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The House of Lords with 792 members is in urgent need of reform
It has always been a mystery to me how Britain can claim to be a modern, twentieth-century democracy and have its parliament’s second chamber chosen by prime ministerial patronage. The only other country with an appointed second chamber is Canada, … Continue reading
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Honeyball’s Weekly Round-Up
The big news in the UK last week surrounded preparations of Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget due on Wednesday. He can’t keep as much of it secret as perhaps he had hoped because he has to share it with his coalition … Continue reading
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David Cameron is on track to subsidise French nuclear power
Senior environmental campaigners have recently reported the UK to the European Commission as they fear the hidden subsidies from the UK to two French nuclear power companies may contravene EU competition law according to the BBC. The European Commission could, … Continue reading
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Honeyball’s Weekly Round-Up
Last week was of course International Women’s day, the theme was equal pay. I spent a lot of time covering the subject and also the issue of introducing mandatory quotas for women on boards. The day was not restricted to … Continue reading
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Honeyball’s Weekly Round-Up
Google came under fire last week following the announcement it was ot change it’s privacy policy. The EU comissioner of Justice Viviane Reding was scathing in her rebuke in which she stated that European treaties had been set up to … Continue reading
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Ed Miliband is to meet François Hollande
Ed Miliband is due to meet the French Socialist Presidential candidate François Hollande in London on Wednesday. Having suggested on this blog that Ed campaign for M. Hollande in the forthcoming Presidential elections in France, I am delighted that the … 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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As Cameron looks to Norway he will see they are far more integrated with the EU than he likes to think
No-one was more delighted than me when David Cameron said at the Nordic-Baltic Summit earlier in the week that, “the evidence is that there is a positive link between women in leadership and business performance, so if we fail to … Continue reading
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