Category: Dorset Politics

Same party, different views

There’ll not be a general election until 2024 – but that doesn’t mean the fight for practical, pragmatic politics ends, argues Simon Hoare MP The...

“Not ‘a’ Queen but The Queen” – Simon Hoare MP

"We will all be familiar with the words from the hymn Abide With Me: ‘Change and decay in all around I see, O Thou...

Fridges, fairs and fewer walls

Local fairs can lift a community – but there’s no hiding from the anxious mood that grips the Vale’s residents, says North Dorset Lib...

The New Green Deal is already planned

A plan to tackle the energy crisis was drawn up by a cross-party group of MPs in February and is ready to go, says...

Small government? Big bills!

Light-touch government is an excellent theory, says North Dorset Green Party’s Ken Huggins. But in practice it just doesn’t hold water. Or sewage. The ideology...

It’s our drop in the ocean

Though an inland town, Blandford still has a duty to contribute to ocean recovery, says Labour’s Pat Osborne – and it can start with...

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21-year-old jockey Alice Procter faces spinal injury after fall

After Alice’s devastating fall at Cartmel racecourse, her dad Doug Procter talks to editor Laura Hitchcock about living every parent’s nightmare I hadn’t spoken to...

The BV becomes Dorset Life – a new chapter begins

If you’ve been reading The BV for a while, you’ll know we’ve never stood still for long. What began in 2020 as a local,...