Category Archives: Labour Party
As we celebrate the Diamond Jubilee, life now is better than in 1952
Peter Kellner’s recent commentary on the polling YouGov has done for the Diamond Jubilee tells us that people show cheer towards the royals but pessimism as to whether life has really improved since 1952. There appears to be some kind … Continue reading
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An answer to the democratic deficit as Ireland votes
With Ireland going to the polls today in a referendum on the European fiscal pact, the debate on the future of the Euro continues to rage. On the one side is a considerable body of opinion that believes there will have … Continue reading
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Britian would be a political pygmy without the EU
Britain is at present sleep walking into political pygmy land without even realising where the country is heading. The euro crisis has provoked the ultimate challenge not only to the future of the European Union but also to that of … Continue reading
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Channel 4 Unveils Coverage of the London 2012 Paralympic Games
When Channel 4 won the bid to host the London 2012 Paralympic Games I’m sure there were some who thought it a curious decision. But yesterday I was invited to a briefing in which the channel outlined ambitious and … Continue reading
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Honeyball’s Weekly Round-Up
This week saw the release of a YouGov survey where 43% of women in London have said they have been the victim of sexual harassment in the last year. A huge number of women in London, it turns out, have … Continue reading
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Britain’s Olympic Greats – Helen Reeves
Helen Reeves is the only British woman to have won a medal in canoeing at the Olympics since the event was introduced. Helen competed in the kayak slalom event (K-1). A canoeist since the age of ten, Helen was a World … Continue reading
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Britain’s Olympic Hopefuls – Fiona Pennie
The woman Olympian continuing the series this week is Fiona Pennie. Fiona will be competing in her second Olympics this summer as a British slalom kayaker. She is by far the most experienced woman on the British canoeing team and has a good chance … Continue reading
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Tories abstain on equal pay for women
The gender pay gap, the difference between pay received between women and men, exists across the European Union. In the UK the gender pay gap is 10.2 per cent – not the worst in the EU but still far too … Continue reading
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Written Declaration on vaccination and immunisation in developing countries gets through
Regular readers will be very aware that I have been sponsoring a Written Declaration (similar to a House of Commons Early Day Motion) in the European Parliament on access to vaccination and immunisation in developing countries. I am absolutely delighted … Continue reading
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Prison Break
Yesterday David Cameron was given six months to honour the coalition Government’s pledge to give prisoners the vote. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) had previously ruled that a blanket ban on all serving prisoners losing voting rights is … Continue reading
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