Parliamentary candidate Claire Sully is ‘running  the new Bridgwater constituency’

Claire Sully

Claire Sully, the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for the new Bridgwater constituency, is to embark on a challenge of, quite literally, ‘running the new Bridgwater constituency’ to raise awareness of important issues to residents from across the length and breadth of the area. Beginning Saturday, December 2, Claire will take on a series of organised…

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National Press Support Evercreech Couple’s Plea for Help

Since my blog article about Teddy’s and Sossa’s desperate situation, The Daily Mirror, Daily Express and Somerset Live have all covered their story. Their GoFundMe page has seen an incredible response since this wider publicity, achieving their first fundraising milestone and they are about to hit their next target. Teddy and Sossa are constituents in…

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We need to talk about farming!

While I was out and about in Mendip South recently, I was conversing with a local Dairy Farmer.  He told me that he was one of the last Dairy Farmers in the village (where we met) and that many of his generation were leaving farming for good, while younger folk weren’t stepping up into the…

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When bureaucracy harms

Should bureaucracy, whether intentionally or not, cause people to suffer? This is the discussion I have been having with Teddy and Sossa, who along with their four-year old son live in Evercreech, Somerset, (a village near Shepton Mallet) that I represent. We know many people are suffering because of the cost of living crisis, in…

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