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Here you will find a running list of Peter's regularly published Opinion Pieces. 

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Peter Writing Opinion-Piece

The High Streets we rely on are being ignored…

Friday, 22 May, 2026
Our High Streets are dying in plain sight. Yet, this Government is standing by, arms folded, pretending not to notice.
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Whilst Labour reopen Brexit wounds, the Conservative Party are looking at the future.

Wednesday, 20 May, 2026
Next month marks ten years since the British people delivered one of the most decisive democratic votes in our nation’s history: the vote to leave the European Union.Yet today, we find ourselves governed by a party seemingly determined to drag us back towards Brussels by stealth.
Standing up for Welfare Reform

This Government seems intent on ignoring the welfare elephant in the room

Friday, 15 May, 2026
For all the pomp and pageantry surrounding Wednesday’s King’s Speech, one issue was conspicuous by its absence: Britain’s spiralling welfare bill.Yet the numbers should be impossible for any responsible Government to ignore.Nearly four million people across the United Kingdom are now receiving Perso
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We need an honest conversation about Public Sector Pensions.

Friday, 20 February, 2026
We need an honest conversation about Public Sector Pensions.Politicians in the UK are, quite rightly, consistently asked their views about whether the triple lock can survive and how an ageing population will impact public finances.
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The Conservative Party is becoming conservative again!

Tuesday, 17 February, 2026
The Conservative Party is becoming conservative again!Something has shifted within the Conservative Party. We are climbing in the polls, our policy ideas are gaining traction, and the Labour Government looks completely rudderless (mainly because of the sustained pressured applied by a reinvigor
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Does the Government not understand rural life or do they just not care?

Thursday, 8 January, 2026
At the 2024 General Election, the Labour Party won an unprecedented 114 of the 250 rural constituencies across the country. From Northumberland to Cornwall, Labour MPs now represent vast swathes of rural Britain.

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