Unfinished business in Afghanistan
BBC News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
How do you nation build with a corrupt regime, asks Jim Fitzpatrick.
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'Down to MPs to take decisions'
BBC News (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
The Politics Show's Jim Fitzpatrick takes a look at what's happening in the corridors of power
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Defra officials to be questioned on farm payments today
Computing.co.uk (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Isabel Williams, Computing , Monday 26 October 2009 at 15:41:00 MPs will question officials on failings outlined in a highly critical report by the National Audit Office MPs will question officials from the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) this afternoon over the future of the Rural Payments Agency and its failure to effectively deliver EU subsidies to farmers. The Public...
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“But we think we can move on from that.”
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
During the coverage of the UUP Conference today, BBC NI’s Jim Fitzpatrick did a quick interview with the Conservative Party’s Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Owen Paterson, MP. Here’s a question and answer transcribed from that interview. [ Jim Fitzpatrick ] “Perhaps there is less of a tension on the constitutional issue in those areas, although Scotland excepted...
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Elections good news for scribes
BBC News (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
The Politics Show's Jim Fitzpatrick takes a look at what's happening in the corridors of power
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Minister calls Muslim-only press conference to deny Islamophobia charge
Pub Philosopher (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
It's been a bad week for agriculture minister Jim Fitzpatrick. As if the damning report on England's uniquely complicated and expensive farm payments system wasn't bad enough, poor Jim also had to appear before a bizarre Muslim-only press conference to...
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Gunmen not a return to the past
BBC News (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
The Politics Show's Jim Fitzpatrick takes a look at what's happening in the corridors of power
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How many civil servants does it take to change a light bulb?
Mark Wadsworth (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
This article might give us a clue : The EU farm subsidies system is a "masterclass of misadministration" in most of the UK, the head of the Commons Public Accounts Committee has said... Farming minister Jim Fitzpatrick has disputed figures showing average claim processing costs were £285 in Scotland, but £1,743 in England... The National Audit Office said the current average cost...
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(2009) New Labour M.P. Jim Fitzpatrick -ACCUSED OF MISUSING TAXPAYERS MONEY
Enemies of the People (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
A Government minister was today accused of misusing taxpayers’ money – allegedly spending thousands on invitations to Saturday coffee mornings. Farming Minister Jim Fitzpatrick broke Parliamentary rules, the Conservatives claim, by sending thousands of unsolicited letters using Commons notepaper and envelopes. Mr Fitzpatrick, the MP for Poplar and Canning Town, is already embroiled in a...
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Helicopter parents fly in to Stormont
BBC News (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Could all the political helicopter parenting backfire, asks Jim Fitzpatrick.
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Shouting about Britain's top farmers
Jane King's blog (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
There's less than 36 hours to go before the 5th Farmers Weekly Awards get underway in the Great Room, Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London. This year, we have 1200 guests, 45 farmer finalists, 15 sponsored categories and, for the first time, the Secretary of State Hilary Benn and DEFRA minister Jim Fitzpatrick MP are coming along with their respective wives. It should be quite a night of celebration...
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“I would hope that’s not what they’re saying.”
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 04/10/2009
If you saw the Politics Show today you may have noted NI First Minister Peter Robinson’s studied look of incredulity during the exchange transcribed here. The DUP leader having dismissed NI Secretary of State Shaun Woodward’s “devolve justice, get investment” argument - “God bless Shaun, but I’ve seen him with better arguments at his disposal in the past.”...
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Robinson has 'claws' for thought
BBC News (Free subscription) | 03/10/2009
The Politics Show's Jim Fitzpatrick takes a look at what's happening in the corridors of power
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“And long may he do so”
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 27/09/2009
On the Politics Show today , no video, as well as all but declaring her intention to run in the SDLP leadership contest, the Northern Ireland Social Development Minister, Magaret Ritchie, admitted missing the “non-negotiable” targets for social housing new-builds - “nearly 1300” out of a 1500 target. Meanwhile the NI Regional Development Minister, Sinn Féin’s Conor...
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MP Walks Out of Muslin Wedding
Wedding Chaos Blog (Free subscription) | 20/09/2009
A London MP is defending his actions when he came under attack last month after walking out of a Muslin wedding that he and his wife were attending. Jim Fitzpatrick is the MP for Poplar and Canning Town and he was attending the wedding of Bodrul Islam and Mahbuba Kamali at the London Muslim Centre in [...]