Articles tagged North Norfolk:
The Wisdom of the Electorate
- 12 Dec 2004
The Sunday Times Atticus column is a regular reader of this blog. Today's column quotes my local residents survey. Enjoy... The voter suggestions a Tory hopeful must ignore What are going to be the big issues at the next election? Keen-as-mustard Tory candidate Iain Da...
Brass Monkeys
- 20 Nov 2004
God it was cold today. This morning a team of us were out on the venerable doorsteps of Sheringham. I keep being told that Sheringham is a LibDem stronghold but that's not my experience at all. At lunchtime I drove over to Happisburgh to see Di Wrightson whose tearooms are abo...
Rebecca House
- 12 Nov 2004
Apologies for the length of this press release, but please do persevere to the end. I hope my anger comes across. Iain Dale, Conservative Candidate for North Norfolk, today organised and chaired a meeting for relatives of Rebecca House patients to discuss their plans to ca...
Catching Up
- 10 Nov 2004
Apologies for the fact that I haven't posted anything for a few days. No excuses. Here goes for a quick catch up. SUNDAY: Spoke at Cromer Conservative do at lunchtime. Good event. Nice people, including a very nice young blonde lady who wants to stand for the Council. I'm ...
Euro Debate in Fakenham
- 8 Nov 2004
What a fantastic evening. Fakenham Chamber of Commerce invited me to take part in a debate on the European Constitution with the Labour Candidate Phil Harris and LibDem MEP Andrew Duff. I had a fantastic time and really enjoyed myself. Phil Harris is a very nice chap and the d...
Campaigning in Fakenham
- 6 Nov 2004
We had a good team of 7 people out this morning tramping the streets. We covered a huge area of Fakenham. Here's what one voter said: "I was taken in by Norman Lamb last time, but I won't make that mistake again." And here's a comment from a LibDem voter: "I always thought Nor...
A Day of Contrasts
- 1 Nov 2004
I think I can safely say this was a varied day. It started with me attending the first meeting of the Coltishall Task Force, which I have been appointed to. About 20 of us met in the Church Hall at Coltishall to thrash through the remit of the group and map out the way ahead. ...
Speech on the Proposed European Constitution
- 9 Oct 2004
Speech at a debate with Phil Harris, North Norfolk Labour Candidate and Andrew Duff, LibDem MEP at Fakenham. I’d like to thank you for inviting us here tonight to talk about what I think is one of the most important issues of our time – our future relationship with th...
Harvest, Holkham & Holt
- 27 Sep 2004
Whay a typical dingy bank holiday weekend. I'm off to see my parents near Saffron Walden today to help my Dad with the harvest. Weather permitting of course. I'm looking forward to getting behind the wheel of the combine for the first time this year. This weekend in Norfolk ha...
Cheers Charles!
- 25 Sep 2004
It's not often I open the Eastern Daily Press and am left open-mouthed. But today it happened. Their political editor Chris Fisher interviewed Charles Clarke (Labour MP for Norwich South and Secretary of State for Education) in advance of the Labour conference. This is what he...