AS 2020 draws to a close, York Outer MP Julian Sturdy looks to the year ahead and highlights some of the issues that will be top his agenda, including seeing York moved to lower tier restrictions, when it is safe to do so:
As summer comes to a close and our children eagerly return to school, York can reflect on a successful and safe reopening of our local economy. Cafes are buzzing, pubs are bustling, and restaurants have enjoyed record bookings throughout August. Of course, this is due in part to the fantastic Eat Out to Help Out scheme.
UNITY and self-discipline will get us through coronavirus.
At 11pm last Friday, our country officially left the European Union after 47 years of membership. This ends over three years of doubt and debate, and represents a genuinely historic moment in our long national story.
NEWLY re-elected York Outer Conservative MP Julian Sturdy looks to the year ahead and highlights the issues that will be top of his agenda during 2020.
AMIDST all the uncertainty there are signs of brighter times ahead.
NO ONE following the news recently can have missed the growing prominence of climate change, with this spring’s controversial Extinction Rebellion protest and the youth climate strike movement the most eye-catching examples of rising public interest.
THE Conservative Party faces a challenge of epic proportions. Our task is to safely navigate a route to delivering Brexit, without inadvertently setting off a chain of events that leads to the most left-wing Government that this country has ever had.
AFTER many hours spent pounding the pavements of York speaking to voters before elections to City of York Council last Thursday, it would be fair to say I hoped for a different result.
I KNOW that many of you will be wondering what on earth is going on with Brexit.
