Author Archives: John Gummer MP

The Government should buy British

Posted on 23 July 2008 by John Gummer MP

Take an evening stroll through any residential area and it won’t be long before you catch the unmistakable smell of a barbeque wafting through the air. A clear sign that people are making the most of the few sunny days … Continue reading →

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Gordon Brown must sort out his Government’s environmental failures

Posted on 18 July 2008 by John Gummer MP

Apparently a ‘battle of the beaches’ has been sparked between David Cameron and Gordon Brown, both eager to show their thriftiness at a time when many are feeling the pinch of the credit crunch by taking their summer holiday in … Continue reading →

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The Planning Bill

Posted on 6 June 2008 by John Gummer MP

Governments on the slide always start flailing about. Instead of regrouping in order to advance in better formation, they feel they must DO things – almost irrespective of what those things are. This is the only explanation of John Healy’s … Continue reading →

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The government should end its information monopoly

Posted on 7 May 2008 by John Gummer MP

Why on earth should the Coal Authority be the only organisation that can provide information about coal workings?  Or the Environment Agency, busy protecting its information so there can be no alternative environment assessment to rival its view? We need competition … Continue reading →

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The wages of winning

Posted on 6 May 2008 by John Gummer MP

From Cheshire to Southampton and South Wales to the West Midlands, we have won control of councils that Labour thought were theirs by right. The electorate showed otherwise and voted Blue. Now the challenge is to help these councils to go Green. Quality of Life (QoL) is … Continue reading →

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