Reform of the House of Lords?
Following yesterday’s pomp and circumstance, what could be more apt than considering the promised reform of that most august institution, host to the state opening of parliament, the House of Lords...
View ArticleThe closure of NOTW should be the beginning of a media overhaul, not the end.
The shock and horror of the British public over the phone hacking scandal at the News of the World is palpable. The British public may have had little sympathy with media-courting celebrities who...
View ArticleIs Cameron Now Trying to Bring the UK Film Council Back from the Ashes?
Earlier this week I found myself more than a little surprised to hear that David Cameron had said that the UK must help “producers to make commercially successful pictures that rival the quality and...
View ArticleHoneyball’s Weekly Round-Up
Last week the wash-up of the local elections continued as the nation prepared for the Queens speech in which the coalition government would reveal what it had in store for us in the second half of its...
View ArticleWeekly Round-up
The Labour Party issued a statement last week clarifying its position on the ex-Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Jean-Claude Juncker’s, bid for President of the European Commission. The party said, in a...
View ArticleCameron fails women
It was not a good day for women in David Cameron’s party yesterday. He illustrated that he is in no way committed to any form of gender parity after the number of women in his cabinet rose by just two....
View ArticleTories hit families with welfare cuts
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the Tories planned £12 billion worth of welfare cuts will have the greatest impact on families. Tax credits and other working age benefits are expected to be...
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