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Curly's Corner Shop, the blog! (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Councils “over react” on safety measures Remember these posts about the scandalous state of our graveyards in South Tyneside? Well at last a government minister has taken note of people’s concerns, particularly those raised by John Mann the MP for Bassetlaw, who has been campaigning to restrict the amount of headstones which have been staked or laid [...]
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
The Electoral Commission has been asked to investigate a donation to the Conservative Party made by an American banker through her London-based company. The Labour MP John Mann accused the Tories of "flouting" the ban on foreign donors after Robin Saunders reportedly paid £6,600 to attend the party's annual black-and-white fundraising ball in February.
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Labourhome (Free subscription) | 20/10/2008
Lord Ashcroft has just announced that he will be leaving 80% of his considerable wealth to a charitable foundation. His poor family will be left with a mere £180m, and control of the trust. But why is Ashcroft briefing the press about this now? Labour MP John Mann asked the electoral commission to investigate his tax status and confirmed to me yesterday that he is under investigation. A recent rash...
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Dizzy Thinks (Free subscription) | 15/10/2008
From John Mann That this House notes that salvia divinorum is a drug with hallucinogenic effects; is concerned that this drug is entirely legal and sold freely in the UK and is cited on websites selling it as `the drug the Government forgot to ban'; is further concerned that young people have taken to using sites like YouTube to broadcast their friends taking the drug and experiencing the hallucinogenic...
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Skuds' Sister's Brother (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
A decline in membership is something that affects all political parties. There are surges of interest, but the overall long-term trend is against belonging to any party. Even so, Dave’s Decline, the recent study by John Mann MP and Mike Joslin (available at Labourlist.org) should be worrying for the Tories, especially in Horsham and Crawley. Tom [...]
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Labourhome (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
Today labourlist.org launches a report - “Dave’s Decline: Tory party membership fall shows no enthusiasm for phoney cameron” by John Mann MP and Mike Joslin. According to the Tories own figures, Tory membership is in decline. From reports to the Electoral Commission, 90% of local associations with a sitting MP report either no recruitment or a fall in members. http://www.labourlist.org/daves-decline.pdf...
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Luke's Blog (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
John Mann MP has uncovered figures which show that since David Cameron’s election as Tory Leader: • Tory Constituency membership has fallen by an average of 24 in 2006 and 93 in 2007. • Each Shadow cabinet member lost an average of 81 members in just the last year. • George Osborne experienced a net loss of 240 members since joining the Shadow Cabinet. • Even Cameron himself lost 19 members in Witney...
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MusicEmissions (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
Go Figure is the sixth full-length release by Canadian folk/rock band Spirit of the West. It's a departure from their strong folk-inspired performances, and delves into a harder, rockier sound. Spirit of the West is John Mann (Guitar, Vocals), Geoffrey Kelly (Guitar, Flute, Whistles, Vocals), Hugh McMillan (Guitar, Bass, Keyboards), Vince Ditrich (Drums), and Tobin Frank (Occasional Bass/Accordion)....
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Al Fin (Free subscription) | 13/09/2008
The human mind/brain is the most complex and powerful multi-purpose machine known to itself. Using powerful new imaging tools, cognitive scientists are untangling the back and forth workings of the brain in ways impossible until recently. Last year Drs. Peter J. Freed and J. John Mann, publishing in The American Journal of Psychiatry, reported on the literature of sadness and the brain. In 22 studies,...
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GreeneSpace (Free subscription) | 03/08/2008
At right is the cover of the Chowan County grand jury indictment, in spring 1829, of John Mann for the assault and battery of the slave Lydia. (From the North Carolina Office of Archives and History.) The charge was presented by a man named Josiah Small. Yet the slave's owner, as Ruffin's opinion in State v. Mann tells us, was named Elizabeth Jones, who for all this time has eluded historians. Who...
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Dizzy Thinks (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
Ben Brogan is reporting on the Labour MP John Mann's calls for investigation into the Parliamentary Resources Unit and a certain number of Tory MPs that are using expenses to pay for their subscription, and whether a total of £2million+ should be paid back. The questions that have arisen are whether the PRU is a engaging in party political activity or not. It does, after all, state that it "
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Benedict Brogan's political blog (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
The Labour MP John Mann believes he has spotted a wheeze used by Conservative MPs to claim taxpayer cash for their political work. He has written today to John Lyon, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, to have it checked out....
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Telegraph Blogs : Guests (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Full coverage of UK Politics There are few keener advocates of green energy than Labour MP John Mann. In fact, he is so enthusiastic about it that he has tabled a Commons motion calling for the roof of the Houses of Parliament to be covered with solar panels. "I've talked to engineers about it and they say it is eminently possible," says the Bassetlaw MP. "The many flat rooves are p...
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TalkAboutComics Blog (Free subscription) | 20/05/2008
John Mann has just posted a new review of Haunted (Joshua Smeaton) at Webcomics Nation: It is easy to appreciated this comic after looking at any one page. The art is very clean and very well done. Pleasing to the eye which is honestly a rarity for webcomics. You can see how some effort [...]
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TalkAboutComics Blog (Free subscription) | 30/04/2008
JOHN MANN has just posted a new review of Coming Up Violet (Written by Brian Daniel, drawn by Misty Caldwell, kid tested and mother approved) at Webcomics Nation: I really enjoyed reading the sister comic to this one - Fur Will Fly. This comic has all the same things going for it. The star [...]
