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6 Aug

Question Time – Europe and PR

Posted by David in Constitutional Reform, Electoral Reform, Europe, Question Time, The Expenses Scandal. Tagged: Allowances, Attendance Allowance, Brussels, Closed-list, Constituency, Direct representation, EU, Europe, European Parliament, Expenses, House of Lords, individuals, Jo Swinson, Maastricht treaty, Nigel Farage, parties, PR, Proportional Representation, Question Time, Westminster, William Pitt the Younger. Leave a Comment

Oh dear. I have a feeling this may be a long one…

5 Aug

MPs expenses – the cliches, the dodges and the uncomfortable truths.

Posted by David in The Expenses Scandal. Tagged: Alan Duncan, Allowances, Average Wage, Daily Telegraph, Expenses, Expenses Scandal, Freedom of Information, Headless Chickens, Independent body, Media, MPs, MPs expenses, Nadine Dorries, Parliament, Profit, Question Time, Salary, Sarah Sands, The Daily Politics. Leave a Comment

With MPs expenses being one of the juciest scandals in British politics for quite some time, I’m going to have a look at some of the most interesting – and irritating – politician and press cliches that have been doing the rounds.

5 Aug

Third note.

Posted by David in Question Time, The Expenses Scandal. Tagged: Anger, Expenses Scandal, Politicians, Public, Question Time, Representation. Leave a Comment

This week’s question time is a beauty. It’s turning into a politician’s cliche week, a public’s cliche week and no-one seems to be having a pleasant time…

5 Aug