Plymouth Articles

Anyone who has canvassed in the South West will be familiar with the above words. If you are not in Exeter, Plymouth or Bristol, the perception among local voters is that the West Country is an electoral wilderness for Labour, and is doomed to be as such....

In one of his last acts that went barely noticed a few days ago, the then prime minister David Cameron promised an early resolution to the question of a successor programme to Trident. You might find this odd, but I was very grateful to him for that. Here in Plymouth,...

I am writing this article as the leader of the opposition on Plymouth city council, having had the leadership of the council removed due to a coalition of Ukip and the Conservatives. When you lose the leadership of the council it is a bit like bereavement; you get the...

How Plymouth became Britain’s Ocean City Like every local authority in the country, Plymouth city council has been coping with massive reductions to its budget from this dreadful government. But we took an early decision that we would not let the government’s cruelty...