Hammersmith & Chiswick Conservatives Choose Local Crime Fighter Dinsmore as Parliamentary Candidate Wednesday, 25 October, 2023 Hammersmith & Chiswick Conservatives have chosen a high-profile crime fighter and local councillor as their standard bearer for the next General Election. Activists attended a packed meeting on Friday 21 October at Chiswick’s George IV pub to choose 34-year-old barrister Andrew Dinsmore from a three-person shortlist. Andrew hit the headlines earlier this year after taking an online petition to the... Local News
Progress on the Barnes Bridge Walkway and Call-in Developments 21st November 2021 The Barnes Bridge Walkway After nearly three years of development, work has started in earnest. Currently a number of piers are being built. Piling work enables... Local News
Great Work for Our Children But Not So on Finance from Labour 13th November 2021 Children services and National Adoption Week I recently went to Downing Street to meet with the Children's Commissioner, Dame Rachel de Souza and Children’s... Local News
The Importance of Making Educated Decisions 7th November 2021 Gosh, what a whirlwind the last nine weeks has been, two Chiswick Area Fora, one Borough Council, one public meeting, one lunch with Nick Rogers (our GLA member... Local News
Creeping Apartheid for Chiswick from Hounslow House and City Hall 31st October 2021 What is happening in Hounslow Affecting Chiswick Chiswick residents are daily becoming more and more of a form of creeping apartheid, preventing people... Local News
Contrasting Festivals, HMOs, and Fishers Lane 25th October 2021 Councillor life in Turnham Green ward is extremely busy all the time but this week seems to have been even more so. Tuesday presented us with diary clashes: the... Local News
Councillor Surgeries Suspended For Safety of Library Staff 17th October 2021 This Weekend Everybody in politics at national and local level will be thinking about the fate of David Amiss killed doing his normal duty to his constituents... Local News
Opposing a Council That Isn't Listening and Doesn't Care 11th October 2021 This is a difficult time for an Opposition Party watching the final policy mistakes of an administration that so many residents have called out. A classic... Local News
Councillor Life is Getting Back to Normal 3rd October 2021 There is some sense that councillor lives are getting back to normal. Certainly, the usual bitterness expressed towards Conservatives by the Labour group has... Local News
A Step Too Far? A Myopic and Indifferent Council in Action 19th September 2021 Councillors Sam Hearn and myself have formally called in a Hounslow Council (LBH) Chief Officer Decision (COD) titled ‘Covid -19 Transport Response – Interim... Local News
The Conservative Party Leadership contest 2024 3rd October 2024 A new Leader of the Party will be chosen by members National News
Machzike Hadath shul Speech from Rishi 21st August 2024 Rishi stands shoulder to shoulder with the Jewish community National News
General Election Speech in Full 21st August 2024 Rishi Sunak's speech in full as the Prime Minister announces a General Election in July National News
Why I'm calling a General Election 21st August 2024 Rishi Sunak explains in the Spectator why he has called a General Election. National News
Rishi Sunak Announces National Service Policy 21st August 2024 Only the Conservatives will take the bold action needed to give young people the opportunities they deserve National News
The Triple Lock Plus: Only the Conservatives have a clear plan for pensioners 21st August 2024 From next April, the Conservatives will increase the personal allowance for pensioners in line with the Triple Lock by introducing a new age-related allowance—a... National News