Slow Lane on UK Vehicle Safety Will Cost Lives
The Department of Transport (DfT) has dithered and delayed on an upgrade of our type approval regulations that will cost lives if action is not taken soon.
Labour Conference 2022
Delighted & proud to have moved successful composite motion in favour of proportional representation.
Black Wednesday 30 Years On
It is an anniversary Tories prefer to forget. Thirty years ago, 16 September1992, better known as ‘Black Wednesday’, the Pound was forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM).
Brexiteer Lord David Frost predicts cars will soon be banned. He’s just as accurate as ever
The man who wants to rip up his own deal with Europe is wrong about our absolute right to drive.
Remembering Alex
Two years ago we lost our some Alex to Motor Neuron Disease. To celebrate his life we organized a Memorial lecture in our home town Tenterden on July 23rd.
John Smith and the Mythology of ‘One More Heave’
Thirty years ago, under the vaulted ceiling of the Royal Horticultural Hall in London John Smith was declared Leader of the Labour Party.
The Brexit Slow Puncture Deflating Our Vehicle Safety Standards
From 6th July 2022 for the first time in 25 years the UK will no longer have world class vehicle safety standards. Britain is falling behind global best practice in road safety.
Leading a Catalyst for Change: Reflections on the 20th Anniversary of the FIA Foundation
Twenty years ago I had the huge privilege to lead the creation of the FIA Foundation. This was possible thanks to an act of great foresight and generosity by the FIA led by its President, the late Max Mosley.
Speech to RSS 2022 Athens
Over the last decade road fatalities here have more than halved, making Greece the only European Union Member State to exceed the target to halve road deaths by 2020.
Deadly Divergence: How Brexit could become the new killer on Britain’s roads
Jacob Rees-Mogg says we should ignore an EU push for speed limiters in cars - but it has the potential to save more lives than seat belts.