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Strikes that no-one wants
Over the past few days I have taken a keen interest in the public sector pension negotiations and the news of the upcoming strike action. My two previous posts about this subject are here and here. As...
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Inverclyde’s importance
On June 30th, 2011, it was announced that Iain McKenzie had been elected as an MP in the Inverclyde by-election. I understand that news about PMQs and the performance of Ed Miliband is more important...
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The use of Unparliamentary Language
If you watch coverage the House of Commons, or even an edition of Prime Ministers questions, you will notice that debates can (occasionally) get quite heated. For some, it can be seen as a source of...
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What is the point of PMQs?
This week saw another Budget speech done by George Osborne, which was (mostly) leaked to the media beforehand. Prior to that though was another round of what some consider to be pantomime – Prime...
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Internship hypocrisy continues
On April 5th, 2011, The Guardian published an article which indicated there would be a Coalition-led clampdown on unpaid internships. One part of the article suggested “People will be encouraged to...
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Corby by-election preview – part 1
It’s now widely known that Louise Mensch has stood down as the MP for Corby. She decided to do it in order to spend more time with her family. She will also be moving to the U.S., so she can be with...
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Corby by-election preview – part 2
Part one of this by-election preview can be found here. In the first part, I looked at the electoral history of the constituency and the wider region. I felt that the three successive Labour victories...
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2012 Reshuffle Part 1 – Major positions
Government reshuffles happen for a number of reasons. It can be to get more like-minded people in place (e.g. Thatcher’s in 1981), but that can show you made mistakes in the first place and people may...
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2012 Reshuffle Part 2 – Minor positions
In the previous post, I discussed some of the major positions, such as the more prominent Secretary of State jobs, the Leader of the Commons and the Chief Whip. In this post, I’ll mention a couple of...
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2012 Reshuffle Part 3 – Stats and Graphs
The first part (about the major positions) can be found here and the second part (about the minor jobs) can be found here. It’s fair to say that it has been a significant event and has gained a lot of...
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