Category: Dorset Politics

Toilet duck and pond water

After two decades on the government benches, MP Simon Hoare’s new role in opposition shows him Labour’s alarming lack of preparedness for power The General...

Fossils to feminism – Dorset’s overlooked women

The 8th March is International Women’s Day, and while this would be a great time to win some brownie points at home by talking...

The Donald in Wonderland

Gary Jackson North Dorset Liberal Democrats Events were moving very fast the first weekend of March as the diplomatic bromance between PM Starmer and President Trump...

Wessex Water court case should worry us all

Question: if you pay someone to do a job and they don’t complete it, should you be able to refuse to pay the whole...

Playing a dangerous game

As Trump unsettles NATO and offends allies, Simon Hoare MP looks at the strained special relationship and why the West must remain united against...

Build, baby, build

The Dorset Insider is a no-holds-barred column pulling back the curtain on local affairs with sharp insight, unfiltered honesty and the occasional raised eyebrow....

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Point-to-point is back at Badbury!

Tickets for the ever-popular Countryside Alliance point-to-point, which will take place at Badbury Rings on Sunday, 19th February, are now available to buy online...

From FEI forum to the first centre line

International think tanks, 4* trials … Jess Rimmer’s 2026 season start throws her in the deep end, talking sport one week, riding it the...

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