and polling stations. We found a warm and welcoming atmosphere everywhere. Great messages of support from friends and family. Throughout the day, there was some furious psephology, but the only result that matters is the one I will be leaving for shortly…

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Candidates clash at BFP election Q&A (From Bucks Free Press)


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Via Candidates clash at BFP election Q&A (From Bucks Free Press): ELECTION hopefuls clashed over Immigration, Wycombe Hospital, the economy and Europe at The Bucks Free Press Wycombe hustings last night. Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat and UK Independence Parties took part in the 90 minute debate which saw candidates challenged by Free Press readers. Doctor Who star Colin Baker chaired the debate, at Bucks New University in High Wycombe. Please see the BFP for more. Our last scheduled hustings was […]

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The General Election is finally called


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Via conservatives.com: David Cameron has welcomed the official announcement of the General Election date. The election is a choice between five more years of Gordon Brown’s tired government making things worse – or change with the Conservatives, who have the energy, leadership and values to get Britain moving again. Speaking to supporters this morning, David Cameron will say that the Consevatives are “fighting this election for the great ignored”. “Young, old, rich, poor, black, white, gay, straight. They start our […]

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Wycombe Hospital – Why I’m backing David Cameron


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An elector came to see me about parking, but we soon found ourselves discussing the treatment her father had received at Wycombe Hospital. The story was truly heart-rending. I’ll be following up on that story, but for the moment, let me just say that it put me very much in mind of the account given by David Cameron in his 2008 Conference Speech: In August, I got a letter from one of my constituents, John Woods. His wife was taken […]

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BFP: Health bosses slammed for not appearing at public meeting


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Last night, while I attended the Wycombe Conservative Association AGM, Paul Goodman MP attended a meeting just outside the new constituency boundaries to consider the future of Wycombe Hospital and Marlow Community Hospital. Via the Bucks Free Press, Health bosses slammed for not appearing at public meeting: HEALTH bosses were lambasted tonight for sending no one to face questions from members of the public worried about the future of Wycombe Hospital. Speakers slammed The Primary Care Trust and NHS Buckinghamshire for […]

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Launching our Wycombe Hospital campaign


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Today, I am launching my Wycombe Hospital campaign for fair funding, local control and freedom for clinical professionals. Time and again, local people tell me of their concern about the loss of services at Wycombe Hospital. As we can see from the recent campaign on Facebook, thousands are dismayed that we have lost maternity services. Others are deeply concerned about the lack of full-service accident and emergency care. We all know distressing accounts of inadequate health care and local doctors […]

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The Internet and the campaign


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Recently, I had a good discussion about online campaigning with Graham at Mendip Media. It was an excellent cross-check for what we have been planning in Wycombe. Anyone who underestimates the significance of the web in the campaign for 2010 is missing a trick. Since 2005, the Internet has evolved into something more than a series of brochures for companies and products. It is now a valuable mine of information for voters and would-be-voters. For example, through this site, you can […]

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Wycombe Motorcycle Action Group


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Following a number of private meetings across the Wycombe constituency yesterday, from Fingest to the town centre, I had the pleasure of meeting Wycombe Motorcycle Action Group. From MAG’s about page: The Motorcycle Action Group, (MAG), is a voluntary organisation, drawing membership from across the whole spectrum of motorcycling. Whatever you ride MAG has something for you! MAG was born out of protest against legislation, introduced in 1973, making it compulsory to wear a crash helmet. Since then MAG has […]

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