My Conservative Home article (unedited version)
This century has seen a great growth in the powers and reach of so called independent public sector bodies. The four main parties in Parliament usually cheered on and engineered these moves. There was...
View ArticleThe Bank of England should cut the losses
I am trying to get more to put this case to the Treasury and Bank to stop the outrageous losses. Please use this text. The Bank of England has received £49.4 bn in payments from taxpayers and the...
View ArticleMy Intervention on the Safety of Rwanda Bill amendments – Court challenges
John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con): Many people share the Government’s ambition to stop the boats. Would these Lords amendments not muddle the legislation in a way that, once again, would leave us open to...
View ArticleElectric cars
The latest figures for battery car sales in the EU show them down 11% in March, with a market share down at 13%. The fall in Germany was particularly steep. This follows news of price cuts and poor...
View ArticleWPQ answer – Rail industry funding
The Department for Transport has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (15523): Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of...
View ArticleWPQ answer – 20mph zones
The Department for Transport needs to get on with revising these guidelines. The Labour government in Wales now concedes they have introduced too many. There need to be some through roads that allow...
View ArticleSt George’s day
Today we celebrate England. We also remember England’s greatest writer, William Shakespeare. Both have given so much to enrich the world. England pioneered Parliamentary democracy and fired up the...
View ArticleWhat difference to net zero and the economy would a Trump or Biden second...
As readers know I do not express views about who should win elections in foreign countries, nor usually comment on which potential government or President would be best. It now looks very likely that...
View ArticleMPs in trouble
This Parliament has seen a surge of cases against MPs. There are now 18 MPs sitting as Independents because their parties no longer support them. 8 were Conservatives, 7 were Labour,1 was SNP, 1 was...
View ArticleThe nationalised railway loses too much money with poor service
The present debate about whether to nationalise the railway overlooks one crucial fact. In 2002 Labour did nationalise all the track, signals and stations and ensured a public regulator controlled...
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