Digital understanding 

Today I spoke in the House of Lords in a debate I led on the need for greater digital understanding Continue reading →

A new look at national security 

Today I spoke in a debate in the lords on national security. Here’s what I said. Even just a few Continue reading →

Digital entrepreneurship – we must finish the job 

This is a speech i made in the Lords on 6th July in a debate initiated but Lord Leigh on Continue reading →

Getting together 

I wasn’t expecting an email from the Swedish ambassador but then we are living in surprising times. He had heard Continue reading →

Improving End of life care

I recently spoke in Baroness Findlay’s debate in the @ukhouseof lords about end of life care in the UK. She Continue reading →

Now what? An idea after Article 50

So the week – loathed and longed-for – has come. Theresa May has triggered Article 50, and we have pushed Continue reading →

Come on! We need Millicent.

I have recently become involved with Carloline Criado Perez’s campaign to get a statue of Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square. Continue reading →

Government does right thing – yes, really

Finally – it’s happened. Every Saturday for the last few years,  I have sat watching Twitter and checking news networks Continue reading →