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• Samajwadi Party activists court arrest over sugarcane pricing

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 718
  Lucknow, Nov 16 (IANS) Over 2,000 Samajwadi Party activists Monday courted arrest in several parts of Uttar Pradesh and clashed with the police while protesting against the sugarcane purchase policy of the central and state governments.Samajwadi Party functionaries, including MLAs and MPs, took to the streets in ...
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• Weekly Bookmarks – Monday, 16. November 2009

  
  Urban Milwaukee — Authority: 124
  Barrett makes it official: He’s running for governor – JSOnline Barrett says he’s healed, ready to run for governor – JSOnline UWM health school plans take shape – JSOnline Milwaukee a finalist for Spanish wind energy company – JSOnline A ‘W’ for Milwaukee – JSOnline GMC endorses MPS ...
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• Scrap Queens speech in favour of reform, urges Nick Clegg

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  Rather than promising a raft of bills that will never become law, the government should devote the next few months to cleaning up Westminster, says Lib Dem leader Gordon Brown was today urged by the Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, to scrap the Queens speech and to instead to devote the final months of this ...
  16 hours ago

• European Members Of Parliament Under Threat Of Assassination

  
  Tony Blair — Authority: 433
  Original Home Page All Contents of Site – Index Is ‘President Blair’ a shoo-in? Yes and No “Ban Blair-Baiting” petit ion - please sign Why the Iraq war is NO reason to reject President Blair Why the Iraq Inquiry is NO reason to reject President Blair Comment at end 16th ...
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• Diluting Kellys reforms of MPs expenses would be disastrous, says Speaker

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  The Speaker, John Bercow, today warned it would be catastrophic for the reputation of parliament if any attempt was made to row back on the sweeping reforms of MPs expenses proposed by Sir Christopher Kelly last month. The unusually stern remarks will be taken as a warning to the new chairman of the independent ...
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• Family members working for MPs

  
  Andrew Allison - A Conservative View — Authority: 131
  Watching the Andrew Marr show this morning a rare occurrence happened: I found myself agreeing with John Bercow. I still regard him as an arrogant little shit; my opinion of him has not changed, but what he was correct on was the subject of spouses, partners and other family members working for MPs. I feel sorry ...
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• Odd response

  
  Stop Junk Mail — Authority: 119
  ThinkJessicas e-petition calling for more protection against postal scams has received a rather odd response from the Government. Somehow Gordon Brown et all seem to think that registering with the Mailing Preference Service (MPS) will stop scam mailings.The response states that the Government has "no plans to stop ...
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• Come clean, Lord Ashcroft

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 158
  If David Cameron is serious about making politics more transparent, he should start by explaining his own partys donations WHILE THE parliamentary expenses scandal at first appeared to afflict all parties equally, some have suffered more equally than others. The Conservatives have not taken an opinion poll hit ...
  2 days ago

• What a tawdry place is tabloid Britain | Euan Ferguson

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  Politicians obeisance before the feral press has gone too far This not a mean-spirited country. I walked one night last week, for hours, up and down the lovely, wearying streets of Durham, in the company of vast crowds, come for the first night of a splendid city-wide son et lumiere display, and the mood was of what ...
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• APEC leaders dilute carbon targets

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 432
  Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is jointly hosting a climate change breakfast on the sidelines of APEC in Singapore, though the Pacific rim leaders have watered down climate change targets in their final statement. Climate change has been the big new issue on the usually trade-centred agenda of the Asia Pacific Economic ...
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• No Commons For Old MPs? 2008 MPs by Year First Elected

  
  Pundits' Guide — Authority: 465
  If incumbency is worth something, and the 1993 election represented such a huge turnover in the composition of the House, then we may be set for another big turnover in the House of Commons next time the country goes to the polls, based on the year many MPs were first elected, and the likelihood that some of them ...
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• Lizard watchers conference joy

  
  The Bristol Blogger — Authority: 123
  Hey, don’t miss the ‘ Alternative View 3 ‘ event this weekend at the Bristol Thistle Grand Hotel in Broad Street. It says here that it’s delivering nothing less than “The truth rarely spoken by politicians, “big pharma” or the mass media” and its specifically aimed at those of us “well aware of the ...
  3 days ago

• Interning for MPs: exploitation or experience?

  
  Liberal Democrat Voice — Authority: 503
  Donal MacIntyre and Hannah Barnes have reported on MPs’ interns for BBC Radio 5 live : MPs could be breaking the law by not paying their parliamentary interns. Hundreds of young graduates are putting in thousands of hours of unpaid work at Westminster. This practice is excluding many young people without ...
  3 days ago

• MPs in expenses claims row get final bill for £1m

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  MPs today received the final demand for repayments as the process of righting the wrongs of the Commons expenses system entered its final phase. The man charged with retrospectively auditing the expense claims, Sir Thomas Legg, has now told MPs what he believes they owe after a period of appeal. This will not end ...
  4 days ago

• A guide to travel perks

  
  Kiwiblog — Authority: 628
  In my weekly Dispatch from St Johnnysburg at NBR, I look at the various air travel perks for MPs, and rate how justified each one is. The summary is: Domestic Air Travel for MPs 9/10 Domestic Air Travel for Partners 8/10 International Travel for Parliamentary Purposes 10/10 Private International Travel for MPs ...
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• Time’s up on international travel perk

  
  Kiwiblog — Authority: 628
  Having worked in Parliament, and seen how shitty most of an MPs job is, I’ve always been pretty moderate on the issue of MPs expenses – supporting transparency, but not a major overhaul. However I think that the international travel perk has now had its day, and is so toxic for an MP to use it, they should move ...
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• Australia Considers Same-Sex "Marriage"

  
  Particular Baptist Kev's Random Thoughts — Authority: 133
  By Thaddeus M. BaklinskiCANBERRA, November 10, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As part of its inquiry into the Marriage Amendment Bill the Australian government yesterday heard arguments for and against same-sex “marriage.”The Australian Green party is pushing for the redefinition of marriage as part of their platform ...
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• Alex Salmond accused of abusing official hospitality

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  Labour and Tories round on Scottish first minister after it emerges he twice entertained his dentist and his wife at public expense The Scottish first minister, Alex Salmond, was today accused of abusing official hospitality after it emerged that he had twice entertained his dentist and his wife at public expense. ...
  6 days ago

• Civil servants do not get a better deal than MPs

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 158
  David Blunketts claim that we live a first-class lifestyle bears no relation to the truth, says John Parsons So, David Blunkett is mystified about "the most bizarre result of Sir Christophers recommendation" ( Kelly simply doesnt get it , 5 November). I suppose if you accept that some or all of what he claims is ...
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• Asite Autumn 09 release

  
  Extranet Evolution — Authority: 418
  UK construction collaboration vendor Asite has issued its Autumn 09 Release, says a website notice dated 6 November 2009. Three hightlights I picked out: New maps "mash-ups" - using either a Google Maps portlet or a Microsoft Virtual Earth / Bing Maps portlet. The Virtual Earth portlet supports 3D ...
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