The Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill Wednesday, 7 October, 2020 During the afternoon and evening of Monday 5 October the House of Commons debated the Second Reading of the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill which lays down the rules by which covert intelligence agents must operate particularly when they may have to break the law in order to maintain their cover. During that debate I made my first speech as a new member of the... Local News
The Brady Amendment 26th September 2020 Previously on posts I have questioned the efficacy of facemasks and indeed a second hard lockdown. I still do but I accept that others, in Government and in the... Local News
The Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill 25th September 2020 On Wednesday 23 September I spoke in favour of the Second Reading of the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill in the House of Commons. This... Local News
A Way Ahead Maybe? 22nd September 2020 I do not think another round of lockdown restrictions will work. I watched Messrs Whitty and Vallance’s press conference yesterday and was less than impressed... Local News
What else is happening? 20th September 2020 Of course, we are quite rightly fixated on COVID-19 and BREXIT, along with the way our own lives are being affected by these massive developments. But I am... Local News
To Mask or Not to Mask 17th July 2020 I remain pretty confused about this business of wearing face masks. I first expressed reservations about the efficacy of face coverings in a post on Friday 24... Local News
Protests must be peaceful 12th June 2020 I am seriously worried by the fact that so many (meant to be peaceful) demonstrations end up by being anything but. The motives of organisers may be sincere... Local News
Food Standards and Chlorinated Chicken 8th June 2020 I am receiving an increasing number of e mails from people worried by a campaign which suggests we are about to abandon food standards and indeed receive... Local News
Black Lives Matter 5th June 2020 Who isn’t horrified about what happened to an African American man called George Floyd in Minnesota when a policeman knelt on his neck until no air could get... Local News
Defeating Coronavirus 72 1st June 2020 Yesterday I was briefed by the Leader and Chief Executive of Bromley Council on the local situation in what has now become a weekly ritual. I gather that... Local News
