Well I am back at work with Royal Mail and trying to have a few days without thinking about politics . But recent events have intervened, and now we have a Tory Prime Minister, and indeed a Tory-Lib Dem coalition, and I know that many of you will be deeply unhappy about this. Personally, I [Continue]

Apr 9 2009 by Edward Chadwick, Birmingham Post Two Midland MPs have been named as among the worst elected representatives in the country who have failed to show up for large numbers of Commons committees. Sion Simon, the Labour MP for Erdington, managed to get to just 29.7 per cent of meetings of the treasury committee. [Continue]

Sometimes when reading the letters pages of the local press, one can be given a rather depressing and nihilistic view of the world. Often, the same narrow band of correspondents are pushing an intolerant view of life, choosing to focus upon that which divides society rather than what brings us together. Other times, those with [Continue]