Robert Buckland Weblog

Our fifth meeting was held on Tuesday 18th March at the Parish Hall in Wroughton. We were joined by Sue Wald, Manager of the Strategic Partnership for Children and Young People in Swindon. We were given an insight into the arrangements for education and health, with the Borough working hand in hand with [...]

For one hour tonight, people are being encouraged to turn off all their lights across the world. Cities as far apart as Sydney and Vancouver have been or are going to dim the lights on their public buildings. Individuals too have been taking part. What’s the point in a meaningless gesture such [...]

Prior to all that Grand Slam fever, I was delighted to be a guest speaker at a Support for Veterans Meeting, held at the Campanile Hotel in Westlea on Saturday. The event was organised by former RAF Community Psychiatric Nurse Dick Hilling, who lives in West Swindon, and Andy Hack, a former serviceman living in Middleleaze who [...]

There are many times that great sporting occasions fail to live up to the media hype that surrounds them. The FA Cup Final with two Premiership teams stuffed full of the best and most expensive players available that fails to deliver a goal before full time. The Test Match that is largely rained off. The [...]

I have been trying to think of a way to link Wales’s Triple Crown triumph, the death of Lord Pym and the coming Local Election campaign. Whilst I continue to ponder, I thought it only right to tell you about how much I have been enjoying wallowing in the reflected glory of a superb effort [...]

I am pleased to announce that the next meeting of the Swindon Special Educational Needs Network will be at 7.15pm on Tuesday 18th March 2008 at the Wroughton Parish Church Hall, Prior’s Hill, Wroughton. Our guest speaker will be Sue Wald, who is manager of the Children and Young People’s Strategic Partnership in Swindon. [...]