Articles for the Herald and Post

My first political writing was a letter I wrote as a boy to Margaret Thatcher in 1980 or 1981, a time of great economic and industrial stress. I had just been...

The Candovers, the Tisteds, Binsted, Buriton, Froxfield and Privett, Hawkley, East Meon. These are among the places that epitomise the beauty of the East...

Along with April Fool’s Day and the start of the new tax year, this month has acquired a rather less humorous nickname—"Awful April." Dubbed by the media, this...

Whilst spring may have sprung outside, the mood in the Chamber following the Chancellor’s financial statement this week was anything but sunny. An unwelcome...

Last Thursday and Friday, I joined Hampshire County Council leader, Nick Adams-King, at public meetings in Alton and Rowlands Castle to discuss the upcoming...

Last week saw the second reading of the Crime and Policing Bill, an important piece of legislation that introduces a number of new offences and strengthens...

Most democratic legislatures seat their members in a horseshoe or hemisphere. The House of Commons is unusual with two sides facing each other head-on. It is at...

If you regularly read my column in this paper, you’ll know I am concerned about the impending switch off of the analogue landline and the potential implications...

I’ve had many conversations over the years with parents, children and teachers about technology in young people’s lives. The most recent was this month in Alton...