GTR had a pretty shoddy Monday for what feels like a weekly ritual and/or an unkind joke at the expense of hard pressed commuters, who regularly face a Monday morning slog to work.
Thank you to all those who have written to me about Southern Rail’s latest crazy plans to close down a number of the ticket offices at local stations. We are already on the case. Find out more here.
For the past few months many of you have asked repeatedly how I will vote in the EU referendum. My response enigmatically perhaps, but accurately, has been ‘hopefully to remain but probably to leave.’ Having reserved my counsel until the details of what we will actually be voting on have been made clear, my ‘status’ has now changed to ‘regretfully not to remain, definitely to leave.’
Tim Loughton MP (East Worthing and Shoreham) visited the Worthing Alzheimer’s Society office in Stone Lane, Worthing, on Friday 12 February 2016. During his visit, Tim met the society’s staff and volunteers, who work tirelessly to provide an important service, as well as the Worthing Town Cryers.
On Wednesday 10 February, Tim Loughton MP joined over 160 other MPs at the launch of Alzheimer’s Society’s new campaign Fix Dementia Care which calls for improvements in hospital care for people living with dementia.
Southern's performance was a little better than the previous week. Although the Gatwick Express line again saw heavy disruption on Monday and Friday, whilst Monday was a particularly bad day with no fewer than 327 journeys delay be 30 minutes or more and over 1100 delayed by more than 5 minutes.
I had a very busy constituency Friday dealing with everything from Lancing sewage spills to restrictions on catching Sea Bass and the UK Youth Parliament’s anti-racism campaign. That’s just the way I like it.
In an egg-citing finish to this year's Rehab Parliamentary Pancake Race in London, the MPs' Team flattened our opposition to scoop victory at the annual showdown of Westminster's finest.
A public meeting on Saturday 6 February 2016, at the United Reformed Church in Cokeham Road, Sompting, organised by Tim Loughton MP and Sompting Conservatives, to discuss the proposed 3G pitch at the Sir Robert Woodard Academy (SRWA), inevitably turned out to be a lively affair.