Paul Flynn - Read My Day (Free subscription) | yesterday
After the year from hell, we in the Labour Party will take comfort from any source. It's a telling lesson that today's poll showing Labour six points ahead is a great boost. It means my seat in Newport West is...
Paul Flynn - Read My Day (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Evidence from the USA that the Kelly report disregarded would have improved his report. He did not take a great deal of notice of the evidence I sent him on the same point - the corrupting nature of second jobs...
Paul Flynn - Read My Day (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
In the past I had some respect for Paddy Ashdown. He has blown that away. He was courageous on Bosnia raising the issue beyond the point of boredom and exasperation by other MPs - including his own party members. But...
The Lone Voice (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
An actual quote from my local liar and part time MP, Paul Flynn: " I have no personal gripe here as the Telegraph named me one of five 'Expenses Angels'. It was because of evidence that I submitted to Kelly." Now as I have covered his expenses here before (see the sidebar), I will just add that the Telegraph in this instance got it wrong. Quite simply when an MP claims back all their travel,...
Paul Flynn - Read My Day (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Another cheap shot from Cameron. He is trying to exploit the public's perception that Labour is mainly to blame for the expenses scandal. All parties are. I have no personal gripe here as the Telegraph named me one of five...
Paul Flynn - Read My Day (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Total number of British Soldiers killed in Afghanistan = 235 I was asked today, why is politics is funny. Interesting question. A Radio Five Radio show is contemplating a show on this fascinating subject. It arises out of the astonishing...
Money: Money blog | guardian.co.uk (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The ombudsman's recommendations on compensation for victims of the insurer's collapse are being snuffed out On 5 November 1605, Guy Fawkes intended to blow up parliament. He failed, but on 5 November 2009, the similarly bearded Labour MP Paul Flynn declared Fawkes' work was successfully completed . Any idea that parliament was supreme in this land was "a quaint old-fashioned view", he told...
Paul Flynn - Read My Day (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The people have spoken. Three-quarters of them want our troops brought home from Afghanistan. No democratic country can continue escalating a war without public support. That is why Gordon Brown and David Milliband are hinting at an exit. It's the...
Paul Flynn - Read My Day (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
‘Just relatives first, please’ the usher said in inviting mourners into the crematorium today for the celebration of the life of Walt (Sonny) Waters. The usher repeated his plea for ‘relatives only’ as the Waters clan filled up three quarters...
icWales (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
LABOUR MP Paul Flynn has warned that energy bills could rise by nearly £230 a year to help pay for the new round of nuclear power stations announced by the UK Government last week.
Paul Flynn - Read My Day (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
The poet Patrick Jones has kindly given me permission to print his new poem. Malalai Joya is a suspended Aghanistan MP. She ran a girls school under the Taliban and has said that human rights under Karzai are worse than...
Paul Flynn - Read My Day (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
It's always a worthwhile event. Today more than ever. Last week there were several armistice day commemorations in my constituency. I attend two of them. The attendances this year were greater than ever. Today was the special Newport commemoration of...
The Lone Voice (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Labour Conservative MP John Bercow took the job of Speaker in the House of Commons on the promise that he would be a " reforming Speaker. " The grace-and-favour apartment of Speaker John Bercow has been refurbished at a cost of more than £45,000 to the taxpayer since he took up the post in June. This is more than double the £20,000 which Mr Bercow initially said he was spending...
underdogs bite upwards (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
It's very hard to feel sympathy for a lawyer. This one just lost her £150,000 job because her DNA is on the national database . She must have done something terrible, surely? Well, it turns out she hasn't done anything at all. She's one of those who was arrested but not charged, but her DNA is on file anyway. Her employer's check showed that her DNA was on file for an unfounded allegation, and...
Paul Flynn - Read My Day (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
It could not get worse, I thought. But it has. The Guardian reveal today the vulnerability of Nato's armies. For every lorry of supplies transported from Kabul to Kandahar the Americans are paying 'protection money' of about $1,500. The cash...
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