Who's for Hughes?

Certainly no-one in East Anglia, judging from a media release which landed in my e-mail inbox a few minutes ago. Breathlessly headed SIMON HUGHES LIST OF SUPPORTERS HITS THE 1000 MARK it features no names I recognise from this part of the...

The minister calls

Department of Health ministers hit the phones in an appeal to journalists to give a good news spin on the health and social care White Paper. It seems Health Secretary Patty Hewitt has had a change of heart and will try to save many of England's much...

I turn down a date in Bury St Edmunds

I'VE been asked to chair the Bury St Edmunds hustings in the nationwide tour of Liberal Democrat leadership contenders. Hosting the East of England gathering is a great coup for the Bury constituency party and I was flattered to receive the e-mail...