Robert Buckland Weblog

The past week or so has brought me into further contact with a number of organisations that in differing ways are helping to get people back on their feet or on their feet for the first time.  On 13th November, I was at the Headquarters of Nationwide in Pipers Way, which was the venue for the [...]

The pageant and formality of the State Opening of Parliament is something for celebration, rather than dour criticism.  This year, however, radio listeners would have been forgiven for thinking that Jack Straw had handed Her Majesty the back of a packet of Benson and Hedges for the Gracious Speech to be read from.  The speech [...]

The fact that the presence of BNP leader Nick Griffin in Wotton Bassett during a repatriation event on Tuesday has received wide publicity says volumes about his motives for going there.  The people of Bassett have made it repeatedly clear that they do not want to see lots of strangers in attendance, because this is the [...]

The news from Afghanistan is getting worse and worse.  The issue is on the minds of local residents, as we found whilst door knocking last Saturday.  The Prime Minister keeps telling us that troops on the ground in Helmand mean no terrorism in the UK.  Its time that a more detailed explanation is given.  The [...]