Robert Buckland Weblog

I have been assisted by George’s godfather, aka Mr. Tops, who is currently resident in the West Indies, in finding a national flag that would have represented the contemplated rainbow coalition in the Welsh Assembly.  You may recall a few years back that German politics had offered the prospect of a “Jamaica” coalition in the [...]

I am delighted to announce that the third Swindon Special Educational Needs Network meeting will be held on Tuesday 12th June 2007 at Wroughton Parish Church Hall, Priors’ Hill, starting at 7.15pm.  We shall be holding group discussions for parents, volunteers and teachers.  There will also be a debate about the Network’s submission to the [...]

A very dusty weekend indeed clearing out my garage. Not quite Howard Carter’s exploits in the Valley of the Kings, but not too far removed, I can assure you. The Buckland Archives have been preserved for the nation, you will all be relieved to hear. Busy pairs of teeth, however, have been [...]

I know that it is difficult for a Conservative candidate in a marginal seat to be truly objective about the Labour leadership contest, but it seems to me that the media are scrabbling around to find a real story in all of this. The John McDonnell/Michael Meacher “arrangement” speaks volumes about the ability of [...]

After my last post, I realised that I had totally failed to thank and congratulate all the Conservative candidates who stood in South Swindon – quite remiss of me.  At the risk of this post sounding like a mutual backslapping session, I am very happy to report that a score of seven out of ten [...]

I have now recovered from the events of last Thursday, which involved a rather punishing schedule and an anxious wait as the internet votes were added to the paper count at the Oasis Centre. Walcot had been particularly tense. Labour were ahead by just one vote after the paper count, but the internet [...]

Its always good to see that our efforts are being noticed, so Swindon Conservatives were delighted to welcome David Cameron to a Rally at Lydiard Park on Sunday afternoon. David’s warm-up act was Boris Johnson, who delighted the crowd with comments such as “we are about to see a hand-over of power between Blair [...]

After a busy morning canvassing with one of our teams in Toothill, I went to the Broadgreen Community Centre for a community Cohesion Event organised by Broadstreet Area Community Council. One of the organisers is my friend and BACC member Kevin Leakey. As well as the events taking place in the main hall, [...]