What's happening with Rwanda? Thursday, 28 March, 2024 I’m sometimes asked why I voted for the Rwanda Bill, or even how could I have done so. So in one sentence: as part of actions to reduce the number of immigrants arriving in small boats organised illegally by people smugglers. Do we want to sub-contract immigration to small boat smugglers for dangerous journeys across the Channel? But not everyone agrees that single male asylum seekers should be... Articles
My reaction to the final Boundaries Commission proposal for Gloucester 12th September 2018 The (independent) Boundaries Commission has published its final recommendations in response to the coalition government’s goal several years ago of reducing the... Articles
Gloucester Day Quiz 2018 3rd September 2018 1. This new façade is part of which organisation’s offices in Gloucester? 2. Who is this great Saxon Queen ceremonially reburied at St Oswalds Priory in June? 3... Local News
‘A haven of individuality in an increasingly bland world’: MP nominates new Gloucester pub The Turk’s Head Inn that welcomes sheep not Facebook, for Parliamentary Pub of the Year 31st August 2018 ‘It welcomes sheep not Facebook’, Gloucester MP Richard Graham said, explaining the popularity of new independent pub Turk’s Head in Gloucester’s Southgate... Local News
New Car Park and Entrance at Gloucester Station 30th August 2018 In March 2016 (see HERE ) I updated readers on my vision for a greatly improved railway station, with an additional new car park and access to the station from... Local News
Richard Graham MP's open letter to European nationals living in Gloucester 24th August 2018 I write because the process of the Brexit negotiations – especially the EU mantra that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed – brings uncertainty... Articles
Gloucester History Festival - book now to avoid disappointment 24th August 2018 In 2011 I led a small group to link our celebration of the relief of the Siege of Gloucester (Gloucester Day: reinvented by Alan Myatt in 2008 on the first... Local News
Close to Closure - The Gloucester Tip 2019 13th August 2018 During a particularly hot summer, with bedroom windows open everywhere in Gloucester, the noise of the seagulls during their breeding season has been a source... Local News
A fairer fishing policy for Britain 2nd August 2018 One aspect of membership of the EU that most of us have always found very hard to defend has been the Common Fisheries Policy - under which lots of other... Articles
Great Western Railway 31st July 2018 I’ve been contacted by passengers on GWR commuter trains to Bristol about the number of carriages on this service. So I’ve raised this with GWR and they’ve... Local News