David Warburton MP Calls for Comprehensive Prison Reform During Parliamentary Debate

Former convict Ben Gunn supports MP’s view

that work and education are key

David Warburton MP Urges Government

to Find Sufficient Funds for Flood Defences

Planned local flood defences suffering £1.2m shortfall

My article from last week's Western Gazette - about rural funding (and Diocletian, the man who invented devolution...)

I'M SURE you'll have seen those disconcerting notices pinned to the kiosk in all-night garages, or adorning the walls of post offices (though not of course in Somerset) which say something like: "Our staff have the right to work without fear of violence or abuse" or "Employees have the right to be treated with consideration, dignity and respect"...

I MUST admit I enjoy watching those ancient clips of politicians being interviewed in grainy black and white...

BY now you'll have heard it a hundred times: "That's exactly what the terrorists want"...

If you haven't read it, I would highly recommend reading the superb Better Angels of Our Nature by the Canadian cognitive scientist Steven Pinker...

For Pete's sake; you must have thought; or perhaps worse.

WITH kids of nine and ten, Hallowe'en has become an annual sugar-festival which we're compelled to observe.

IT'S not often that life presents you with that metaphorical bowl of cherries, but the other day I was asked to chair a panel discussion on 'Arts, Culture and Creativity'.