Last week, Deputy Chairman of Skipton and Ripon Conservatives Bernard Bateman and his wife Linda, together with Margaret I’Anson from Ripon, came to visit Julian in his Westminster Office.

They had all been following the European Referendum Bill closely since the 5 July 2013 when James Wharton, Member of Parliament for Stockton South, introduced the Bill into Parliament and were delighted that the Second Reading the vote was passed with such a resounding majority.