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Writing a regular column is a strange business in many ways – not least because, unlike with private correspondence, you really have very little idea who may or may not be reading your words. I can occasionally detect that, someone, somewhere is reading something, since I occasionally receive letters from people who are either pleased [...] What kind of advantages today should we be willing to sacrifice in turn for a better tomorrow? I was prompted to reflect on this question last week when trying to make my way from a meeting about community justice panels in Dorchester to the opening of the renovated Hindley steam engine and steam boiler at the [...] There is a certain sort of psychological test that consists of the tester saying a word and the person who is being tested saying the first word that comes to mind in response. You know the sort of thing: “black”, “white”; “high”, “low”; “sea”, “ship” and so on. I suspect that many of us, if subjected [...] Once upon a time, ancient Greece made a name for itself with the marathon and the Olympics. Ancient Rome was famed for circuses and gladiators. Cricket and polo were the sports that marked the empire on which the sun never set. And Henley is Henley, and Wimbledon is Wimbledon. But Olympic athleticism, marathons, cricket, polo, rowing [...] Last week’s Bridport News reported the remarkable fact that the Amsafe workshops have now begun production of netting for the military version of the airbus. Time was when the Amsafe factory was known as Bridport Gundry – and was just one of the many rope makers that gave Bridport its pre-eminent position as the supplier of [...] I was delighted last week to see that pupils from Thomas Hardye School are contributing to the creation of a time capsule that is to be planted in the splendid new sports centre so that a future generation can gain a better understanding of the lives we lead.
I hope that whatever goes into the time [...] I ought to begin this week’s column with an apology.
A few weeks back, I used the column to draw attention to the need for hospital transport in West Dorset – and I mentioned the meeting I have arranged to discuss how we can take forward the idea of volunteer transport in the Sherborne area, alongside [...] VIEW FROM WESTMINSTER
Several recent events have provided a snapshot into the health of democracy around the world.
‘Super Tuesday’ showcased the fine health of democracy in the U.S, with millions of people across 10 states voting on the same day for their preferred Republican presidential candidate. Over the Bering Sea, we can see a somewhat more [...] Yet again, last Friday, I found myself opening a Skills Training Centre in Bridport run by BLAST – the wonderful charity that is providing more and more skills training for young people in the Bridport area.
A few months back, the Training Centre I was opening had to do with Yeovil College and their remarkable expertise [...] For many years now, the question of the development of the so-called south west quadrant of Bridport has been on the agenda. Indeed, I don’t think there has been a time during my period as the local MP, when this has been off the agenda. Now, once again, the issue has come back for consideration – and, [...] |
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