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From @LabourList UPDATE: Kate Hoey: "The public can't wait - the speaker has signed his own death warrant and it will have to be this week". UPDATE: Adam Boulton: "that was such a disastrous performance from the speaker - having to refer to…
From @LabourList The latest YouGov poll for today's Daily Telegraph reveals the following changes nationwide: Conservatives: 39% (-2) Labour: 23% (+1) Lib Dems: 19% (nc) -- These were the results of likely voters in the European election…
From @LabourList The BNP shockingly claims Johnson Beharry's VC is positive discrimination of an "immigrant." An Independent on Sunday poll reveals the depth of the public's back turning on the major parties. Nick Clegg calls for the…
From @LabourList Polly Toynbee says only Alan Johnson can save Labour from electoral annihilation. Shahid Malik is the next casualty of the horrible expenses frauds. LabourHome is reporting that David Chaytor MP has been suspended from the…
From @LabourList Teresa Pearce has been selected by the Erith and Thamesmead Labour Party to contest the next general election in that constituency. Georgia Gould, who ran a committed and impressive campaign for the selection, came third…
From @LabourList ConservativeHome's Tim Montgomerie expertly launches There's Nothing British about the BNP. Newer Direction celebrates Don't Panic. Hopi Sen sets a rule for public life: don't try and get rich. Political Betting looks at…
@LabourList Editorial The scandal over MPs' expenses - and it is a scandal - is a symptom of our democracy's deep inertia, and will have severe consequences for the future of our politics. Three weeks before crucial elections - at a time…
From @LabourList Frank Owen's Paintbrush celebrates grassroots campaigning to save the Minimum Wage. Tom Harris MP defects to the Tories. LabourHome asks should Labour deselect expensive MPs. Glenis Willmott on why a vote for the Tories is…
From @LabourList Below are highlights from the PM, Chief Whip and Europe Minister on this day: "I've done my best to verify the facts and felt it right to suspend [Elliot Morley] from the privileges of membership of the PLP. His privileges…
From @LabourList UPDATE: Elliot Morley, the Labour MP and former agriculture minister, continued claiming for the mortgage interest on his constituency home for more than 18 months after the loan had been repaid. Morley has already repaid…
From @LabourList Gabe Trodd on expenses and the culture of instant gratification. Kerry McCarthy MP on window cleaning and members taking 7 hours to review their expenses forms. Alastair Campbell warns us we cannot allow the expenses…
From @LabourList UPDATE: A reader has kindly researched Labour's equivalent. In PMQ's, David Cameron called for the abolition of the House Communications Allowance. Here are the shadow cabinet's claims for the communications allowance for…
