Next month Scotland will decide if it will break away from the rest of the UK and become independent. If this happens there will be countless unanswered questions; what happens to our economy, our trade links, the Queen? What will it mean to be British? How will independence affect English people…
Read MoreIt’s not often that Dartford’s political parties agree on things, but this week we are genuinely united in our sorrow at the deaths of John Muckle and Nancy Whiteman. They were two Councillors who cared deeply about Dartford and were involved in politics for all the right reasons. Losing two…
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Two years ago I visited the Irbil area of Iraq where this week we are witnessing thousands of people being persecuted and killed. When I was there, I visited the mass graves of Kurdish people murdered by Saddam Hussein and spoke to many local people about their experiences over the…
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This week marked the start of the Centenary commemorations of the First World War which began on August 4, 1914. As part of these commemorations, I have joined forces with the Royal British Legion at Greenhithe and Swanscombe to put together an educational booklet for primary school children in Dartford. …
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