The long drawn out process of giving MPs a divisive and unnecessary pay rise has been going on for what feels like years now. I’ve written before about why it would be grotesque for MPs to see their salaries increase at a rate ten times what many others workers are receiving (especially those in the public sector, whose salaries MPs are deliberately holding down). I also don’t buy the argument that if we don’t pay MPs ever higher salaries then […]
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Ed Miliband’s tribute to Nelson Mandela – “We mourn his loss. We give thanks for his life. And we honour his legacy.”
Speaking in the Commons today – Ed Miliband made the following tribute to Nelson Mandela: Mr Speaker, today we remember the incomparable life of Nelson Mandela. This House traditionally gathers to pay tribute to those who have led our country. It...
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Ed Miliband’s Christmas card
Miliband’s Christmas card is out, and he’s stuck with his usual style – a family photo. Here it is: h/t: @paulwaugh
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Falkirk PPC selected after long and controversial process
After a long and controversial process, Falkirk CLP have selected their candidate for the General Election – and it’s Karen Whitefield. Karen Whitefield is a former MSP for Airdrie and Shotts, where she was Scottish Labour’s shadow Minister...
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IDS has failed spectacularly – why is he still in a job?
So finally today, IDS will face the Work and Pensions Select Committee to answer questions about Universal Credit. http://t.co/3l9Vzw1vNR I say finally. I’ve written the sentence above about 5 times, only for Mr Duncan-Smith to have “prior engagements”...
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Get your act together and your ducks in a row
As psephological indicators go, the Any Questions audience is not entirely reliable. All through the 1980s audience members would applaud panelists who declared that teachers and nurses clearly deserved to be better paid, and if that meant higher taxes...
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Nelson Mandela and the Conservative Party – forgive, but never forget
‘Forgive,’ urged Nelson Mandela after the battle against apartheid triumphed, ‘but never forget’. He might have had in mind the British Conservative Party. In very recent times its leaders have joined the rest of the world in seeing Mandela him...
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A long journey in someone else’s shoes? Or rummaging round in the Tory dressing up box?
The Conservative Party have been twisting in the wind since the death of Nelson Mandela. As Parliament honoured the South African leader we saw more conflicted souls on the government benches as they paid...
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Ed Miliband’s tribute to Nelson Mandela – “We mourn his loss. We give thanks for his life. And we honour his legacy.”
Speaking in the Commons today – Ed Miliband made the following tribute to Nelson Mandela: Mr Speaker, today we remember the incomparable life of Nelson Mandela. This House traditionally gathers to...
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Nelson Mandela and the Conservative Party – forgive, but never forget
‘Forgive,’ urged Nelson Mandela after the battle against apartheid triumphed, ‘but never forget’. He might have had in mind the British Conservative Party. In very recent times its leaders have...
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