SCOT goes POP! (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Startling to see at the Spectator's Coffee House that the right-wing of the Conservative party apparently feel that the left is over-represented in the shadow cabinet - because "Ken Clarke, Andrew Lansley and Sir George Young [are] all in it". Well, yes, that's a staggering three...out of thirty-four. Narrow it down to the vocally Europhile left (although 'left' is clearly a highly relative...
ffranc sais (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Pressed by both David Heath for the Liberal Democrats, the Conservatives' Sir George Young and even one of her own back-benchers, Andrew Miller, the Leader of the House today brushed off requests for a debate on data assurance. She refused to see a connection between the collection of vast amounts of personal data by the Home Office and yet another failure of security of government-collected data,...
A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Charles Dickens’ detractors blame his often-florid style on the original method in which he published many of his novels, in serialized, paid-by-the-word newspaper installments. Colin Harrison’s seventh novel, Risk , first published in The New York Times Magazine , gives the lie to presumptions about what the serial can do. The form may be due for a reinstatement if it produces more books...
The Internet Business Blog (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
By George young These days, people already have two options when it comes to online services. They can either have a service free or paid. Many would think that it would be better to get the free service. However, there are several things that people have to consider prior to choosing the kind of services that they choose especially when it comes to web hosting services. Web hosting service is the...
The Business Blog (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
By George young Web hosting services are offered now in two leading categories: the paid and the free ones. Many of course would choose the ones that are free of charge, but there are some factors that would help you realize that the paid ones also have a greater advantage over the ones that do not come with a fee. Web hosting is the service where you will be given a space in order to broadcast and...
The Lone Voice (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Whilst you are still in work, your MP is making sure their expenses forms are handed in, packing the suntan, booking an appointment with the rentboy and off to celebrate Christmas . Harriet Harman faced a storm of protest after announcing MPs will break up for Christmas on December 16 - the earliest date since records began. The Conservatives attacked the Commons Leader's announcement of a three-week...
Events dear boy, events (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Ken Clarke is a hero with MPs having received an unreserved apology from Sir Thomas Legg. However, his past is not all it seems. Alice Thompson, in an article about Tory talent, obviously believes Ken had so much of the stuff that be never needed a red box when he was Chancellor: Having been out of power for 13 years, only two Shadow Cabinet ministers have swung a red box — William Hague and...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Somewhere in the Commons library there must be a dusty book explaining the rules and purpose of a Speaker's conference. No one needed to consult it when Margaret Thatcher was in power. John Major left its pages unread. Tony Blair did not want to be troubled by parliament. But it was somehow characteristic of Gordon Brown's cautious constitutionalism that he proposed, in late 2007, that the first Speaker's...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Tory MP takes over from Sir George Young Tory MP David Curry has taken over as the chairman of the Commons sleaze watchdog, it was revealed today. The MP for Skipton and Ripon was elected as Sir George Young's successor on the standards and privileges committee at a meeting this morning, officials confirmed. Young gave up his responsibilities after David Cameron appointed him shadow leader of the...
Denverstrope (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
I've just got back from a nice trip to Tenby (lovely little town) only to be confronted by a vague rumour in the Spectator that Michael Heseltine might be about to make some sort of a comeback with a possible role offered to him in a Cameron cabinet. I've got two sets of opinions about this, one positive and one most definitely negative. First, the positive. Tarzan is still a powerful, even commanding...
Andy Peacock (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
Shadow Justice Minster Pay £25.000 of Expenses Conservative Shadow Justice Minister Eleanor Laing is paying back £25.000 in expenses after a metro expose despite being cleared by Sir Thomas Legg's report. She said she did not owe any money but felt honour –bound to do so, as I said I would go months ago. The Conservative MP also face a confidence vote by her local party in 12 days...
Not a sheep (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
From today's proceedings of the House of Commons: "Mr. Baron: Will the Minister address this matter seriously and urgently? Answers to written questions show that between 1997 and 2000, for each page of primary legislation, there were 14 minutes of debating time on the Floor of the House. In the three Sessions ending in 2006, that figure had halved to seven minutes. We need either to increase...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- 10/15/09 -- The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC), today announced the four-year term appointment of Mr. George Young to the Board of Directors of the..
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC), today announced the four-year term appointment of Mr. George Young to the Board of Directors of the CTC.
KERRY MCCARTHY (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
Sir George Young is doing his first stint as Shadow Leader of the House at this very moment. (First stint this time round; he's done it before). A marked change from his predecessor, Alan Duncan, who could always be relied upon to bring a bit of verve and humour to the occasion. He's just asked for a debate on the Guardian injunction, and also on the EDM which calls for election night to be protected,...
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