Last summer I wrote about a tale of two worlds - one where gay relationships are increasingly recognised and normalised, another where gays remain oppressed and, in some cases, laws are moving backwards.
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Anyone who’s driven on the A27 at Arundel at rush hour knows that it’s more like a coastal car park than a coastal highway. I’ve continually pressed for an Arundel by-pass, as did my predecessor, but it was only when the new Government came to power that ministers became receptive and visited the area. Now, at last, we’re making progress.
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James Forsyth's piece in today's Spectator is insightful about the growing political consensus that Whitehall needs a shake-up. It's often missed that the Cabinet Secretary, Sir Jeremy Heywood, and the Head of the Civil Service, Sir Bob Kerslake, have been supporting change. Notably, Kerslake co-signed the Government's Civil Service Reform Plan and its first year update with the Cabinet Office Minister, Francis Maude.
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Like the proverbial London buses, you wait for one senior judge to say something about the European Court of Human Rights, and along come two more. Hard on the heels of Lord Justice Laws' call for our courts to stop deferring to the ECtHR, and Supreme Court Justice Lord Sumption's view that the Court "undermines the democratic process", comes a bombshell from no less a figure than the former Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge.
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Half an hour may be a short time for debate, but if you're at the receiving end of sustained parliamentary shelling it can feel a lot longer. On Tuesday the heavy artillery took the form of the MP for Mid Sussex, Nicholas Soames, who I joined in a Westminster Hall debate about the proposed Mayfield new town in our constituencies.
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Nick's interview with The Spectator.
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Nick's interview with The Independent.
Read MoreNick’s October 2009 speech as Shadow Environment Secretary to the 10th Annual Greentech Foundation Environment Conference in Kerala, India.
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