Robert Buckland Weblog

My webmaster and I are in deep mourning after a weekend where both our teams lost in the semi-finals of the Heineken Cup.  It was my turn on Saturday when Llanelli Scarlets lost 33-17 to Leicester Tigers.  There was one brief shining moment when we edged ahead after a second try, but Leicester were just [...]

As the local election campaign moves into its final fortnight, Labour, apart from running one of the most negative local campaigns that I have ever seen, continues to claim to be the only party that can deal with what to far too many people is the euphemistic term “law and order”.
Without making any comment about [...]

More news about so-called “gang culture” reaches me via the pages of the Swindon Advertiser, which has reported the unlawful activities of a large group of teenagers who have been terrorising their way through parts of Old Town and Walcot.  They may be the same group who had been causing trouble in the Parks recently.  [...]

I had viewed the prospect of Llanelli Scarlets v Munster with some trepidation, so imagine my delight at the Scarlets’ convincing victory on Friday last, setting up a re-run of the 2002 semi-final against Leicester Tigers.  On that occasion, we faced a long and dispiriting journey home from the Nottingham Forest football ground after a [...]