Robert Buckland Weblog

Swindon’s Veterans’ Week has been a great success. I was very pleased to be present at the Civic Centre on Thursday for a Presentation by the Mayor of Veterans badges to Council employees (plus one or two Councillors!). We are extremely lucky in our Conservative Group to have two former RAF Warrant Officers [...]

My thanks and praise to Swindon’s Mayor, Cllr Steve Wakefield, for an excellent Veterans Awareness Day at the Steam Museum yesterday.  This event is part of a week of events for Veterans in and around Swindon, and has been a cherished plan of the new Mayor for some time.  A number of different agencies, ranging [...]

Michael Heseltine was right; David Davis’s resignation was a “new thing” in politics.  Usually, we have seen it all before in some form or other, but Thursday’s announcement by the Shadow Home Secretary was a genuine surprise to all of us who had not been privy to his thinking in the hours since the Government [...]

Yesterday’s Green Action Day at Westlea Play Area was a great success – Dave Hunt, Swindon Council’s Play and Landscape Officer, was delighted with the turnout and with the response to his consultation roadshow.  Residents, and particularly children, have the choice of several different options for Junior and Senior play areas.  I could see that [...]