Spy Blog - SpyBlog.org.uk (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Another Wilson Doctrine Parliamentary Question and an evasive Answer:by the Ministry of Justice: 21 July 2008 : Column 910W Prisons: Electronic Surveillance Andrew Mackinlay: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2008,...
Revolts.co.uk (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
On Thursday, 19 Labour MPs backed an amendment in the name of Andrew Mackinlay which urged the Government to staff the secretariat of the Intelligence and Security Committee with officials under the authority of the Clerk of the House. The...
Craig Murray (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
New Labour hates independence of mind, and unsurprisingly therefore views Andrew Mackinlay as a threat. I doubt there is a more genuine and well-intentioned person in the House of Commons than Andrew. For years he has been devoted to the...
angels in marble (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
When Andrew Mackinlay, MP for the Essex seat of Thurrock , complains that the constitutional debate is not including England and English MPs and dresses his complaint in the words "It's my UK," he exemplifies the difficulty in there being no forum in which the reconvening of the English Parliament is being argued. The Irish Parliament could well invite an Ulster representation of Ulster's people, for...
angels in marble (Free subscription) | 22/04/2008
Andrew Mackinlay, MP for Thurrock in Essex, (reports the Times), suggested the sensitivity of the party's high command to the issue, (doubling the tax rate for the poorest in the country), was blunted by the fact that local elections are not taking place in Scotland, where so much of the Labour establishment is based. “If they had been going to the polls in Scotland next week, the political antennae...
Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 02/04/2008
Enjoy five minutes of political banter with Labour MP Andrew Mackinlay, plus a little comment on Nick Cleggover.
Evening Standard (Free subscription) | 23/03/2008
Government Chief Whip Geoff Hoon was branded stupid' by a senior Labour MP last night for trying to crush the growing Commons revolt over new fertility laws. Thurrock MP Andrew Mackinlay claimed that Mr Hoon's refusal to allow Labour MPs to oppose the Embryo Bill on the grounds of conscience was an insult to the intelligence' and showed that Ministers were totally out of touch' with public opinion...
Brits on Pole (Free subscription) | 21/03/2008
Labour MP Andrew MacKinlay has thrown a bucket of cold water on the BBC's celebrations at regaining the rights to show Formula One by claiming it wasn't a real sport and should be on commercial TV.
Kevin Garside (Free subscription) | 21/03/2008
Andrew MacKinlay, Labour MP for Thurrock in Essex, believes the BBC were wrong to pursue a TV deal for Formula One. The corporation should, he argued, spend its licence fee on "real sports rather than the wealthy industry of Formula One". British hope: Lewis Hamilton has captured the imagination Is he mad? Sky paid £240 million for the rights to broadcast Champions League football for three years....
TotalF1.com (Free subscription) | 21/03/2008
British Labour MP Andrew MacKinlay has attacked Formula 1 saying that the BBC should not be paying the fees to broadcast the races and that the public broadcaster should spend its money on "real sports" rather than "the wealthy industry of F1". MacKinlay said that licence-payers have a right to know what the deal is costing the BBC.
TotalF1.com (Free subscription) | 20/03/2008
A politician has criticised the BBC after winning exclusive rights to show Formula One in the UK for the next five years. Speaking during the weekly Business Questions Session in the House of Commons, Andrew MacKinlay disputed whether the decision was in the best interest of licence payers, adding that the fee could be better
