On May 3rd 2012, in very many cities, towns and villages, there will be a number of elections up and down the land. Over the next few weeks, candidates representing themselves, different groups or political parties will either knock on your door or push a leaflet through asking you for your support (if they have […]

Health Matters Unless you’ve recently arrived from Mars it would not have escaped your notice that the NHS is once again grabbing the headlines. The Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has been in for a lot of flack as he tries (with Lib Dem help) to get through his highly controversial Health and Social Care Bill. […]

A few months ago I was chatting to an elderly resident in my ward who explained that she was supposed to go to our local hospital, Watford General (part of West Herts Hospital NHS Trust) a couple of times a week for treatment but had refused to go. When I enquired as to why not, […]

As of 11 December 2011, the new Metropolitan Line timetable has come in to effect. London Underground Limited (LUL) took it upon themselves to withdraw all off-peak fast services to and from Moor Park and as a result, all off-peak trains now stop at every stop in and out of London. This is not only an […]

By being part of the Lib Dem Candidate Leadership Programme, I am lucky enough to be paired with the Rt. Hon. Don Foster, MP for Bath. This means that on Tuesdays and Fridays I spend the day with Don in the Commons and in his constituency respectively. The pairing works well on many fronts but […]

On October 18th I made my way to Russell Square to show my support for Anti-slavery Day. There I met David, Stacey & Stephanie from Anti-Slavery International (www.antislavery.org) whose knowledge of slavery past and present was incredible. As anyone who knows me will attest, this is a subject very close to my heart because, as […]

This year’s Autumn Conference was in Birmingham (ICC and surrounding hotels for fringe events) and was particularly memorable for me personally as I was asked to speak at the Rally on the opening day (more on that later)… There was a lot of disquiet in the weeks leading up to the event because, due to […]

From March 11th – 13th I attended the Lib Dem Spring Conference up in Sheffield. This year I was pleased to attend with Councillor Chris Lloyd and fellow Three Rivers resident Peter Getkhan so we drove up in my car and shared the travel costs. It was also Chris and Peter’s first Lib Dem conference […]

This week the Government launched its consultation on a proposed second High Speed Rail line (HS2). The Government wants to provide a super fast train service (up to 300km/190m per hour) from London to Birmingham with the view to extend the line to cities in the north of England and Scotland. The trouble is that […]

When I stood for Ealing North in the General Election back in May, my Conservative opponent kept talking about “The Big Society” (henceforth called TBS), echoing his leader’s attempt to sound a rallying cry around a cause to unite the British people. Myself and Stephen Pound (the victor) both took great pleasure in rounding on […]