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The barriers to a Republic of Britain

London :: United Kingdom | 12 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Respond ‘There is something exceedingly ridiculous in the composition of Monarchy; it first excludes a man from the means of information, yet empowers him to act in cases where the highest judgment is required. The state of a king shuts him from the World,...

Tags: elections representatives, Thomas Paine, prime minister, democratic process, British, expenses scandal, United Kingdom, London, Politics of the United Kingdom, Parliament of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom constitution, Politics, Commonwealth realms, Westminster system, Government of the United Kingdom, Democracy, Royal Assent

Gordon Brown ponders life after he leaves high office

London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Gordon Brown has said he wants to get involved in charitable work when he leaves office, rather than go on the lecture tour. In an interview with Piers Morgan for GQ magazine Mr Brown said he was "shy by nature rather than extrovert."...In it Mr Brown...

Tags: Gordon Brown, Mr Brown, expenses scandal, Piers Morgan

UK Politics: Expenses return

Westminster :: CO :: USA | about 1 month ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

The expenses scandal brought parliament into disrepute Monday, 12, Oct 2009 12:00 Parliament has returned, and with it, so has the expenses scandal. MPs received a letter from Sir Thomas Legg on the first Monday of the new term. Some were told their...

Tags: expenses scandal, Thomas Legg, sir thomas

Cameron slaps down Duncan over 'rations'

London :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Mr Cameron told reporters in his Oxfordshire constituency: "I spoke to Alan Duncan yesterday and made it clear in no uncertain terms that when it comes to the mess of expenses, the words we use, just as the actions we take, have got to demonstrate completely...

Tags: Alan Duncan, David Cameron, Mr Cameron, Mr Duncan, tories leader, expenses scandal, publicly rebuke

Duncan sorry for MP pay 'whinge'

London :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

The Tory MP was heard to say MPs were being treated badly after the expenses scandal and "have to live on rations". Mr Duncan said the remarks, made to campaigner Heydon Prowse of Don't Panic magazine, were meant as a joke. But he added: "The last thing...

Tags: Tory Alan Duncan, Conservative MP, expenses scandal, secretly filmed, Mr Duncan, shadow leader, Parliament, enter parliament, secretly recorded, Millionaire UK

Rantzen to stand for parliament

Luton :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Esther Rantzen said today that she will stand for election as MP for Luton South at the next general election. The broadcaster first mooted the idea of standing for parliament in May, in the wake of the MPs' expenses scandal. She targeted Luton South...

Tags: Labour MP Margaret Moran, Esther Rantzen, Luton South, Ms Rantzen, expenses scandal, general election

Brown humiliated as Labour loses Norwich North

Norwich :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

David Cameron has inflicted a humiliating byelection defeat on Gordon Brown as the Conservatives beat Labour into second place in Norwich North. In the first electoral test since the MPs' expenses scandal rocked Westminster, the Tories' Chloe Smith won...

Tags: Labour, Norwich North, Gordon Brown, general elections, expenses scandal, elections defeat

Up the MPs' arias

Orkney :: South Africa | 5 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

THE Queen's personal composer is writing a comic opera based on the expenses scandal. "Like everybody else I'm outraged over the extent of the MPs' claims and I am registering and expressing my disgust the best way I can – through my music," said Sir...

Tags: comic opera, expenses scandal

Commons Speaker election starts amid 'skulduggery' claims

London :: United Kingdom | 5 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

It is a depressing example of MPs looking inwards to their own advantage when we really should be looking outwards. “It is great opportunity for us to present a new, fresh face for Parliament and a lot of it looks like the same old, stale corruption,...

Tags: John Bercow, Mr Bercow, House of Commons, Michael Martin (philosopher), expenses scandal, Maverick Bercow

Police to investigate UK MPs over expenses

London :: United Kingdom | 5 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

London Metropolitan Police's announcement stems from an expense scandal that has ensnared more than a dozen members of parliament, who have promised to step down in the next election. The controversy has also forced Prime Minister Gordon Brown to reshuffle...

Tags: council tax, expenses claims, Daily Telegraph, British Parliament, Gordon Brown, Scotland Yard, criminal investigating, small number, expenses scandal, telegraph says

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