From NN Journal this evening: Wellingborough MP Peter Bone's 13 year political career has ended in disgrace this evening as residents have decided to remove him as their MP. In the last ten minutes, recall petition administrators North Northamptonshire Council, announced that 10,505 Wellingborough and Rushden constituents signed their names to end his political career. Ten percent were needed to remove the MP. In the end 13 per cent signed it. The recall petition was begun after parliament suspended the MP following a damning report published in October which found during 2012 and early 2013 he had bullied and indecently ...
The authorities are having a little immigration problem as a troubleshooter for Australian Immigration reveals.
Embed from Getty ImagesSo far, reports the Nation Cymru website, two men have declared themselves as candidates for the leadership of Welsh Labour, but no women. Despite rumours of Eluned Morgan and Hannah Blythyn joining the race for the First Minister job, both have since ruled themselves out and there are currently no women expected to stand. On Sunday, Mark Drakeford told Politics Wales that despite there being "hugely talented" women in the Labour group, people know they will be the target for "deeply unpleasant" attacks on social media. Jane Dodds, the leader of the Welsh Lib Dems, agrees with ...
Last week, Liberal Democrat Voice shared Carmichael's timely speech on UK's asylum policy. I'd like to share my views on this critical issue. First, the legal implications. In terms of domestic law, the Rwanda Safety Bill is setting the scene for a constitutional crisis. The Bill overturns a Supreme Court decision, but under the UK's unwritten constitution, the separation of power between the legislature and the judiciary is not as sharply defined as compared to other jurisdictions, such as the US. To limit parliament's legislative power (even when it is a case of limiting Doublespeak), is not without risk for ...
One relatively unreported aspect of the MIchelle Mone PPE scandal is the way she used legal threats to try and keep the whole thing under wraps. It is possible that only when this approach broke down that she decided to come clean on the lies she had been telling in public. The European documents the threats that were made to them to try and prevent the publication of reports on the how Mone and her billionaire husband, Doug Barrowman, had profiteered to the tune of more than £60m from the Covid pandemic. They say that a significant number of journalists ...
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'I'm worried that if it's not the bullets that kill them, it will be the lack of water,' says Layla ...
Layla Moran appeared on Channel 4 News last night. "(She said) her relatives are among hundreds of civilians trapped in a Catholic Church in Gaza City as Israeli forces operate nearby. Over the weekend, the Catholic authority in the region claimed that two women were killed by Israeli snipers inside the Holy Family Parish compound. Israel has denied targeting the church." You can watch the interview by clicking on the arrow above or here.
Fraser's weekly ward surgeries take place later today and every Tuesday during school term time. They are as follows : Tuesdays at 5pm prompt - Blackness Library Tuesdays at 5.45pm prompt - Ancrum Road Primary School All residents welcome - no appointment necessary. These are Fraser's last surgeries of 2023 and his surgeries return immediately after the school holidays in the New Year.
