Category: Dorset Politics

Trust the people, back the countryside

Simon Hoare MP uses Opposition Day debates to challenge government thinking – and argue that rural Britain cannot remain an afterthought One of the few...

Lib Dems reselect Gary Jackson as North Dorset candidate

The Liberal Democrats have reselected local veteran and engineer Gary Jackson as their candidate for North Dorset at the next general election. Jackson, a former...

Students get it – why don’t our leaders?

There’s only one thing worse than being talked about, and that’s not being talked about. Rachel Reeves’ budget speech inclusion of a puerile dig...

Is this the beginning of the end for Labour and Reeves?

Under the last Conservative government, the UK’s national debt went from £1.2 trillion in 2010 to £2.7 trillion in 2024. The Tories ran a...

A budget that left West Dorset colder

Last week saw Rachel Reeves make her Budget announcement. It was a botched opportunity to address some of the fundamentals and raise money through...

The Budget that flicked a V

MP Simon Hoare blasts the Chancellor’s Budget as a rural-punishing exercise in political survival – built on deception, not duty Rachel Reeves excelled herself with...

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From rain-soaked fields to foal-filled stables

The joy was four ‘foaled’ at The Glanvilles Stud in May, and Lucy Procter explains the fascinating feet corrections (plus Honeysuckle is pregnant!) The photos...

Greener Wimborne series launches with opening talk

A new community learning series focused on environmental action will launch in Wimborne on 20th April. Greener Wimborne, Better Planet is a joint initiative between...

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