The David Herdson Saturday Question

05-06-2010 03:35 - Source: politicalbetting.com
Does parliament need more youngsters? The 2010 parliament differs from its predecessor in many ways: 35% of its members are newly elected, there are a lot more Conservatives and there are nearly twice ... Continue

CAROLINE LUCAS SUPPORTS EDM ON GAZA

04-06-2010 22:53 - Source: www.socialistunity.com
Glad to find that Caroline Lucas MP is supporting this EDM, she is already doing good work as our first Green Party Member of Parliament. Gaza Early Day Motion “That this House is appalled by the ... Continue

Caroline Lucas puts Israel on the spot in House of Commons

04-06-2010 21:42 - Source: another-green-world.blogspot.com
In one of my first opportunities to ask a question in Parliament, I asked Foreign Secretary William Hague whether the UK Government would put real action behind its words of holding Israel to account for ... Continue

A very rapid betrayal

04-06-2010 16:07 - Source: www.lightbluetouchpaper.org
The coalition Government plans to keep the Summary Care Record, despite pre-election pledges by both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats to rip up the system – which is not compliant with ... Continue

IPSA-a-Daisy

04-06-2010 11:03 - Source: www.order-order.com
The IPSA mission statement proclaims that it “wants to contribute to restoring the public’s confidence in Parliament, to make sure the taxpayer gets value for money from how MPs’ expenses are ... Continue

Brick for Brick: Just Not in this Parliament - SNP

03-06-2010 16:21 - Source: linlithgow-libdems.blogspot.com
With the Westminster elections out of the way and with Holyrood selections heading ahead at full steam it is time to look at some of those promises that the SNP made. On school building they said that ... Continue

VIOLENCE IN THE ISRAELI KNESSET

03-06-2010 13:09 - Source: www.socialistunity.com
Fistfights broke out yesterday in the Israeli parliament (Knesset), when MK Hanin Zoabi [pictured], an Arab woman who had been on the aid flotilla to Gaza tried to speak. She was physically attacked by ... Continue

Labour's race to the bottom

03-06-2010 13:09 - Source: mreugenides.blogspot.com
Via the Spectator, this lunacy: Labour's acting leader has called for half of the party's shadow cabinet to be made up of women. Harriet Harman said she wanted the rules revised for shadow cabinet elections ... Continue