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Honeyball’s Weekly Round-Up
Last week the wash-up of the local elections continued as the nation prepared for the Queens speech in which the coalition government would reveal what it had in store for us in the second half of its term. Martin Kettle’s … Continue reading
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Coalition government in trouble following local election results
The headlines speak for themselves, ‘Labour on course to gain more than 700 council seats’ says the BBC, and further indications that it’s beginning to fall apart for the coalition with headlines and results such as ‘the Lib Dems have … Continue reading
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Honeyball’s Weekly Round-Up
Towards the end of last week I read a something which concerned me greatly. The use of force in some young offender instituions has increased, in some cases nine fold. The chief inspector of prisons, Nick Hardwick, says the nine-fold … Continue reading
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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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