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Welcome to my blog. I am a former local journalist who now works in PR and a Conservative and community activist in Woking and Horsell. This blog will keep updated on local issues as well as my interests and quirky news stories.

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Debt? Darling can’t budge it

Your exchequer needs you…

Looking at all the papers this morning, it seems that they are pretty unanimous in their distaste for the Pre Budget Report announced yesterday. Even the BBC led with a Conservative-slanted headline (the old “denies” trick frames the allegation neatly without defamatory undertones).

Labour has had a long time [...]

Tracking the story

There’s been quite a bit in the nationals recently about the narrowing of the polls, with some putting the Labour lead in single figures. It’s not hugely surprising, I think we are see the Eurosceptic Conservative contingent flipping over to UKIP, which are votes I don’t necessarily think will stay there at the polling [...]

Scant consolation

Labour's Willie Bain, the new MP for Glasgow NE

In case you missed it, there was a Scottish by-election yesterday that Labour won. Rather interesting actually – having tasted the Scottish National Party in government at Holyrood, the voters of Glasgow North East seem to approve of that party even less than Labour. [...]