This Friday in the Royal Town I will be meeting my friends at Eco Sutton, Tony Whitehead & John Heywood, which set me thinking about the Extinction Rebellion activists which paralysed Britain’s capital city for well over a week, albeit in a (largely) peaceful manner.
I took a break from Brexit and rushed from Sutton Coldfield last weekend to Rwanda for the 25th anniversary of the terrible genocide that killed nearly a million Tutsi people in that country.
Amidst the Brexit turmoil that engulfs Westminster, we should not forget that there are many other issues of concern too in our Royal Town.
Shamima Begum. The name has dominated media headlines these past two weeks and antagonised communities across the country.
Brexit continues to dominate the headlines and the House of Commons remains utterly divided on what the withdrawal deal should look like.
I know from my postbag that policing, crime and anti-social behaviour is a high priority concern for many of my constituents and indeed these are reflected during my frequent meetings with the Chief Superintendent, Kenny Bell, at the Sutton Coldfield Police Station.
Andrew Mitchell comments ahead of the vote on the Brexit withdrawal agreement.
As I compose my column for the Royal Sutton Coldfield Observer, we await the publication of the withdrawal deal which has been concluded by the negotiating teams fielded by the United Kingdom and the European Union.
Students from John Willmott School had the opportunity to meet Sutton Coldfield MP Andrew Mitchell when he visited the school this month.
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Many readers will know that I don’t usually comment on foreign affairs in my column in the Royal Sutton Coldfield Observer.
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