30th April 2012

Dear Reader,

The Referendum on whether Bristol should have a directly elected Mayor would fundamentally change the way in which our city is governed. Having read the arguments of those opposing such a change I am struck by how weak their arguments are.

20th April 2012

Dear Sir,

I am sure that most readers will read with horror the latest attempt by the European Commission to take yet even more money from the British taxpayer. The Commission is proposing an inflation-busting increase for 2013, sought in defiance of all requests for restraint, which would add more than £7 billion to total spending and send the UK's annual contribution spiralling to £14 billion or £670 per household.

19th April 2012

Britain's Conservative MEPs have today taken a firm stance against EU accession to the European Convention on Human Rights.

They voiced a series of key concerns over the accession proposal when the issue was debated today (Thursday) in the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

The MEPs urged the coalition Government in London to take the same position.