Some of my political opponents have been rather snide, speculating about my ‘personal reasons’ as to why I didn’t stand again in Hendon for this General Election, so I wanted to put the record straight. The main reason was that I needed hospital ‘elective’ surgery. In the expectation that if an election was to come, it would be by early […]
Read moreOur hearts go out to the bereaved and injured in the Manchester bomb attack, the evil actions of a wicked individual and his cronies, whose warped beliefs bear no relation to the real faith of Islam as practiced by so many of our Barnet and Camden neighbours. We should also remember the outstanding role played by the emergency and NHS […]
Read moreMy comment piece has appeared in the Camden New Journal: May has turned her back on our pensioners | Camden New Journal PRIME minister (and would-be president, based on the style of the Conservative Party campaign) Theresa May has turned her back on Barnet and Camden’s pensioners. Her proposed abolition of the triple lock means pensioners will not see even […]
Read morePrime Minister (and would be President, based on the style of the Conservative Party campaign) Mrs May has turned her back on Barnet and Camden‘s pensioners. Her proposed abolition of the ‘triple lock’ means pensioners will not see even the small increases in state pension they have come to expect. Means testing the Winter Fuel Payment means many who are […]
Read moreMr Guttman ( letters 11th May) again questions me over Brexit, stating that I was ‘ all against EU referendums last year’. Not so. If he had bothered to check my record when I was Hendon’s MP, he would have seen I supported an ‘in/ out’ referendum, a view I did not change. What I objected to were the lies […]
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