Change they all cry; but to what?

Change they all cry; but to what?

With just ten days to go before the next General Election, all I seem to see from candidates of all parties is a consistent mantra. ‘We want change’ they shout. ‘Time to get the Tories out’ they cry. Whilst there may be general agreement that the Tories have...
Politicians are human too

Politicians are human too

Recently, I was invited to a fundraising event at St Helens’ church, Witton in Northwich, to support Christian Aid. That evening, I was fortunate enough to meet almost all the other candidates for the newly created Mid Cheshire parliamentary seat, all of us looking to...
Vote Reform, get Reform

Vote Reform, get Reform

Now that the local elections are over and the dust has settled, it’s time to reflect on what happened during campaigning and ask a really important question.  Is anyone else fed up with the narrative ‘vote Reform, get Labour’? We heard it so often in the run-up...
The importance of policies to a Political party

The importance of policies to a Political party

Recently, when I attended the Spring Party conference, I was introduced to Simon Marcus, our Head of Policy. We had just seen for the first time, the draft copy of our ‘Contract with YOU’ and I was hugely encouraged by the scope and scale of the document. After all,...
Philately & Politics 

Philately & Politics 

No one, it seems, who watched the recent ITV drama ‘Mr Bates v The Post Office’ could fail to be moved by the plight of the sub postmasters featured. The outpouring of public rage against the perpetrators was quite unexpected. This quickly turned itself into focused...