Blogs Posts on "Parliaments"

Lord Martin on Damian Green: car-crash committee evidence by The Wardman Wire on Nov 7, 2009A special Commons committee chaired by Sir Ming Campbell is currently inquiring into the arrest of Damian Green MP last year, and search of his Parliamentary offices; and last Monday they heard evidence from the former Speaker, now Lord Martin. You c...

Eyup, Duck – The Duck House Parliament by The Wardman Wire on Nov 6, 2009Quite: It’s the Vote for a Change campaign, keeping the buggers’ feet to the fire. Post from: The Wardman WireEyup, Duck – The Duck House Parliament Post from: The Wardman WireEyup, Duck – The Duck House Parliament...

All Euro MEPs were denied access to Westminster to keep out the BNP pair by The Wardman Wire on Oct 22, 2009A motion to exclude MEPs from the Westminster Parliamentary Estate was passed on Tuesday evening: 15 Access to Parliament (United Kingdom Members of the European Parliament) Resolved, That the Resolutions of the House of 30 January 1989 relating to...

That curious General Dannatt annoucment – by Garbo by The Wardman Wire on Oct 8, 2009The General Dannatt appointment is a curious move by the Tories, in what has become a rather curious party conference for them. While his appointment will be popular amongst the many who supported his view of the war and opposition to the government...

The Tory Conference so far as seen by Garbo by The Wardman Wire on Oct 8, 2009If the Labour party conference was expected to be a disaster but in the end turned out just about alright, you might say the expectation for the Tory conference were very high, but the results have been very similar to their counterparts. This week...

The Conservatives are at last taking it seriously: The Conservative Conference as seen by Garbo by The Wardman Wire on Oct 7, 2009George “Clubber” Osborne George Osborne is not quite Clubber Lang from Rocky III fame just yet, but he has promised us all one thing if the Tories form the next government: Pain! Yesterday’s address to the Conservative conference was h...

Labour’s conference 2009: By Garbo by The Wardman Wire on Oct 1, 2009So what do we make of Labour’s party conference this year? On the one hand it was not a complete disaster, for which the leadership must take as a huge success – on the other hand will it have made any difference to the party’s fortunes over t...

Baroness Scotland and Gordon Brown – to go or not to go? Politics decoded by Garbo by The Wardman Wire on Sep 22, 2009Should she resign? The pressure is mounting on Baroness Scotland in the wake of her illegal immigrant employment scandal. While she is a fairly minor player in the grand scheme of things, this has not meant that the Tories and Lib Dems are not putti...

Gordon Brown, cuts and the easiest job in Britain: Politics Decoded by garbo by The Wardman Wire on Sep 15, 2009The parties of cuts “His is the party of cuts; we are the party of investment.” It was supposed to be a simple choice. Yet yesterday Lord Mandelson and today the PM himself will have to rethink that stark choice. “His is the part...

David Cameron should pledge to cut MP’s Basic Salaries by The Wardman Wire on Sep 10, 2009David Cameron, the Conservative Leader, has pledged to cut the cost of Parliamentary politics. From the Independent: David Cameron laid down the gauntlet to Gordon Brown today by pledging to slash pay, perks and costs at Westminster. The Tory leader...