Posted on April 29, 2008 by maryhoneyballmep
Today I have had an article published on the Guardian website about the gender pay-gap which has stirred up a lot of controversy. http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/mary_honeyball/2008/04/its_up_to_us.html Many commentators say that the feminist fight has been won and that sexism in the work place no longer exists but reading some of the comments I have received it is [...]
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Posted on April 25, 2008 by maryhoneyballmep
Dear Editor, It is a national disgrace that the UK thinks donkeys are in greater need of charity than the 1.5 million female victims of domestic abuse each year, two of whom die at the hands of their abuser each week. Charities and support groups to help women and children escape and recover from violent [...]
Filed under: Guardian, Letters, charity | Tagged: domestic violence, Women | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 25, 2008 by maryhoneyballmep
This month I spoke at the European Parliament about the Cultural Industries in London. Here is my speech:
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Posted on April 24, 2008 by maryhoneyballmep
The Family Planning Association (FPA) is running a campaign to encourage MPs to keep the abortion time limit at 24 weeks. There are fears that MPs who oppose abortion will use the Human Embryology Bill to reduce it. There is no scientific reason for lowering the limit, a view which is supported by the main [...]
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Posted on April 23, 2008 by maryhoneyballmep
Tory MP Derek Conway was recently exposed for employing his two sons in his office while they were at university and working elsewhere. Allegedly neither of them actually did any work for their father as their allegiances were somewhere else. Although Conway denied this, he will not stand again for the House of Commons at [...]
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Posted on April 22, 2008 by maryhoneyballmep
Seventy-five pence in every one pound spent on the Olympic site will aid regeneration in east London. The Olympics will be of tremendous benefit to certain run down areas of London badly in need of extra resources. Instead of supporting the Olympic preparations and understanding the opportunity the Games will provide for London and the [...]
Filed under: 2012, Edward Leigh, London, Olympics, Public Accounts Committee, Tessa Jowell | Tagged: Tory | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 21, 2008 by maryhoneyballmep
Will the interminable Olympic bashing ever end? In case the whingers hadn’t realised, the UK and London worked hard to host the games. We believed the Olympics would promote London as a world class city and leave a lasting legacy of regeneration and superb sports facilities. A report from the New Economics Foundation is now [...]
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Posted on April 17, 2008 by maryhoneyballmep
Osteoporosis, brittle bone disease, affects one in three women and one in five men over the age of 50. Every thirty seconds someone in the European Union has a fracture as a result of the disease.The sad truth is that much of the damage caused by the condition could be prevented by earlier diagnosis. We [...]
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Posted on April 16, 2008 by maryhoneyballmep
Tory GLA Member Brian Coleman has run up a £4,147 taxi bill this year – more than all the GLA Members put together, including Ken Livingstone. He managed to claim £420 in one fell swoop by asking the cab to wait while he addressed a meeting of the Jewish Forum in Barnet during December. While [...]
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Posted on April 11, 2008 by maryhoneyballmep
UKIP’s candidate for Mayor of London, Gerard Batten, is obviously fighting hard to clear up corruption and improve financial transparency. On his campaign website he promises to “give Londoners value for money” and challenges Ken Livingstone’s “lies” over how much the London Assembly costs. However, Batten is clearly concerned that he is not being treated [...]
Filed under: Expenses, Finances, Gerard Batten, Mayor, UKIP | Tagged: MEP | Leave a Comment »
