The perils of buying my wife a Christmas present

Placing a minor triumph on the record

3:11pm Tuesday 9th December 2008

It is a common sign of advancing years that one finds policemen are getting younger.

Placing a minor triumph on the record

Placing a minor triumph on the record

8:30am Wednesday 26th November 2008

This column does not normally record my activities in Parliament. If they are significant, they will be reported elsewhere in the paper. If they are scandalous, they will appear in the tabloids.

Ringing the changes

3:38pm Tuesday 30th September 2008

Constituents are good enough to share their problems with the local MP, and many of these relate to goods or services they have purchased; or, to be more accurate, goods and services they have been sold.

Hitting a high note on holiday

10:04am Wednesday 17th September 2008

Last week, the Youngs went away for six days holiday in Estonia. The constituency was put on auto-pilot and we jetted off to the capital, Tallinn.

Chapter and verse on changes to an MP's life

3:51pm Tuesday 2nd September 2008

Readers may recall that Conservative MPs were issued with a reading list of books, validated by the Leader, which we were supposed to absorb over the Summer Recess.

And-over your thoughts on new names

11:32am Wednesday 6th August 2008

Bicycling through Andover the other day, I noticed that there are now more fellow-cyclists on the road, doubtless driven out of their cars by the high cost of petrol.

Tripping down an MP's memory lane

2:04pm Thursday 31st July 2008

SIR George Young has been Andover's MP for more than ten years.

Tripping down an MP's memory lane

1:51pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

SIR George Young has been Andover's MP for more than ten years.

Ducking her job? Not this mother bird!

10:20am Wednesday 11th June 2008

SIR George Young has been Andover's MP for more than ten years.

On the right track

10:59am Friday 30th May 2008

SIR George Young has been Andover's MP for more than ten years.






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