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Coalition Government in action 29 Jul 2013 | 12:37 pm
Two issues today highlight the way this Conservative-led LibDem-supported Coalition Government operates. Fees of up to £1200 to bring an employment tribunal case are being introduced today. This is ...
Is the Government auctioning off UK sovereignty by allowing the country’s critical national infrastructure to be foreign-owned 22 Jul 2013 | 12:38 pm
I have tabled a question for oral answer in the House of Lords this afternoon, as follows: “To ask HM Government what proportion of the United Kingdom’s critical national infrastructure is owned by f...
Boris Johnson has stopped speaking up for Londoners – he doesn’t even whisper up for them now 18 Apr 2013 | 01:13 pm
A few weeks ago I asked “How often does Boris Johnson speak up for Londoners?” The answer seemed to be not very much. I had tabled a question in the House of Lords: “To ask Her Majesty’s Government ...
No need to rush to revise House of Lords Standing Orders 29 Mar 2013 | 04:15 am
The House of Lords is now in recess for Easter. However, forthcoming business for the period after the recess has now been published and on the 24th April the House will be debating the highly controv...
How often does Boris Johnson speak up for Londoners? 27 Mar 2013 | 10:13 pm
The focus of that Eddie Mair interview was the question of Boris Johnson’s fitness for further office. There was no real discussion of how well he has actually done in his current job as Mayor of Lon...
Government accepts that weapon systems must be under human control 26 Mar 2013 | 11:18 pm
In Lords’ Question Time today I asked: “Her Majesty’s Government what is their policy on the deployment of autonomous weapon systems by United Kingdom Armed Forces.” The response was – in my view – a ...
Does Jeremy Hunt think he’s Boris Johnson? 26 Mar 2013 | 09:55 pm
There are a few politicians who are so well-known that they are referred to a almost universally by their first names. Maggie Thatcher was one; John Major and David Cameron are not. It seems to be a r...
Hospitals need to answer their phones as well as HMRC 18 Mar 2013 | 02:18 pm
This morning the Public Accounts Committee published a coruscating report on the continuing problems that HM Revenue and Customs have in answering the telephone. On Saturday thousands marched through ...
Reminding us that the terrorist threat has not gone away 16 Mar 2013 | 04:40 am
Today’s guilty pleas at the Old Bailey are a timely reminder that the homegrown terrorist threat has not gone away. Three men (Richard Dart, Jahangir Alom and Imran Mahmood) had been charged with: “e...
Government economics policy eviscerated in House of Lords 29 Jan 2013 | 11:56 pm
There is a debate going on in the House of Lords today on the economy. It was intended as platform for the new Treasury Minister, Lord Deighton, to strut his stuff. However instead Labour’s Lord John...
