Mercury Column - December 2022 3rd December 2022 Over the last month, you may have already read about my activities in Parliament within the pages of this newspaper or on the Mercury website. But I wanted to... Mercury Column
Mercury Column - August 2022 11th August 2022 Although Parliament is in recess we aren’t seeing the “national politics free-zone” that we would normally enjoy during the summer holiday season. The... Mercury Column
Mercury Column - April 2022 3rd April 2022 Levelling-up is a phrase you hear all the time on the news or read about in the newspapers. It’s central to the Government’s political agenda, based on the... Mercury Column
Mercury Column - February 2022 6th February 2022 Next week is the 70th anniversary of the Queen’s accession to the throne. Before the Platinum Jubilee celebrations, it’s a time we can reflect upon the... Mercury Column
Mercury Column - December 2021 5th December 2021 A big thank you to everyone who took part in my Health Survey publicised in last month’s column. If you missed it, it’s not too late to complete and have your... Mercury Column
Mercury Column - September 2021 5th September 2021 Although the summer holidays have inevitably been impacted by Covid, it’s been fantastic to see the constituency busy with holiday makers enjoying all that the... Mercury Column
Mercury Column - August 2021 7th August 2021 Do you remember “tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime”? That oft-repeated phrase was parroted out by every Labour politician in the late 1990s. I’ve... Mercury Column
Mercury Column - July 2021 4th July 2021 It won’t surprise any reader that every week I receive a large amount of correspondence. This isn’t just emails and letters from constituents – either... Mercury Column
Mercury Column - June 2021 8th June 2021 Last month saw the election of a new Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk. Giles Orpen-Smellie takes over the top job with direct responsibility for our... Mercury Column