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You can check out any time...but you can never leave
FUNNY really how Dave's 'rebels' still haven't twigged that in that curious fork-tongued way he has of never actually doing very much about anything, their mini-insurrection's already destined for the long grass.
Published: 09:32 17th May
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Alok Sharma's Westminster Diary: Thursday, May 16
I HAVE been holding a series of public meetings across my constituency focusing on some of the day-to-day issues which matter to my constituents and a few weeks ago I held couple of meetings to address flooding issues in West Berkshire.
Published: 09:31 17th May
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Footballers pay the penalty for fame
AFTER much quiet reflection, I've reached a sad realisation: at 25 my dreams of becoming a professional footballer are probably over.
Published: 09:30 17th May
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Colin Anink column: 'It's an obstacle course for scooters'
WHY, oh why do cars feel they have the right to park across drop-down kerbs just because it is more convenient for them?
Published: 09:30 10th May
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UKIP has shown us who the real clowns are
PREDICTABLY our political elite behaved last Friday like a child who's had a slap, rubbing the point of contact vigorously and declaring defiantly that it didn't hurt.
Published: 09:32 9th May
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Rob Wilson's Westminster Diary: May 9, 2013
The arrests of Jimmy Tarbuck and Stuart Hall have thrown up an interesting and difficult debate, that I have been engaged in this week, about whether the police should always tell the public when they arrest somebody.
Published: 09:31 9th May
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Too high a price for cheap fashion
WE'RE entering an incredibly distressing time for men up and down the country. The football season is nearly over and I'm deeply concerned. For starters, what are we going to talk about in the office? Work? Secondly, I'll have to find something to do on a Saturday afternoon.
Published: 09:30 9th May
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Another red light on the road to nowhere
HITTING the IDR the tension mounts, stomach muscles tighten, mouth goes dry and hands take a vice-like grip on the steering wheel.
Published: 09:32 3rd May
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Alok Sharma's Westminster Diary: Thursday, May 2
Over the last six months I have been organising and holding a series of public meetings across the Reading West constituency on a range of matters of local interest.
Published: 09:31 3rd May
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Crime stats offer no consolation
IF YOU'RE feeling a bit down about Reading at the moment, just be grateful you don't live in Lewisham.
Published: 09:30 3rd May
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For goodness sake! So, who are they for?
THEY even got Al Capone for it in the end, but then the income on which he didn't bother paying tax did come from smuggling, bootleg liquor and prostitution.
Published: 09:32 25th Apr
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Rob Wilson's Westminster Diary: April 25, 2013
Whilst the economy struggles following the banking crisis and huge debts built up by the last Government, it is important that MPs ask themselves what they can do to help the local economy and the unemployed.
Published: 09:31 25th Apr
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We need clarity on crime figures
THE Thames Valley Police top brass have spent this week sounding very pleased with themselves while pushing their message that the criminals are on the run and we can all sleep more soundly in our beds.
Published: 09:30 25th Apr
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Time to lose the weakest link, Dave
RECENTLY I've been thinking about retiring. I'm only 25 and I've got about £27 in the bank, but I think the pensioner's lifestyle would definitely suit me.
Published: 09:30 25th Apr
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How all the union dudes used to carry the news
MODERNISE or die, the salesman said, so we did. Signed right there and then and leased ourselves a telex machine.
Published: 10:32 18th Apr
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Alok Sharma's Westminster Diary: Thursday, April 18
Although Parliament is now formally back from the Easter Recess, reflections about Baroness Thatcher and her time in office have understandably dominated the national and Westminster news cycles.
Published: 10:31 18th Apr
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These protests are old news
TO BE honest I was never one of the cool kids at school. It's not like I played dungeons and dragons at lunch. I was just normal, average even. Although I did have a fondness for Chemistry and English Literature, which admittedly doesn't exactly ooze rebel youth.
Published: 09:30 18th Apr
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MP's column: Phillip Lee shows support for rescued birds
CHARITABLE organisations play such an important part in our communities for families, children and animals and we can learn a lot from the principles behind local charities. I want to pay particular attention to the fantastic work being carried out at a Crowthorne-based bird sanctuary that I have recently agreed to become a patron of.
Published: 09:30 18th Apr
