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Europe Causes More Trouble for the Coalition Government
David Cameron faces problems within his own party as Nick Clegg insists that the UK will not withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The Conservative led Coalition Government is establishing a commission of enquiry to investigate the possibility of … Continue reading
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Honeyball’s Weekly Round-Up
I couldn’t help but think that the Coalition Government is somewhat nervous of the new shadow chancellor appointment. Ed Balls is a brilliant economist but it didn’t stop Nick Clegg on the Andrew Marr show this morning raising some very … Continue reading
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Europe Proves Tricky Again for Cameron
Last week the coalition government’s Europe Bill was voted through the first stage of the parliamentary process. The bill is the result of Cameron’s promise to the eurosceptic wing of his party to hold a referendum in the instance of … Continue reading
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The LSE considers going private
The London School of Economics has presented plans about going private to its governing body in the wake the coalition’s cuts to higher education. Apparently, along with Cambridge University, they feel there may comes a point after which it is simply not worth them staying in … Continue reading
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Hague full of sound and fury, signifying nothing
Wiliam Hague was most interesting at the Conservative Party Conference. I have watched the Tories’ movements regarding Europe very closely since they formed the Coalition and as a result found his speech very enlightening. As we all know, the Conservatives had to drop … Continue reading
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David Miliband talks Sense on the Alternative Vote
As you know I am a supporter of changing our outdated first past the post voting system to something more proportional and fairer. I therefore think it’s a good idea to have a referendum on the Alternative Vote (AV) system. I am, however, … Continue reading
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Coalition Goverment says no to EU Anti-Trafficking Measures
As regular readers of my blog will be aware, I have written before about the EU’s new human trafficking directive and also ran a campaign against the Metropolitan Police Authorities proposed closure of their specialised unit dealing with this matter. This issue has never … Continue reading
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Tomorrow’s budget shows huge lack of empathy for middle income families
The Treasury is hurriedly preparing papers and briefing those who need to know in anticipation of tomorrow’s emergency budget. This budget will be searingly painful to millions of people across the country and will finally signal to the British people what the … Continue reading
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Education, Education, Education
The Queen’s Speech highlighted only one specific aspect of the educational system, local authority involvement. Having been a local authority school governor for over 20 years, I am not in favour of encouraging schools to opt our of local authority control. The … Continue reading
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