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Thursday 6th June 2013 | 09:48
Lord Freud has a tough enough job as a welfare minister without being
described as Lord Fraud (see the exclusive pic above).
Either someone in the House of Lords annunciator department has a
wicked sense of humour or ...
Freudian slap or Freudian slip?
Lord Freud has a tough enough job as a welfare minister without being
described as Lord Fraud (see the exclusive pic above).
Either someone in the House of Lords annunciator department has a
wicked sense of humour or ...
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Monday 3rd June 2013 | 12:12
It risks getting overshadowed by rows about lobbying, but the Energy
Bill returns to the Commons today and could prove worthy of attention.
There's lots in the bill, from bill transparency to nuclear subsidy.
Yet it's...
Cutting the Carbs
It risks getting overshadowed by rows about lobbying, but the Energy
Bill returns to the Commons today and could prove worthy of attention.
There's lots in the bill, from bill transparency to nuclear subsidy.
Yet it's...
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Wednesday 29th May 2013 | 17:07
Sounds like a big development in the case of controversial Lib Dem MP
Mike Hancock. Party sources tell me he is set to have the
Parliamentary whip withdrawn, and may even already have had it
withdrawn today.
After bei...
Hancock Whiplash
Sounds like a big development in the case of controversial Lib Dem MP
Mike Hancock. Party sources tell me he is set to have the
Parliamentary whip withdrawn, and may even already have had it
withdrawn today.
After bei...
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Monday 20th May 2013 | 11:52
The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill faces some key votes tonight and
tomorrow before it clears the Commons.
But on Wednesday, the Lords then formally takes on the bill with its
First Reading in the Upper House. The a...
Peer Bashing
The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill faces some key votes tonight and
tomorrow before it clears the Commons.
But on Wednesday, the Lords then formally takes on the bill with its
First Reading in the Upper House. The a...
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Sunday 19th May 2013 | 10:09
Since its opening, The Blue Boar Smokehouse and Bar in the
Westminster InterContinental Hotel has become a firm favourite of
political types for its red meat and relaxation close to the Commons.
A division bell ensure...
Smokin' Out the Swiveleyes
Since its opening, The Blue Boar Smokehouse and Bar in the
Westminster InterContinental Hotel has become a firm favourite of
political types for its red meat and relaxation close to the Commons.
A division bell ensure...
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