by Ellee Seymour | Jun 21, 2010 | 2010 general election, Politics, updates
The post-election parties are still in full swing. While it’s great to celebrate a victory, our unsuccessful parliamentary candidates are also showing their appreciation to those who supported them in the gruelling run-up to May’s general election. Last...
by Ellee Seymour | Jun 6, 2010 | Politics, Women MPs
I know I won’t be the only person keen to hear what John Bercow says in the Hansard Society’s Speaker’s Lecture this week entitled “Reform in a new Parliament: Reviving the Chamber”.I want to see if he will keep his word about the need to...
by Ellee Seymour | May 18, 2010 | Politics
A huge weight rests on the shoulders of these 226 newly elected MPs in shaping our future democracy to modernise and help restore public trust in Parliament; they make up more than a third of the 650 MPs in the House of Commons. The new MPs know this too, and that...
by Ellee Seymour | May 18, 2010 | Politics, updates
Quote of the day: On April 6th, the day that Gordon Brown called the election, Liam Byrne, wrote this email for his successor in the Treasury: “Dear Chief Secretary, I’m afraid there is no money. Kind regards – and good luck! Liam.” He might...
by Ellee Seymour | May 17, 2010 | Politics
Nadine Dorries reminds us that the process for choosing a new Speaker of the House of Commons starts tomorrow, the first day Parliament returns to business. She would clearly like to see the back of John Bercow, reminding us how he was chosen almost entirely by the...
by Ellee Seymour | May 11, 2010 | 2010 general election, Politics
David Blunkett tells the BBC:Any deal with Labour would be “a coalition of the defeated”.
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