Well that worked pretty well. In my last column I mentioned that I was going to have a go at the Highways Agency about putting one of those brown tourism signs on the M5, to advertise the Grand Pier.... » MORE
Westminster is a great place for cutting people off from the real world. The best MPs keep their feet on the ground, of course, no matter how long they ve been sitting on the green benches. And so do the best Government Ministers too.... » MORE
At the height of the cold war, a smattering of left-wing Councils declared they were 'nuclear-free zones'.... » MORE
I saw two great examples of community activism last week.... » MORE
MPs' expenses are in the news again. This time it was Sir Thomas Legg's report, ordering roughly half of all MPs to repay expenses that had been wrongly claimed.... » MORE
'Power to the people' is a great slogan. It's been used to launch revolutions the world over, from central America to eastern Europe, and must be one of the best summaries of democracy ever coined.... » MORE
There are two competing theories of democratic leadership.... » MORE
Well that was rather odd. Very strange, in fact.... » MORE
As anyone who's ever taken charge of a project will tell you, planning it is only the start of your problems.... » MORE