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Friday, 11 December, 2009
 | REBECCA HARRIS |
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 I don't know what I found more shocking or depressing about Labour's Pre-Budget Report. The terrible levels of debt Labour Government has given us; or the lack of any plan to bring it down.
The debt levels we are facing are incredible and now forecast to reach £1,500,000,000,000 – equivalent to £23,000 for every man, woman and child in Britain. And Labour cannot put this down to the banking crisis. Other countries were so much better prepared, and don't have the same deficit which faces us and future generations.
Instead of addressing thir mounting debt we have another National Insurance hike which will hit anyone earning £20,000 or more and make it more expensive for firms to take on and retain staff.
Labour had an opportunity with this PBR. If they were acting in the country's interest, and not their own, they would have presented a plan to get our debt down.
But no. All we had were decisions put off till the next election. Plus a series of political measures intended to trap the Tories, and even they are unravelling. It's cynical, nasty, narrow politics.
We now understand from the BBC where this politics came from. From Gordon Brown and Ed Balls. Treasury Civil Servants were no doubt pressing the Chancellor to come up with a plan, for the sake of the country and its future, but Brown and Balls were more concerned to save their political skins.
We need the General Election sooner rather than later. At such a vital time in our politics, we cannot have this sort of instability at the top of Government. We need a Conservative Government in to do what it has always had to do in our political history - which is clear up Labour's mess.
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Tuesday, 08 December, 2009
 | REBECCA HARRIS |
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"Last night brought the grim news that a soldier from 1st Batallion, the Royal Anglians, had been shot dead in Afghanistan, and become the 100th person from our forces to die this year.
There are a lot of important political issues being debated at present, from our national debt to climate change. But we must not forget that we are still at war.
All our thoughts will be with the family and friends of the victim"
Tuesday, 01 December, 2009
| REBECCA HARRIS |
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 "The run-up to Christmas is already getting very busy and its not yet December. On Saturday morning, I was out canvassing as normal. I was on Canvey with local businessman James Parkin. We were both pleased with the response we were getting - lots of support for the Conservatives.
I am keen that my family and I support as many local events as the day can fit in. It is great to get out and meet people, whether they know who I am or not, and we've picked up a huge amount of books and other goodies from various charity Christmas fundraisers.
On Friday night, we went to the St Peter's Church Christmas market and on Saturday I popped into the Christmas bazar at the beautiful St James the Less Church near my home in Hadleigh. After a short visit to a Nursing Home in Benfleet, I was off to the Christmas lights event on Canvey, where my family and I enjoyed the excellent music and dancing.
In the evening, we popped into the Canvey Conservative Club for a friends birthday party, then on to Gala Night at the Hadleigh Conservative Club, which was packed. There was a great atmosphere at both events, with first-rate music and everyone seemed to be enjoying a dance.
On Sunday, we took our son to the Canvey Conservative Club children's Christmas Party. I'm ashamed to say that my son was probably the worst-behaved child at the event, but we had a great time none the less"
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