And it’s too late baby, now it’s too late
Yazan: Sara | 06 January 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Gordon Brown, Labour
Watching the Labour Party slowly commit political suicide today has been far less pleasant than I would have expected. Switching onto the Daily Politics just before Prime Minister’s Questions, we were treated to Andrew Neil and Nick Robinson joking together about the ridiculous possibility of an imminent coup against Brown. Over in the Commons, Brown managed [...]
Have MPs finally found a way to exempt themselves from FOI?
Yazan: sarabedford | 11 May 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: MPs, expenses
So after years of trying, have Labour MPs finally found a way to exempt their outrageous expenses claims from the disinfectant of sunlight? Yesterday’s newsthat an independent audit unit would be set up to scrutinise claims may hold a clue. Stuart Bell, the senior Labour MP who has become MP Defender-in-Chief let slip a privatising the checking [...]
The oath of allegiance – Hufflepuff or Slytherin?
Yazan: sarabedford | 08 May 2009 | No Comments
Categories: MPs, expenses
The Telegraph’s publication of the details of MPs’ more ludicrous expenses claims, has given our MPs another chance to show off their high moral standing. Maybe PMQs hasn’t quite reached the levels of Didier Drogba’s hysterical wide-eyed finger jabbing, but it’s surely not too far away. Not content with making a total idiot of herself [...]
