Daily Post article
The success of the United Kingdom’s roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccination programme has been an unalloyed good-news story in what has otherwise been a bleak winter. The Government shrewdly...
North Wales Weekly News
There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has been a public health catastrophe unrivalled by any other in living memory. Yet, like many other times of crisis, it is undoubtedly true that it...
North Wales Weekly News
The immediate post-New Year period frequently has a cathartic feel to it. The excesses of Christmas are over, and we can resign ourselves to a quieter period as we...
Speech: European Union (Future Relationship) Bill Second Reading Debate
The Bill that the House is considering this afternoon is crucial to the future of the United Kingdom and its relations with the European Union. It marks the end...
North Wales Weekly News
In normal years, I would be taking the opportunity of this article to wish all Weekly News readers a peaceful Christmas and a happy New Year. This year, however,...
North Wales Weekly News
At the time of writing, the negotiations on the future trade relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union are still proceeding, albeit with some hiccups. There is little time left, given...
Daily Post article
I write this column on a monthly basis and, under normal circumstances, today’s should have appeared last Wednesday. However, I requested that it be put back to this week because,...
North Wales Weekly News
It is just over nine months since the first national COVID-19 lockdown was imposed in the UK. The disease had spread with alarming speed across the globe since first...
North Wales Weekly News
Last Wednesday, MPs were asked to approve regulations consigning the whole of England to a lockdown lasting from 5 November to 2 December, in an effort to control the...
COVID-19 Vote
Members of Parliament are sent to Westminster to make difficult decisions. Since I arrived there, over 15 years ago, I have had to make many such decisions, but never a more difficult one than Wednesday’s. ...
