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Reasons why I (and other disabled people) hate David Cameron
I think I need to begin this blog by clarifying my use of the word ‘hate’ as I don’t use it lightly.
By Laurence Clark | Notebook, Opinion | Friday, 10 August 2012 at 2:00 am
Global Hunger Event should seek to make malnutrition history
Following years of civil war progress has been made in securing peace and stability. Infant and maternal mortality have fallen significantly and access to primary education is greatly improved. However, despite these advances it was shocking to learn that Burundi has one of the highest levels of child malnutrition in the world.
By Ivan Lewis MP | Notebook, Opinion | Friday, 10 August 2012 at 12:00 am
We should keep the focus on sport, not just future Olympians
The opening ceremony marked the start of a two-week period in which everything good has inevitably resulted from the Olympics and anything bad has been the fault of the Coalition.
By Tom Davies | Notebook, Olympics, Opinion, Sport | Thursday, 9 August 2012 at 3:17 pm
Aidan Burley and why the Tory party need to tackle bigotry head on
This year has seen a string of catastrophic events, including significant errors made by government ministers, piling more pressure on Cameron – as with each occasion the buck ultimately stops with him – and once again his judgment is under the spotlight.
By Richard Sudan | Opinion | Saturday, 28 July 2012 at 4:04 pm
Miliband enjoys another summer poll boost
One other thing which I found striking was the extent to which Clegg and Cameron’s highs and lows appear to mirror each other in the last year
By Matt Chorley | Eagle Eye, iPolitics | Tuesday, 24 July 2012 at 1:36 pm
Omnishambles, smirting and amazeballs: we should embrace new words, even if they are ridiculous
With Collins inviting the public to submit entries for its latest dictionary last week, new words – or neologisms – are a hot topic at the moment. This year has been a particularly fertile one for them, starting in April with Ed Milliband’s use of omnishambles in Prime Minister’s Question Time. Since then there seems to have been an unstoppable barrage of newly-minted and mostly annoying items of vocabulary.
By Lee Williams | Notebook, Opinion | Tuesday, 24 July 2012 at 1:00 am
Cameron copies neither Blair nor Thatcher, but Major and Wilson
Nigel Lawson’s advice to David Cameron came too late. In an interview with Steve Richards, my esteemed colleague, on BBC Radio 4 The Week In Westminster, Lord Lawson advised the Prime Minister to model himself on Margaret Thatcher rather than Tony Blair. He said: “I do think he has a lot to learn from her.”
Unfortunately, Cameron, [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Saturday, 21 July 2012 at 4:36 pm
Omar Suleiman, Paul Lawrie, Ray J, The Dark Knight Rises
A look at the trending topics on social networking sites and search engines today, to see what we’re interested in, and why.
By Ellen E Jones | Notebook | Thursday, 19 July 2012 at 11:21 am
“Fresh consent for a fresh settlement”
Yesterday was a good day for the House of Commons, if you think it is important that members of the Government should spend a lot of time in the Chamber being accountable to our elected representatives. The Prime Minister on Europe and then the Chancellor on the interest-rate-fixing scandal answered questions at the despatch box [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Tuesday, 3 July 2012 at 3:16 pm
The EU can amplify our human rights pledge
“Human rights and democracy are inextricably connected. Only in a democracy can individuals fully realize their human rights; only when human rights are respected can democracy flourish.”
By Jeremy Browne and Edward McMillan-Scott | Notebook, Opinion, The Foreign Desk | Thursday, 28 June 2012 at 9:58 am
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