I have a confession to make. I am as prejudiced as the next man. After a lifetime spent sneering at…
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The sad drama of our sub-post offices becomes more and more like a pantomime. Last week the Bad Fairy (Stephen…
Some months ago, I highlighted how this government has abolished the last vestiges of patient choice in the NHS. You…
The aim of the Jubilee 2000 campaign to encourage leaders to cancel the backlog of unpayable debts by the most…
One of the most heart-rending problems I face every year in my surgery is that of parents and children who…
This week, I called a debate in Parliament about the future of sub-post offices to coincide with a mass lobby…
What is the point of Parliament these days? “It?s just a talking shop nowadays” say the cynics. But they miss…
Over the 16 years during which I have had the privilege of representing first the City and now most of…
Asked by a judge whether his client was aware of some legal maxim with a Latin tag, the famously insolent…
If you need hospital treatment where would you want to have it? Most people would like the opportunity to have…
On both the right and left of British politics, there are those who believe that debating ?the importance of marriage?…
When MPs give their maiden speech they are expected to describe the most important aspects of their constituency. So 16…