Badger trial is “rigged – and useless”
Here’s a press release from the Badger Trust, outlinging its concerns about the badger cull pilots announced yesterday. 19th January 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Badger...
Read this entry »Kerry McCarthy (Lab)
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Kerry, who is MP for Bristol East, told Blogminster: "Constituents increasingly expect to find their MPs online and those that are reluctant to engage with voters in this way are disadvantaging themselves by not reaching a wider public."Articles written by Kerry McCarthy (Lab)
Borgen
I’ve been trying to watch the Danish political drama “Borgen” because so many people have been raving about it. I’m not,...
Read this entry » HorseWorld
A story featuring local charity HorseWorld – which is literally yards outside my constituency, where the houses stop and the countryside...
Read this entry » Goat gets angry
Goats are great, aren’t they? There was some talk recently about introducing wild goats into the Avon Gorge, but as far as I know nothing’s...
Read this entry » Speakin’ proper
I’m in the constituency office, after a morning out campaigning in Stockwood, catching up on paperwork and emails as I didn’t get...
Read this entry » The best live band I ever saw…
The Live Bill, just to recap, removes the need for venues to get licences if a) they’re playing unamplified music or b) they’re playing...
Read this entry » Close of play…
So… the Daylight Saving Bill didn’t make it; it was talked out by a handful who opposed it. I don’t claim to understand the...
Read this entry » Another update…
We’re voting now on a closure motion on the second group of amendments. That’s a motion to stop debating them. The Deputy Speaker...
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“Scroungers” fight back
Sue Marsh and others have done an excellent job campaigning on disability issues, with their Spartacus report and efforts to persuade the Lords to amend the Welfare...
Read this entry »Hanging around
Just as an aside…. You will have just heard the Deputy Speaker say “will the Serjeant inspect the Noe lobby” as he did at the end of the first...
Read this entry »Another update… confusion reigns!
I was rather confused as to what was going on in the Chamber so had a word with the Clerk – and then had to explain it to my colleagues! Apparently the first...
Read this entry »It’s looking good for the Live Music Bill
Another update… it seems that there are 129 MPs here today. 119 voted to move on after 90 minutes of debating the first set of amendments on the Daylight Saving...
Read this entry »Today in Parliament…
Quick update on what’s happening so far today in parliament… I thought it was extremely unlikely we’d get the 100+ MPs here today that was needed...
Read this entry »Not many badgers in Bristol…
I’ve just received an email from someone who only calls himself ‘Philip’. There’s no text in the email but this is in the subject line: “I...
Read this entry »Not the Queen’s Speech
The Queen will be addressing Parliament on March 20th as part of her Diamond Jubilee celebrations. She’ll be speaking to assembled peers and MPs in Westminster...
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