Gloucester

The Labour Party has initiated the selection of the new Parliamentary Candidate for Gloucester, and in the past few weeks I have had a lot of emails, messages and conversations…

There is currently a consultation from Gloucester City Council that Gloucester should be a Royal city, and why not, why shouldn’t Gloucester aspire to be a Royal city, particularly as…

Anybody who has known me any length of time knows that I’m not the slimmest or fittest person in the world.  There are many reasons for this, both physical and…

10 years ago, the rains started to come down and the impact upon Gloucestershire was quick, brutal and long reaching.  The effects can still be seen today with Gloucestershire Tigers…

Yesterday, Teresa May threw down the gauntlet in quite a bold move by calling a general election.  There are possibly many reasons for this, she may not have the votes…

I have heard from a number of people that organisations within Kingsway are announcing that we have become our own ward within the city.  This is not the case and…

The Tory MP for Gloucester has called for Gloucester’s Religious Groups and Political Groups to be banned from joining in the parades for Gloucester Carnival and Gloucester Day itself.  In the…

Richard Graham, the MP for Gloucester has announced on twitter today that he has resigned from the role as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) in the foreign and Commonwealth office (FCO).…

Richard Graham MP is radiating smugness that the local paper, the Citizen, has apologised for the representation of his views on mobile phones and food banks.  On twitter last night he was…

Today I was involved in the Gloucester Day celebrations, which involved 2 parades and manning a street stall.  The Barton Mock Mayor parade and ceremony reminds us all that providing…