Category: Dorset Politics

Tory leadership hopefuls stage a West Country two-step

Truss pledges a bonfire of farming and planning bureaucracy and Sunak promises help for farmers and first-time buyers You could, if you were so minded,...

Liz Truss visits West Dorset

Tory leadership candidate promises cuts to red tape and more jobs and homes for rural communities LIZ Truss’s heroine, Margaret Thatcher, famously quipped: “You turn...

Rishi Sunak visits the Blackmore Vale

Tory leadership hopeful pledges more support for farmers, pharmacies and first-time buyers HOT on the heels of weekend interviews, in which he pledged greater support...

We noisily protest

The right to peaceful protest is a cornerstone of liberal democracy, says Labour’s Pat Osborne Last month I wrote about the inadequacy of the government’s...

The world of trade unions has changed

Workplaces have moved on from archaic trade union power, forging a more productive way to work together, says North Dorset Lib Dems’ Mike Chapman The...

A personal reckoning

The Tory byelection defeat had everything to do with Mr Johnson, says North Dorset Green Party’s Ken Huggins Boris Johnson has just claimed that his...

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Lessons from a yearling

Meet Squish, the yearling giving Tamsin Doar a masterclass in patience, groundwork and prosecco-powered perseverance – one leg at a time While The Sass Queen...

Are Dorset’s rural roads quietly destroying your suspension?

Driving a Dorset B-road in winter is not a gentle experience it is a series of jolts, dips, and sudden drops that your suspension...

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