Will Miliband blog about foreign affairs?

I did have some belief that Miliband’s heart was in the right place as Environment Secretary, trying to undo some of the considerable wrongs created by his predecessor, the inept Margaret Beckett. She certainly deserved to get the push. Although Miliband’s blog came in for much criticism for being nothing other than a ministerial post, which it largely was, he did keep...
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The sad story of Grace

I heard a tragic story today about a young woman of 26 called Grace who visited her parents in Cambridge recently. For some reason she was pushing a car when she fell and landed flat on her chest. She later contracted pneumonia and died afterwards of septicaemia – all this happened within the space of two-and-a-half weeks. I find it incredible that a fit and healthy young woman...
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Blair’s Question Time may continue

Although Prime Minister’s Question Time may have come to an end for Tony Blair, the police have also put more questions to him, possibly in the last week, in the cash-for-honours scandal. Could there be more to come? Could he be called as a key witness if/when charges are made? It will be interesting to see what changes Gordon Brown introduces for party funding and...
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Robert Sturdy challenges EU mercury inconsistency

MEP Robert Sturdy has asked the European Commission to explain how it can justify enforcing the use of energy saving light bulbs which contain mercury, while at the same time banning barometers for this very same reason, an inconsistency which was highlighted by bloggers in their comments about this. Robert has fired off some questions to Commissioners Stavros Dimas...
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The missing – Jessica Foster

Glendene Grant has asked me to publicise the case of her missing daughter, Jessica Foster, who was last seen in March 2006 in North Las Vegas when she was 21. She said: “We need to have everyone know who Jessie Foster is. We need to find her and bring her home. We need to make people aware of Jessie and that she is missing, and that her case is being investigated as a...
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