Coalition Blues

Sally Bercow shrugs off ‘storm in bedsheet’

BBC News - Politics — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:21:43 +0000

Speaker's wife Sally Bercow says she was "a fool" to agree to pose in a bedsheet for a newspaper but says it was "harmless fun".

EU parliament post office burgled

BBC News - Politics — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:06:20 +0000

Armed robbers raid the post office inside the European parliament building, as Europe's leaders gather for a summit just hundreds of metres away.

The return of TINA

admin — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:01:12 +0000

There is a worrying trend with this coalition and that is the return of something we’ve not seen since the 1980s. The return of TINA.

TINA stands for “There Is No Alternative” and is being used instead of rational argument to justify whatever misery David Cameron wants to deal out next – all in the name of fighting the debt crisis.

No matter what the objections are, TINA is revoked as if that is enough.

I thought TINA had been banished to history with Thatcher but sadly she is back.

Watchdog in expense apology to MP

BBC News - Politics — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:55:38 +0000

The expenses watchdog apologises to a Tory MP after it wrongly included his claim for £1,500 of office furniture among those which had been rejected.

MPs briefed on phone hacking law

BBC News - Politics — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:42:50 +0000

MPs have been briefed on the legality of phone hacking as they conduct an inquiry into claims that the practice has been widespread among journalists.

Clegg: Long road for UK economy

BBC News - Politics — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:21:54 +0000

Nick Clegg has defended the government against accusations that it does not have a plan for boosting the economy, but admitted that "the nation faces a long, hard road back to prosperity".

Miliband ‘next generation’ pledge

BBC News - Politics — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:10:56 +0000

Ed Miliband accuses the government of setting back the chances of young people and says Labour must stand up for the next generation.

Clegg: We do have plan for growth

BBC News - Politics — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:48:01 +0000

Deputy PM Nick Clegg defends the government against accusations that it does not have a plan for boosting the economy.

Sally Bercow: ‘It’s a storm in a bedsheet’

BBC News - Politics — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:02:18 +0000

Speaker's wife Sally Bercow tells BBC Radio 5 live that she should not be taken so seriously

MPs deny Devine expenses advice

BBC News - Politics — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 13:45:16 +0000

Two Labour MPs deny advising a colleague on trial over his expenses that he could make claims from one allowance to cover staffing costs.