Thomas the Tank

Are the railways now a metaphor for our incompetent government? Billions have been spent on HS2, promised as the zero carbon, high speed, rail network of the future. Now it won’t even reach central London and the link to Manchester and beyond may never be built. This year has seen industrial disputes, cancellations, and too…

PM sounds way too much like a fair-weather pal

Rishi Sunak wants to be your friend, at least he wants to be somebody’s friend. Last week he posed for pictures at a pub on the very day he increased taxes on your favourite tipple. He claims it’s a public health measure, protecting us from ourselves. It means almost another £1 on a bottle of…

Bank on PM not to care

The Nat West Bank has been making news for the wrong reasons especially given it’s almost 40% owned by the British taxpayer, having been bailed out by the government in 2008. It also owns the posh bank Coutt’s who are reputed to only accept customers with at least £1million. It’s emerged that not only do…

Stop the closure of our train ticket offices

I was appalled by the decision made by train operators to limit the train ticket office consultation to 21 days. After being heavily challenged the operators have now extended the deadline until Friday 1 September. Please read my objection letter to West Midlands Trains below. I have visited all three stations in my constituency, I…

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