It was the morning after the night before. Two by-election defeats saw Wellingborough and Kingswood going to Labour. The only crumb of comfort was that the turnout was very low. I felt sorry for our Chairman, who was sent out to do the media rounds this morning. Not easy for him. For me, the solution is easy: start being Conservative. We began dumping our simple and election-winning philosophy back in 2010 in an attempt to win the so-called 'middle-ground' of politics. There is no such place. Either you believe in something, or you do not. It's respect you need first, for standing up for what you believe in, rather than trying to please everyone and annoying them in the process. I appeal to the Chancellor to deliver a bold Budget. Scrap IHT, reverse the punitive rise in Corporation Tax and raise tax thresholds. And that's just for a start. We must go for growth and you never achieve that by splurging more and more of taxpayers' money on the State and punishing all those who work hard and want to look after their families. If we go on aping Socialism, it will inevitably be brought to bear with greater force, and the inevitable catastrophic consequences, by Labour, which has not changed, despite the protestations. Too many people do not remember the 70s. I do, and if Labour wins, our dear country will once again face ruin. Anyway, casting the bad news aside, I headed to the Lobster Pot at Portland Bill to take members of the wonderful charity, Island Community Action (ICA), out to lunch. The lovely manager, Jackie Carpenter, had gathered three clients and we all enjoyed a very good lunch.I caught up with ICA's news and enjoyed a lot of laughs with two ladies and a gentleman. After saying my farewells, I headed up to the Coastwatch station and met one of the charity's longest standing members, Barry Gasson. We had a most enjoyable 45 minutes together, before I headed back down the hill, only to be confronted with a massive traffic jam. Looking back across the Causeway, I could see vehicles queuing nose to tail right back into Weymouth. Slowly nosing down the hill, I soon discovered the problem. Right on the sharpest bend of the road, just above Fortuneswell, was some roadworks and traffic lights, reducing traffic to one lane. Through the lights, I headed across the Causeway and into Weymouth, the traffic queuing all the way. Roadworks right there on a Friday night, and half term?! I called Dorset Council (DC) and warned them what was going on. Later, by chance, I stopped a police car and told the officer there was a growing traffic problem. He kindly radioed it in and I hope between DC and the police the works were moved and the traffic freed up.