2026: Week 4 - Storms, Climate Change and Leaseholds
This week has seen some severe storms battering our beautiful constituency and causing widespread damage and flooding across the county.
23 Jan 2026
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2026: Week 3 - Greenland, China and tariffs
It has been a turbulent week in politics, dominated by Trump’s petulance around not being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
16 Jan 2026
2026: Week 2 - NHS neglect
At this point in January we can say the festivities of Christmas and New Year are truly over, and my thoughts turn to the coming 12 months.
9 Jan 2026
2026: Week 1 - Back to Westminster
I would like to wish all my readers a happy new year, and my hopes that 2026 will bring everything you wish for.
2 Jan 2026
2025: Week 50 - Looking forward
By many measures 2025 was an eventful year, with a lot of surprises.
29 Dec 2025
2025: Week 49 - Tragedy and SEND issues
It was with sadness and horror that I watched the tragic violent events in the US and Australia unfold.
22 Dec 2025
2025: Week 48 - Maternity Care and Shared Lives
A national review into Maternity care has revealed failings much worse than originally anticipated.
15 Dec 2025
2025: Week 47 - Budgets, Horizon and Strikes
It’s been the week after the most chaotic and confused budget ever delivered. From the numerous “leaks” during the preceding weeks, to the Chancellor’s odd pre-budget speech, then finally to the ill timed release of the budget by the OBR.
8 Dec 2025
2025: Week 46 - Energy, Cost of Living and Rail Fares
It is clear that we are now moving into the winter months, with the previously mild weather suddenly turning and bringing a cold spell to the area.
1 Dec 2025
2025: Week 45 - Dawlish Aviary and Asylum reform
This week we received the upsetting news that avian influenza had infected and killed a number of the ornamental waterfowl at Dawlish, including some of the black swans.
24 Nov 2025
2025: Week 44 - Remembrance
“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.”
17 Nov 2025
2025: Week 43 - Headlight glare and pre-budget speech
Last week saw the horrific attack on a train in Cambridgeshire, which resulted in several people sustaining serious injuries.
10 Nov 2025
2025: Week 42 - Access to Work, Climate Change and Renters
In Parliament I raised the issues with Access to Work with the Minister for Social Security and Disability. This is the scheme that No-Limits Café and Dawlish Gardens Trust used to work with to help people into employment.
3 Nov 2025
2025: Week 41 - Budgets, UK-EU reset and Gaza
There is lots of speculation in parliament about what might, or might not, be in the next budget recently.
27 Oct 2025
2025: Week 40 - Digital ID, Unemployment and Renter's RIghts
This week was back to Westminster! On Monday I spoke in the House about Digital ID cards and highlighted that many areas of Devon are still without decent mobile signal.
20 Oct 2025
2025: Week 39 - Middle East, LGR and English Devolution
Has Donald Trump made an end to war in the Middle East as he is claiming? I’m not sure, but he has certainly brought about a long overdue ceasefire, and I’m pleased about that.
13 Oct 2025
2025: Week 38 - Cream teas, Digital ID and THAT foodbank
It is conference season, and as such, Parliament is in recess. This has given me the opportunity to spend more time in the constituency.
6 Oct 2025
2025: Week 37 - Fake news, Armed Forces and Independent Palestine
This week saw another bizarre announcement coming from the US administration, driven by the US secretary of state for health. They claim to have found a cause for autism and have said that women should stop taking paracetamol when pregnant.
29 Sep 2025
2025: Week 36 - All about SEND
This week I took part in a Westminster Hall debate about SEND, which was tabled after a petition calling to “Retain the legal right to assessment and support in education for children with SEND” reached over 125,000 signatures.
22 Sep 2025
2025: Week 35 - NHS, Protests and a balanced BBC
This week saw the publication of NHS “league tables” which the Government say will help banish the “postcode lottery” in the speed and quality of treatment.
15 Sep 2025
2025: Week 34 - Back to Westminster
After a lovely summer spent in the constituency, it was back to reality with a bang when Parliament reopened after recess.
8 Sep 2025