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BACK IN BRUSSELS
Posted on August 31, 2009 by maryhoneyballmep
The European Parliament is now in full swing following the summer break. We traditionally reconvene on the last Monday in August – it’s a public holiday only in Britain and a normal working day in all other Member States. Hence the Brits draw the short straw and are required to work when everyone else is taking [...]
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BNP GRIFFIN BANNED FROM BRUSSELS BARS
Posted on August 17, 2009 by maryhoneyballmep
News has been spreading around the European Parliament that BNP MEP Nick Griffin and his fellow fascist Andrew Brons are not finding it easy in Brussels. One might even say they are finding it a struggle. I for one certainly won’t be shedding any tears. Apparently, local café and bar owners do not want BNP members [...]
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SOUTH CAMBERWELL LABOUR PARTY
Posted on August 11, 2009 by maryhoneyballmep
It was lovely to be invited to South Camberwell Labour Party’s summer party at the end of last week. It was a fun and friendly event marred only by the torrential rain outside, which I unfortunately had to drive through. Not a very pleasnat experience especially when, like me, you drive an oldish, very small two [...]
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ELECTORAL REFORM – AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME
Posted on August 5, 2009 by maryhoneyballmep
Electoral reformers rather regrettably have to be grateful to the MPs’ expenses story. Without that sorry and shameful tale reforming the system of voting for the House of Commons would have stayed in the shadows where it has languished for so long. Although we now have a form of PR for may legislative bodies, including the London Assembly, the Scottish [...]
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HOLBORN AND ST PANCRAS LABOUR PARTY
Posted on August 1, 2009 by maryhoneyballmep
I was pleased to be invited to speak to Holborn an d St Pancras Labour Party on Tuesday. As regular readers will know, this is my home Labour Party, so it’s always good to get an invitation. As tends to be customary in these occasions, the MP’s report was the first item of business. Frank Dobson [...]
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