Blogs from the Market Drayton team.
I have been enthralled at the online debate over the credentials or perils of the NHS. In case you are unfamiliar with the story, the NHS has been picked on by right wing conservatives in America because Barack Obama plans to introduce universal health care.
Anyone who knows me or who has read any of my previous blogs will know that I am a huge Big Brother fan.
It may be an exaggeration to say that the number of people living in Market Drayton with Jamaican origins can be counted on one hand.
In July 2001 the Portuguese government implemented a piece of legislation that decriminalised the consumption of illegal drugs such as cannabis and heroin. The sale and trafficking of these drugs remains illegal.
The revelations in The Guardian about widespread phone tapping impact on the average member of the public more than most people realise. Most of you would think, just like me, that phone tapping is associated with computer whizzes or wannabe spies.
In an exclusive interview Joe Masi speaks to Big Brother’s Kris Donnelly at the home of his county rival - Freddie Fisher.
Last week Alan Johnson, the home secretary, cancelled a compulsory trial due to start in September for 30,000 airport staff to carry ID cards. Many in the media and political classes thought this was to be the death of ID cards as a political project.
Euthanasia is a controversial topic.
In his first ever blog Winston Brown analyses the opening two months of the new-look Market Drayton Town Council.
In the first ever Market Drayton Advertiser blog reporter Joe Masi examines the recent expenses row.
