The tendency in recent Tory selections has been to pick people with long-standing ties to the constituency over those one might consider “big names” or “SW1 insiders”.
This follows Emma Ware standing down due to ill-health.
Households value pharmacies even more after the pandemic – and people want to see more banks after so many have closed.
We have Rugby’s Lego Trail, a pop-up beach in Stoke, and Wigan splashing out £125,000 on social media campaigning.
The lesson of this drama is that fans must make their voices heard, rather than Ministers threaten knee-jerk legislation.
Countries need a balance of self-criticism and self-confidence. People are often called on to act for a greater good. But if Britain is shameful, why bother?
Like rugby team experiencing ‘white line fever’, it seems the closer the objective is, the more unforced errors they suffer.
The final part of our series this week on May’s elections. Will there be a LibDem revival – which polls have yet to indicate?
In no place has the assault on masculinity been more prevalent, more zealously pursued and more enthusiastically executed, than in our schools.
Melvin Benn, managing director of Festival Republic, explicitly links attendance at his events – most of Britain’s music festivals – with compulsory testing.