It's the Local Stuff... 16th March 2023 It’s often revealing how little connection there is between national news and local concerns.... Here in the constituency the most frequent inquiries to our... Opinions
The Political Whirlwind Continues - But We Are Focused On Levelling Up Wales 3rd February 2022 The political whirlwind continues to gust around Westminster and beyond so I hope this brief update (which follows that of 13 Jan) is helpful. Before I go into... Opinions
Why has the vaccine rollout progressed more quickly in Wales? 25th June 2021 It doesn’t feel that long ago that I was sat in an office in Cardiff with Health Sec Matt Hancock and the Welsh Gov’s equivalent Vaughan Gething. In fact, it... Opinions
A Few Thoughts on the Welsh Election 18th May 2021 A Few Thoughts on the Welsh Election & our plan for Wales ................................................................. Well the Senedd elections already... Opinions
A year on... 23rd March 2021 This week's update is a few days late, but for good reason. I wanted to reflect on the fact that it is a year ago today we went into lockdown, and the world... Opinions
Local roundup 12th March 2021 Much has happened since my last note, and I wanted to give you a short update on some of the big issues facing our area at the moment. The vaccine roll-out is... Opinions
Covid, Brexit, Budget, St Clears! 4th December 2020 With all the talk focussed on Covid and Brexit (more about that in a minute) the announcement that we will see a new railway station in St Clears is still one... Opinions
I was sitting in a makeshift studio in Canary Wharf earlier this week, when the PM strolled in... 9th October 2020 Nearly two stone lighter - with a big smile and hair as striking as ever - there was a spring in his step. You don’t have to be a Boris Johnson fan to see that... Opinions
No new COVID deaths... 16th July 2020 For three days last week we had no new COVID deaths reported in Wales; the first early signs of a return to normality. Not that normal is really the right word... Opinions