AS politicians we have to take positions on issues every day.
The need for more homes for people to live in ought to be unarguable by now.
I visited the new housing development the Dell, in Grays, last Friday. It is a fabulous development with good quality, well designed houses, built in a nicely landscaped brownfield site.
COLUMN: Jackie Doyle-Price: Most of us get involved in politics because we have strong beliefs about what is best for our country.
Last week, the House of Commons voted decisively to deliver airstrikes in Syria.
The events in Paris were a horrific reminder of how vulnerable we are today to terrorist attacks.
Unsurprisingly, there has been a lot of interest in my Lower Thames Crossing survey, not least because it illustrates high levels of support for a new crossing.
Every pound spent by Government has to be raised in taxes. When Government spends too much it has to borrow.
One of the earliest interventions I made as an MP was to lobby the NHS to enable a constituent with cancer to have a life-saving operation at Barts Hospital in London.
The issue of noise nuisance caused by car cruisers in the Lakeside area is one that is a regular feature of my postbag.
