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An eve of poll call to Conservative members to back Tim Loughton

Wednesday, 23 July, 2025

An eve of poll call to Conservative members to back Tim Loughton when voting opens for the Conservative candidate to fight next year’s elections to be the first Mayor of Sussex.

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Weekly look ahead: 1st August

1st August 2019

My weekly video from Israel, featuring wormeries, the Croquet World Championships and a meeting with Uri Geller.

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Herald Column: August 1

1st August 2019

After another hectic week which saw new Prime Minister Boris Johnson change most of the Cabinet and get off to a barnstorming start with an energising 2-hour...

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Herald Column: July 25

As I write we are still waiting to hear the outcome of the election of a new Conservative leader, so anything could have happened by the time you read this...

Tibet Bill

“It may seem like a remote issue - but it’s an important principle for human rights of minorities throughout the world, and the Tibetans have suffered for far...

Weekly look ahead: 22nd July

Discussing wildflowers, Tibet, the Lipoedema APPG and the Croquet World Championship in my weekly video.

Operation Encompass Drop in

Last Wednesday I met Dame Esther Rantzen and David and Elisabeth Carney-Haworth, both recently awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for their work...

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East Worthing and Shoreham Labour - the Party of hate not hope.

Congratulations to the organisers of Worthing Pride – even bigger and better and noisier than last year and a great advert for the fantastic welcome that awaits...

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Pride

Herald Column: July 18

Thank you to all those who have entered my ‘Cutest Pet’ competition to mark the new Animal Cruelty Sentencing Bill introduced by the Government last week to up...

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Disability Benefits Consortium report launch and drop-in

I today lent my support to 80 charities calling for better support for disabled people. I attended the launch event in Parliament for the report ‘Has welfare...