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Build more houses?
Labour proposes two main ways of boosting growth. They wish to lift new homes from 200,000 a year to 300,000 a year. They want to double onshore wind, treble solar and quadruple offshore wind investment.
If the government is serious about building 1.5 million homes by 2029 it will need to...Read More »
My disagreements with One Nation Ministers
I have set out my local reasons for not seeking election in 2024. I also had a number of reasons related to national direction that meant I was in disagreement with One Nation Ministers.
Lord Cameron at the Foreign Office was offering concessions on Gibraltar’s borders and in pursuit of the...Read More »
Why I did not seek election in 2024
I decided not to run both by weighing up what I could hope to achieve as an MP in this new Parliament for Wokingham and for the wider nation. I assumed Conservatives generally would suffer a heavy defeat, though when I made the decision not to run I thought I...Read More »
The people voted No to changing the voting system
In 2011 the Coalition government at the request of the Lib Dems gave us a referendum on abandoning the first past the post voting system. Recognising the fact that many voters support the idea of single member constituencies where the MP has to provide a good service to retain support...Read More »
Conservatives and Reform
Some contributors write in as if this is a Conservative site or to tell me to back Reform. Please read the recent statement over what this site is seeking to do.
I propose to welcome the new government’s main aims on growth, law and order and helping people get on in...Read More »