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Richard Holden

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Richard Holden is a former Special Adviser to the Defence Secretary and the Leader of the Lords, and was Parliamentary candidate for Preston in 2015.

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Richard Holden: Why we need Parliament back to deliver immigration control, trade deals, levelling up – and much more.

More delay would playing into the hands of the SNP and other opposition parties who claim that ‘Westminster isn’t delivering.’

Columnists, Highlights | By Richard Holden | 8 June 2020 at 6:30 am | 16 comments

Richard Holden: Five ideas for the new Chancellor’s Budget

The Chancellor could please every beer & cider drinker; charity donor; motorhome manufacturer, retailer and owner; caravan site owner, and public toilet user in Britain.

Columnists, Highlights | By Richard Holden | 17 February 2020 at 6:30 am | 54 comments

Richard Holden: Labour – from a big party of people with small houses to a small party of people with big houses.

Regardless of whether the party chooses Starmer or Long-Bailey, it seems intent of fighting the last war next time.

Columnists, Highlights | By Richard Holden | 3 February 2020 at 6:30 am | 36 comments

Richard Holden: There’s no time like a Monday afternoon for a Maiden Speech

I’m looking forward to helping put some local and national issues on the table when I make mine later today.

Columnists, Highlights | By Richard Holden | 20 January 2020 at 6:30 am | 7 comments

Richard Holden: The Red Wall. My part in its downfall. How I won North West Durham – Labour since its creation.

We need to build long-term trust to hold seats like this one. We can win again – but we must deliver.

Columnists, Highlights | By Richard Holden | 6 January 2020 at 6:20 am | 29 comments

Richard Holden: The criminal justice reforms which could spare other innocent people the ordeal I suffered

In the second of his two pieces, the author proposes a series of changes to ensure that the right balance is struck: convicting the guilty while not ruining innocent lives.

Comment, Highlights | By Richard Holden | 5 July 2018 at 6:20 am | 15 comments

Richard Holden: The horrifying tale of how I was baselessly charged with sexual assault – and what it says about the police and CPS

In the first of two pieces, the author describes how he was needlessly put through hell for 15 months – after which a jury duly took only ten minutes to clear him.

Comment, Highlights | By Richard Holden | 3 July 2018 at 6:20 am | 80 comments

Richard Holden: How and why the LibDems went backwards in every English and Welsh seat they defended

With seven of their nine seats in England now held with majorities of less than eight per cent of the vote, the next election offers a chance to take them out for good.

Comment, Highlights | By Richard Holden | 23 June 2017 at 6:20 am | 47 comments

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  • WATCH: Johnson on nurses pay – “The independent review body will look at what we’ve proposed” March 7, 2021
  • WATCH: The Education Secretary is asked: can pupils who turn up without masks be excluded? March 7, 2021
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