I recently attended the 2008 session of the Parliamentary Conference on the World Trade Organisation. This was in Geneva. The conference was attended by 245 Members of Parliament, from 87 different countries. There were also officials and observers from various international organisations in attendance. I wondered whether this was going to be another “talking shop”…
The other night I appeared on BBC News 24 Television. I was asked my views on the current banking crisis. Before this year, some of us may have been forgiven for thinking ‘the crunch’ was a type of chocolate bar. Now we are sadly all too familiar with the phrase credit crunch. Until recently Wall…
The Apprentice, like Parliament, is taking a break. I, like the 9.5 million who watched the last episode, eagerly await the next series. This is reality television at its best and it makes a welcome change from the countless programmes that fall into the “worst” bin. As The Daily Telegraph said: it is “the most…
I recently travelled with my son and daughter to see Aston Villa play at Villa Park. I am a Patron of Aston Villa Football Club and am passionately committed to football and helping all sport to thrive. My father was a professional cricketer and played for the Warwickshire Bears. However, I am disturbed by the…
Fox News has just asked me about my thoughts on Barack Obama’s prospects of becoming the first black President of America. I believe that a black American President is more likely to happen before a black Prime Minister in Britain. In American politics, individuals have a more prominent place than in the United Kingdom. Here,…
