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I posted a status on Facebook recently about leaving a queue because I found myself next to Jean Marie Le Pen MEP, the French National Front Party leader, and had a number of supportive comments. How to deal with a fascist in Parliament?
I am always disappointed to see how warmly some of the staff greet [...]
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20:32 Strasbourg hotels full as Gordon Brown coming to speak to European Parliament #
14:58 Christopher Beazley, the first Tory to put Europe before Party tinyurl.com/dy8xam #
18:57 Gordon Brown comes to town and we liked it tinyurl.com/df337d #
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Gordon Brown has been visiting the European Parliament today in advance of the G20 summit. He has had quite a day of it, speaking in the Parliament itself, the Socialist Group and the European Parliamentary Labour Party, amongst, I suspect, some others.
It was very encouraging indeed to have the Prime Minister with us in Strasbourg. It shows [...]
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Further to my post yesterday Christopher Beazley has left the Conservative grouping in the European Parliament to rejoin the European People’s Party. He becomes I think the first British MEP to take the whip from an European political party rather than a British one. In a way he is the most federalist British MEP ever. A footnote in [...]
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08:28 Is it possible for the Tories to get over the Ken Clarke confusion? #
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As many readers will know the Tories have recently announced that they will be leaving the EPP (European People’s Party) grouping of mainstream Conservative parties in the European Parliament. It looks like David Cameron is going to form an alternative alliance with some incredibly nasty far right parties that have all sorts of views that [...]
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09:52 Clear on Andrew Marr this morning that William Hague doesn’t understand European Parliament #
16:41 How on earth does Jonathon Porritt think we can cut the population of Britain by half? #
19:18 Congratulations to Alastair Campbell on great New Statesman #
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Last week I gathered together with other Labour MEPs to promote the White Ribbon Alliance’s “million mums” campaign. The campaign’s aim is to raise a million pounds to help prevent women from dying needlessly in pregnancy and childbirth. I know that Sarah Brown, Gordon Brown’s wife, has been particularly active in supporting this campaign. You [...]
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20:53 Having regular Friday night curry, a great way to end the week #
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Today is the Kurdish New Year. I send my sincere good wishes to for all the Newroz celebrations occuring throughout this month.
I feel sure that, in this coming New Year, those celebrating today will continue to make a significant contribution to the life of this country, through their skill, hard work and determination to succeed.
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