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HOLMSEY: Nothing will work unless we do!

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Be honest. Do you still work hard, or are you coasting? Perhaps you’ve given up work altogether? I don’t reckon…

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HOLMSEY: The NHS needs some serious treatment

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If you think you’re having a heart attack, driving yourself to the hospital is probably not a good idea. Just…

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HOLMSEY: The Holmsey plan

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You can move seamlessly from France to Belgium and then into Germany at 130kph on the motorway, but try and…

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HOLMSEY: Those were the days!

Press Release Nov 7, 2022

It’s always hard to predict the future, but it’s safe to say there’s probably more chance of Island Line and…

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HOLMSEY: Is Rishi really going to save us all?

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Even Conservatives think their party has made a terrible mess of things. The way things have been going, I wouldn’t…

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HOLMSEY: Another one bites the dust!

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Conservative MPs gambled and sacked Boris Johnson; now they’ve blown up their entire party! A YouGov poll says the Tory…

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HOLMSEY: In the right place…

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Conceitedly, I’ve related the tale of my life as a local house builder, so I wondered if you’d be interested…

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HOLMSEY: Islanders should be angry

Press Release Oct 8, 2022

I always try to be nice, but not today. Today I can’t be friendly because I’m frustrated and angry about…

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HOLMSEY: Taxing issues for entrepreneurs…

Press Release Oct 1, 2022

Jesus encouraged the well-off to open their hands to the poor. He said they should rejoice in the blessings they…

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HOLMSEY: Learning from the USA

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Learning from the USA While we were watching those incredibly dignified scenes from London last weekend, 25 Leicester city-based police…

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HOLMSEY: Have no regrets

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Have no regrets Do you ever wonder what you’ve already done for the last time? My adorable granddaughter, Audrey, just…

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HOLMSEY: Auntie’ gone woke

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When did you last hear the Julie Covington song ‘Only Women Bleed’ on the radio? It’s rumoured the song goes…

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HOLMSEY: Listen to the people

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T’was the morning after the night before, the Conservative party had tanked in not one but two dismal by-elections. Bob…

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HOLMSEY: The death of cash

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In my youth, every penny I had to my name was kept in my hip pocket. You couldn’t do it…

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HOLMSEY: Bob’s wretched fortnight

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Let’s be clear, in some people’s minds a bag full of cash need not be a bung, and fibbing isn’t…

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HOLMSEY: Goodbye dad

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In an ideal world, those we love would never suffer; in an ideal world, those we love would go on…

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