http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Mon, 20 May 2013 22:04:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/16/ian-katz-and-the-great-clark-county-stunt/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/16/ian-katz-and-the-great-clark-county-stunt/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 13:39:35 +0000 Andy McSmith http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=34954 Never mind what the political views of Newsnight's new editor: How good is his judgement?]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/16/ian-katz-and-the-great-clark-county-stunt/feed/ 3 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/16/eleven-labour-mps-backed-last-nights-tory-rebel-amendment-another-didnt-vote/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/16/eleven-labour-mps-backed-last-nights-tory-rebel-amendment-another-didnt-vote/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 09:22:34 +0000 Andy McSmith http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=34951 Here are Labour MPs who voted for the amendment regretting the absence of an EU referendum last night]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/16/eleven-labour-mps-backed-last-nights-tory-rebel-amendment-another-didnt-vote/feed/ 4 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/15/ten-labour-mps-have-signed-the-eu-amendment/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/15/ten-labour-mps-have-signed-the-eu-amendment/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 13:02:59 +0000 Andy McSmith http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=34934 Ten Labour MPs also 'regret' the absence of any mention of an EU referendum from the Queen's Speech]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/15/ten-labour-mps-have-signed-the-eu-amendment/feed/ 2 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/15/space-oddity-a-political-quiz-question/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/15/space-oddity-a-political-quiz-question/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 09:58:25 +0000 Andy McSmith http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=34918 What, or who links Tony Blair and the original version of Space Oddity?]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/15/space-oddity-a-political-quiz-question/feed/ 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/09/ex-jailbird-lord-hanningfield-claimed-24600-in-2012/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/09/ex-jailbird-lord-hanningfield-claimed-24600-in-2012/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 11:30:51 +0000 Andy McSmith http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=34797 The latest figures show that the former Tory peer, jailed for dishonesty, collected in nine months almost as much as the average worker is paid in a year]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/09/ex-jailbird-lord-hanningfield-claimed-24600-in-2012/feed/ 4 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/02/police-commissioner-seeks-commercial-sponsorship-for-the-local-constabulary/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/02/police-commissioner-seeks-commercial-sponsorship-for-the-local-constabulary/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 12:12:42 +0000 Andy McSmith http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=34614 Devon's elected PCC has blogged that he is working on a plan to raise private cash for the police]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/02/police-commissioner-seeks-commercial-sponsorship-for-the-local-constabulary/feed/ 2 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/01/tony-blairs-1m-donation-from-a-reformed-junk-bond-king/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/01/tony-blairs-1m-donation-from-a-reformed-junk-bond-king/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 12:16:53 +0000 Andy McSmith http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=34593 Michael Milken, centre of one of the biggest financial scandals of the 1980s, meets the ex Prime Minister]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/01/tony-blairs-1m-donation-from-a-reformed-junk-bond-king/feed/ 10 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/29/gordon-browns-fees-on-the-lecture-circuit-top-210000-in-two-months/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/29/gordon-browns-fees-on-the-lecture-circuit-top-210000-in-two-months/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:40:18 +0000 Andy McSmith http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=34543 The former Prime Minister is on course to generate more than £1.2 million income for his office this year.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/29/gordon-browns-fees-on-the-lecture-circuit-top-210000-in-two-months/feed/ 4 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/26/if-there-ever-was-a-miliband-galloway-love-in-its-all-over-now/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/26/if-there-ever-was-a-miliband-galloway-love-in-its-all-over-now/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:44:34 +0000 Andy McSmith http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=34478 Galloway has denounced the Labour leader as "an unprincipled coward."]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/26/if-there-ever-was-a-miliband-galloway-love-in-its-all-over-now/feed/ 2 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/25/lords-ignore-the-moat-in-their-eye/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/25/lords-ignore-the-moat-in-their-eye/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:18:17 +0000 Andy McSmith http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=34459 I see the Lords have been asking about police officers who are convicted of serious offences but keep their jobs.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/25/lords-ignore-the-moat-in-their-eye/feed/ 2 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/23/rip-jim-mortimer-nice-man-worst-general-secretary-of-the-labour-party-ever/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/23/rip-jim-mortimer-nice-man-worst-general-secretary-of-the-labour-party-ever/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:41:22 +0000 Andy McSmith http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=34405 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/23/rip-jim-mortimer-nice-man-worst-general-secretary-of-the-labour-party-ever/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/23/david-beckhams-media-profile-hits-an-all-time-low/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/23/david-beckhams-media-profile-hits-an-all-time-low/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:53:59 +0000 Andy McSmith http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=34394 First, he was outscored by Margaret Thatcher, but now the number of hits recorded on ‘Le Beckhamètre' has fallen even further.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/23/david-beckhams-media-profile-hits-an-all-time-low/feed/ 0