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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Six places to be reserved for serving members of the armed forces during prime minister's questions or any other parliamentary debate Serving members of the armed forces will be given priority when the Commons allocates places in the public gallery for prime minister's questions, John Bercow said today. The Speaker told MPs that up to six places in the public gallery would be reserved for armed forces...
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icWales (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
COMMONS Speaker John Bercow last night urged MPs not to stand in the way of radical changes to their expenses, warning of a public backlash if the plans are watered down.
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
John Bercow the new speaker of the House of Commons has urged MPs to lobby the new independent body set up to oversee their expenses if they are unhappy with Sir Christopher Kelly's recommendations.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Man appointed to chair the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority already has one strike against him as far as MPs are concerned Sir Ian Kennedy, who has been chosen to chair the new independent Commons expenses watchdog , has one strike against him as far as MPs are concerned. They dislike the fact he will be paid up to £100,000 – £30,000 more than a backbench MP's basic...
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politicalbetting.com (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Are we seeing a new approach from the speaker? The main feature for me of a fairly subdued PMQs was the readiness of the speaker, John Bercow, to stop Gordon Brown from using his replies to attack opposition policy - something that has become almost common place. It happened in a reply on the first question [...]
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg pledge their support for the recommendations of the chairman of the committee on standards in public life All three main party leaders today gave their backing to Sir Christopher Kelly's proposals for a radical overhaul of MPs' expenses as it was announced the chairman of the new body overseeing the process would be paid up to £100,000 a year. The Commons...
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Talk about Newsnight (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
"Cast-iron guarantee" was the phrase of the day at Prime Minister's Questions today as Gordon Brown and Labour MPs taunted the Tories on their pledge to hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. The trouble is that Brown calls it "iron cast" and pronounces "iron" in a rather strange way, with two syllables rather than one. Still, we can expect Labour researchers to be busily...
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Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
By Chris Irvine, Telegraph Parliament could soon host its first ever civil partnership ceremony, with Chris Bryant, the Europe minister, becoming the first homosexual MP to ‘marry’, according to reports. Mr Bryant, a former Church of England chaplain, and his partner Jared Cranney, are said to be working with John Bercow, the House of Commons Speaker, to finalise the [...]
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ConservativeHome's ToryDiary (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Highlights, not verbatim: 12.30pm Tory MP Ian Taylor urges Brown to listen to scientific advise and NOT "shoot the messenger". Mr Brown says that the Government will always listen to scientists but they must not issue conflicting advice. 12.28pm: Brown suggests that Cameron's "iron-cast" guarantees aren't worth much. On Monday Cameron made an "iron-cast" commitment to...
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The Observer (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
MPs will have until the end of the year to fight back against proposed new rules on parliamentary life being published tomorrow. Sir Christopher Kelly's report is just one of several submissions to the new Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa), but his proposals are likely to be the most ambitious. There have been expectations that Kelly will call for MPs to be banned from employing...
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Malcolm Clarke Labour (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
I received the most ridiculous email from a reader. Asking for my opinion on an issue they wrote that "Be careful as your opinions could catch your party out". Firstly, I am not an elected member of anything so my opinions as directed by my blog blurb are simply me knee jerk and on the whole unresearched opinions on news items relating to politics. Once I get elected either to council or...
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Londonist (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Image / Craig Richardson The Houses of Parliament will next year take a major step into the modern world by hosting its first ever gay wedding . Under Pugin's fixtures and fittings, Europe minister Chris Bryant and his fiancee Jared Cranney will have a civil partnership ceremony, marking another victory for gay rights and acceptability: it was only three years ago that Ben Bradshaw became the first...
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Media: PDA | guardian.co.uk (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Propelled by the success of political sites such as TheyWorkForYou the BBC is launching its own portal, Democracy Live Just when politicians thought that they might get some time away from the public gaze, as the electorate grows weary of MPs' expenses, a new watchdog has been born. The BBC today launches a new online service, Democracy Live, which will enable the public to follow political debates...
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Cllr. Martyn Findley (BNP) (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
The speaker of the house of commons should have a reasonably quiet life bearing in mind that it is traditional that they display political impartiality and in return no opposition is offered to their re-election should a general election take place. The current speaker apparently does not value his historic position that greatly: - Speaker attacks 'poison' of BNP Commons Speaker John Bercow won a standing...
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The anger of a Quiet Man (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
On Wednesday a lot of MP's will be hoping and praying that at last a lid will be able to be put upon the expenses crisis, that it can be consigned to the past and forgotten whilst they get on with allowing Brussels to run the country. Except it's not, there's one glaring omission in the widely leaked Christopher Kelly report and that's flipping your home. Reforms of MPs' expenses will exclude one of...
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