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Leveson: it’s a good thing Nick Clegg was there

Today’s latest revelations from the Leveson Inquiry are a reminder of how wise it was to create a judge-led inquiry with wide terms of reference and powers. And who was it who did that when the Coalition Government was drawing up the plans, rejecting the talk of a lesser inquiry? Step forward, Nick Clegg. * [...]

Adrian Sanders is still right

14 September 2011 , , ,
With the reduction in number of MPs back in the news, so too is the question of how many ministers there are. As I wrote in October last year: I agree with Adrian Sanders and 22 Conservative MPs Yesterday in Parliament Adrian Sanders and 22 Conservative MPs voted to reduce the maximum number of ministers allowed in [...]

I agree with Adrian Sanders and 22 Conservative MPs

Yesterday in Parliament Adrian Sanders and 22 Conservative MPs voted to reduce the maximum number of ministers allowed in the Commons in line with the forthcoming reduction in the number of MPs: If the number of constituencies in the United Kingdom decreases below 650, the limit on the number of holders of Ministerial offices entitled [...]

Adrian Sanders makes it over half Liberal Democrat MPs on Twitter

12 April 2010 , ,
Lib Dem MP for Torbay, Adrian Sanders, has joined Twitter today as @adrianfortorbay. That takes the total number of Liberal Democrat MPs on Twitter just over the half-way mark, with 32 out of 63 tweeting. You can follow them all via the list at http://twitter.com/#list/markpack/libdem-mps

Daily View 2×2: 27 September 2009

It’s Sunday. It’s 7am. It’s time for the Daily View, today with a special sing-a-long political ad that makes current politics look not so bad really. 2 Big Stories Speedier tests for cancer planned Skipping past the utterly predictable stories (senior Labour figures aren’t all happy, shock horror and Baroness Scotland didn’t check paperwork properly, shock horror) we [...]