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The state funeral
Royal status cannot protect from death. Today we bid our last farewell to a loved and admired Queen. On her passing so the monarchy lives on, passing to her son. She has left a legacy of how to lead a life of service.
The presence of so many Kings and Queens,...Read More »
Reflections on Queen Elizabeth II
Tonight I will attend a service of remembrance in Wokingham.
It will bring on again that sense of loss we feel . The only monarch we have ever known, a constant in our changing lives, is to be buried tomorrow. A funeral brings a finality, an ultimate reckoning that someone treasured...Read More »
A better Treasury orthodoxy
I have looked at how the Treasury needs to take inflation- and deflation – more seriously by considering changes in money and credit in my Telegraph article today which I will publish later. The Treasury also needs to reconsider how to get deficits down. On the revenue side there needs...Read More »
Travel patterns
The Covid lock down and interruption to normal working lives has had a big impact on travel patterns. It has made people keener on personal transport and on road deliveries at the expense of buses, trains and tube.
The latest figures compared to the travel pattern just before covid struck in...Read More »
Westminster Hall
Yesterday I paid my respects to the late Queen in Westminster Hall on behalf of Wokingham. It was a most moving service as we felt the grief at our national loss. The silences before and after the singing and prayers were punctuated by the tolling of the bell and tapped...Read More »