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• in Politics
  The Bad Publicity Train Seems to Never End for David Cameron
  Report on UK Prime Minister David Cameron showing his childish nature towards Labour opposition.
  by oddpattern / on Apr 2, 2011
• in Politics
  It's Elementary, Only Sherlock Holmes Could See The Woods For The Trees
  The thought of woodland being sold to companies like McDonalds is as appalling as it is incomprehensible.
  by msniw / on Feb 4, 2011
• in Politics
  This Ivan Is Not An 'Enfant Terrible'!
  U.K. Ivan Lewis, is alleged to have been branded 'a hound dog where women are concerned' by American diplomats.
  by msniw / on Dec 1, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “house of commons”

 

• Beeching-style cuts threaten to leave Britains bus network in tatters

  
  News Politics — Authority: 127
  They are a million metaphorical miles from HS2 or “Boris Island”, but they are of much greater importance to far more people in Britain than either of those multi-billion-pound projects. Humble, humdrum buses account for two thirds of all journeys by public transport. Yet while public and political attention ...
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• Its time for transparency about lobbying if we are to clean up politics | Jon Trickett

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 133
  Properly regulated lobbying can be a healthy part of democracy, but it needs to be open and fair to reassure a sceptical public Prevarication. Obfuscation. Delay. These have been the three government watchwords as they try to work out what to do with the lobbying industry. The government report on lobbying should ...
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• Steve Bell on David Cameron and Ed Miliband at prime ministers questions – cartoon

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 133
  PM claims Labour leader is so incompetent that he cannot even do a U-turn in debate over cuts and the economy Steve Bell
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• David Cameron takes full responsibility for the economy. But not the blame | Simon Hoggart

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  The PM presented his usual calm and confident front - but follicular turmoil and a ratty remark gave the game away We Cameron-watchers know when hes rattled. What with the unemployment figures climbing faster than a pantomime beanstalk and another Falklands crisis looming, he has plenty to be rattled about. But it ...
  1 week ago

• Prime ministers questions: 18 January 2012 - audio

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  David Cameron takes questions from Ed Miliband and other MPs at the weekly event in the House of Commons
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• PMQs: Ed Miliband is right to worry about the dole queue – he might be joining it soon

  
  News Politics — Authority: 127
  David Cameron looked a touch distracted as he sat on the Government benches waiting for the first question of PMQs. Perhaps it was because he’d read Len McCluskey’s comments on Ed Miliband and concluded that, with friends like these, the Labour leader doesnt really require his services. Or it could have been ...
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• Zac Goldsmith attacks MP recall bill

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Tory backbencher says plans for law to allow constituents to force their MP to stand down is the worst legislation he has seen The governments draft bill to create mechanisms for the recall of MPs has been described by the Conservative backbencher Zac Goldsmith as "the worst and most misleading" piece of legislation ...
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• Justin Trudeau to fight Sen. Brazeau in boxing bout

  
  CKA Canadian News — Authority: 133
  While Liberals and Conservatives regularly spar on legislative matters in the House of Commons, two high-profile partisans will take that long-running battle to the boxing ring this March.
  1 week ago

• Bringing despots to heel with a quiet word and a hard stare

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://www.guardian.co.uk Bringing despots to heel with a quiet word and a hard stare Once our troops wrung necks. Now our MPs wring hands. published date:Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:38:33 GMT
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• Bringing despots to heel with a quiet word and a hard stare

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Once our troops wrung necks. Now our MPs wring hands. An improvement, but a reminder of how our power has shrivelled Foreign affairs questions, the monthly "poking our nose into other peoples business" session. A century ago, when Britain was displeased, we sent a gunboat. Now we express concern. Once our troops ...
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• Anti-gang efforts hampered by legal confusion, warn MPs

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Committee says clearer guidance urgently needed over complex laws of joint enterprise, which may deter witnesses Efforts to tackle gang-related violence are being hampered by confusion over the complex law on joint enterprise, which could deter witnesses from coming forward, according to a report by the Commons ...
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• No funding crisis in social care, says minister

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Government accused of burying its head in the sand after Paul Burstow says funding shortfall should have been closed Charities and council leaders have reacted with disbelief after a government minister said there was no crisis of funding in the social care system and no identifiable gap between the needs of elderly ...
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• Slimming clubs lock members into straitjackets of false hope, says Orbach

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Fat is a Feminist author attacks companies such as Weight Watchers at parliamentary inquiry into body image Commercial slimming clubs used by hundreds of thousands of women and men in the UK lock their members into lifelong "straitjackets" of unrealistic expectations about weight loss, a committee of MPs has heard. ...
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• West Lothian question inquiry risks creating second-class MPs

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Labour criticises commission set up to investigate whether English MPs should get greater say in England-only legislation Ministers have been accused of deliberately fudging a politically explosive debate on whether English MPs should be given greater voting rights than other MPs at Westminster over England-only ...
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• Give us the benefits ‘cap’ – before we all drown!

  
  Politics On Toast — Authority: 464
  No sector of the government spends more of taxpayers money than the Department of Work and Pensions, and as the House of Lords debates the proposed changes to the Welfare Programme it’s important to make it clear that cuts are necessary and vital to not only our economy but to British Culture; benefits must become ...
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• Ministerial numbers may be cut after damning report by MPs

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Government says it will review ministerial numbers after committee said many appointments were driven by patronage The number of ministers is expected to be cut following criticism that the government has created pointless jobs to maintain influence over crucial parliamentary votes, a powerful select committee said. ...
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• Charles Morris obituary

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Labour MP of the old school who started out as a Post Office worker and was sponsored by his trade union Charles Morris, who has died aged 85, was a politician from another age, one of a now long-gone breed of Labour MPs whose politics were formed by the poverty in which they were raised. He was a former Post Office ...
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• Politics blog: featuring Nick Clegg speech on the economy

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Rolling coverage of all the days political developments as they happen including the deputy prime ministers speech 9.31am: Nick Clegg is taking questions after his speech. Q: Who are the vested interests that you are attacking? Clegg cites the trade unions as an example. He supports unions, he says. But it is ...
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• From the archive, 14 January 1977: Scottish snare scares Tories

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Originally published in the Guardian on 14 January 1977 After three hours of procedural wrangling, a move to axe Scotland from the devolution Bill was the first issue of the measure which was debated in the Commons yesterday. It was launched by hard line Tory anti-devolutionist Mr Iain Sproat (Aberdeen S) who said ...
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• Margaret Thatcher explains conservatism in the House of Commons

  
  Wintery Knight — Authority: 562
  These are from Luanne, she’s been posting Margaret Thatcher clips all week on Facebook. Margaret Thatcher on socialism: Margaret Thatcher on public works: Margaret Thatcher on wealth inequalities: If you are not already my friend on Facebook, then  please friend me . Facebook is the place where ...
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