House of Lords reform and party funding: oral evidence 19 June 2007: Rt Hon Jack Straw, Leader of the House and Lord Privy Seal: Oral Evidence 19 June ... and Lord Privy Seal (House of Commons Papers)
GrumpyOldTwat (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Good to see that the man hating, Labia Party , Quims Cuntsellor is going up before the beak because of her 'hit and run whilst talking out of her on her CrackBerry' incident. So let's celebrate with this excellent piece of video wizardry from Mish Masher . . . However, I wouldn't be at all surprised if the hateful Harperson scratched a few backs (female ones obviously) and got away with it though....
Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
` ccfon’ Christmas celebrations and other public expressions of the Christian faith could be banned under Harriet Harman’s controversial Equality Bill, which is currently going through the parliamentary stages in Westminster. The warning came from the Catholic bishops who attended the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales on Tuesday, 17 November. They told MPs that the...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
The Equality Bill is a pointless piece of dogma that will ony make our businesses less competitive says Alasdair Palmer.
Liberal Burblings (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Any Questions was very entertaining this week. They had Harriet Harman on. I actually felt sorry for her at one point, as she was asked about using mobile phones in cars. Quite rightly, she refused to answer (even managing to avoid to use the words ’sub judice’). But her explanation of the Fiscal Responsibility Bill did [...]
Janet Mackinnon (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Harriet Harman's reaction to being asked on BBC Radio 4's "Any Questions" about her attitude to the use of mobile phones whilst driving a car has prompted me to reflect on the subject of character. This is a subject apparently of much interest to policy-makers at the present time. My own experience - direct and indirect - leads me to suspect that what might be termed "the ruthless and...
The Devil's Kitchen (Free subscription) | yesterday
In amongst all of the fun that is the destruction of the CRU's credibility, there have been some other frabjous stories this week—even so, how could I not have covered the fact that Harpy Harperson is to be prosecuted for her little prang ? Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman is to be prosecuted over a minor car accident near her south London constituency in July. She faces prosecution for allegedly...
Unenlightened Commentary. (Free subscription) | yesterday
This looks like pretty convincing evidence that Harriet Harman's crime rampage was premeditated. Via Public Interest .
Mark Wadsworth (Free subscription) | yesterday
From The Evening Standard : Harriet Harman was given strong backing by Gordon Brown today after she denied breaking the law by crashing her car while using a mobile. The Prime Minister rang her last night to express his support...
A View from Middle England (Free subscription) | yesterday
It isn't enough for the secular world to distance itself from the Church. It wants to control it through a mixture of legalisms and diatribes. St Mary The Virgin Parish Church in St Mary’s Road, Swanley, Kent is a well-known Anglo-Catholic church. It professes the unchanged Faith in a changing and changeable world. A rumpus has erupted in the town because the local branch of the Royal British...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
The wild escalation of top salaries goes across both sectors – and so must the solution: a high pay commission If ever there were a need for a high pay commission to put some rationality into out-of-control top pay scales, this is it. The Equality and Human Rights Commission is looking for a new chief executive. Its chairman, Trevor Phillips, called in Hayes Consulting to establish what the...
Mark Wadsworth (Free subscription) | yesterday
Announced here : 07 December 2009, 10:00am - 11:30am 30-32 Southampton Street, London WC2E 7RA Speakers: Harriet Harman, MP, Minister for Women and Equality Dr Dalia Ben-Galim, ippr Samantha Smethers, Grandparents Plus* Demographic changes mean that more and more people are taking on caring responsibilities. Carers are a diverse bunch who have a variety of different needs that depend on a range of...
Islington Newmania (Free subscription) | yesterday
Inflicting Margaret Hodge on Barking was the ultimate New Labour arrogance . It was she who lost Islington for Labour . With 50% in social housing ,70% of whom are on benefits , that ought to have been impossible, but with her busts of Lenin, lunatic squander and blind eye for the collapse of child services, she did it . She is a walking insult to the core Labour vote , the “Taken for granteds”....
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday
LONDON (Reuters) - One of Britain's most senior government ministers is to be prosecuted for motoring offences, including using a mobile phone while driving, prosecutors said on Thursday.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Companies offering online storage know that they can be used to store illicit files. But they don't need extra powers to root them out. The first question is simply: why? What's wrong with the existing copyright laws, and the powers that they offer, that Lord Mandelson think they need tweaking so that anyone can be given powers to hunt down someone thought to be infringing copyright, and new powers...
Labourlist (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Julian Ware-Lane / @warelane It is pleasing when you hear of someone who enjoys their work. In Belle de Jour ’s case she would appear to be in a minority in her chosen area of employment. But that Dr Brooke Magnanti has had to out herself in an act of pre-emption against the Daily Mail perhaps suggests a hint of disingenuousness on her part. Just over three years ago I worked a stint in Amsterdam....
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