Category: Dorset Politics

New Year, new hopes, old fights

Simon Hoare MP looks ahead – can Labour steady the ship, will devolution reshape Dorset, and how a misguided Reform Party threatens farming Let me...

‘We’re here to make life better’

Terry Bennett talks to West Dorset’s first Liberal Democrat MP, Edward Morello, who is still negotiating the Westminster jungle When Edward Morello walked into Westminster...

Iron chancellor or rusty rhetoric?

Labour’s lack of preparation and tax-heavy approach risk undermining small businesses and rural economies, warns Simon Hoare MP After the General Election, I said that,...

Debating dignity: the Assisted Dying bill

We have not yet had time to unpick the detail of the new government’s first budget.As I write I do not know to what...

Local symptoms of a national problem

I am all too aware that the news this week – and probably for the next few – is likely to be all about...

Trump’s threat and Labour’s budget gamble

As I write this, we await two highly significant events – the Labour government’s first budget and the election of the next US President....

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The art (and precision timing) of breeding

Glanvilles Stud is deep in covering season’s intricacies; Lucy Procter unravels it while stud visitors delight in heartwarming foal cuddles As usual, the BV’s Courtenay...
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RotaKids sponsored swim goes with a big splash

On a crisp, sunny morning, Shaftesbury’s RotaKids, supported by Shaftesbury Rotary, took to the water for their very first sponsored swim – held at...

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