Personally Speaking: Parents face a variety of coronavirus challenges 18th May 2020 I am writing my column this week from isolation. Unfortunately, coronavirus has found its way into our house, and my wife and I are currently recovering from... Opinions
Personally Speaking: Let Captain Tom be an example to us all 20th April 2020 When the lockdown rules to fight Coronavirus were first imposed by the Government just over three weeks ago, I heard lots of people commenting about how much... Opinions
Personally Speaking: Tackling Coronavirus 23rd March 2020 For most of us, the Coronavirus situation has suddenly become very real and I know many people will be extremely worried. I imagine that you, like I, recall the... Opinions
Personally Speaking: New Free School crucial for our city 24th February 2020 I have written in this column before about how we need to be more ambitious as a city, this is none more so than for our children and young people. Every person... Opinions
Personally Speaking: Levelling Up 27th January 2020 I am sure almost everyone at some stage has heard the Prime Minister talking about ‘levelling up’, rebalancing the life chances across our country. At first... Opinions
Personally Speaking: Get Brexit Done! 28th October 2019 I try to avoid too much mention of Brexit in my column here. People are sick and tired of delay, and no amount of newsprint will change that. I believe most... Opinions
Personally Speaking: We should be proud of our help for Lidice 2nd September 2019 There has been a lot of discussion in the media over the past week about what we MPs actually do in Parliament. I am going to tell you about something which you... Opinions
Personally Speaking: New leader is good news for our city 5th August 2019 Since my last column, there has been a big piece of political news which I am sure none of you have managed to avoid: we have a new Prime Minister. Yes, Boris... Opinions
Brexit update 2nd August 2019 Jack's latest update on the UK's withdrawal from the European Union: I am pleased the new Prime Minister has stated that the UK must leave the EU on the 31st... Opinions