It is assumed that being a British Member of Parliament is a full time job. One of the reforms being discussed is to regulate and discourage MPs from moonlighting and doing work on the side. Constituency work, parliamentary business and party roles should add up to enough that an MP is delighted to find a [...]
If you haven’t seen this most excellent video about “new” Tories, please do so now. If you can handle it, it’s an extraordinary 8 minutes of your time. The video is a speedy mini-documentary about these “young Tories” we hear so much about, and how spiffing they are and how they like to have a [...]
The Conservatives are always ready to implode over the continent. It’s a testament to David Cameron’s political skill/luck that he has specifically been able to avoid mention of Europe, keeping the focus of the debate on “I’m not Gordon Brown.” The Tory Party Political Broadcast was ‘scrapped’ (I’m not sure if they even made one [...]
My good friend Simon Budden has written in to give his account of the event on Friday. Here he tells us what happened from inside the building. By Simon Budden While Hadleigh stayed outside during the protest at the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institute (BRLSI), I managed to make my way into the building [...]
Further to my previous posts here and here regarding the controversial decision to invite the BNP to speak at a debate on the European Elections of June 4th 2009, this is my account of what occured at the meeting. Arriving at about 1830 (I had aimed to get there at 1800, but the bus hit [...]
There have been some changes to the BRLSI event regarding the hustings for the European Elections. In light of the wave of walkouts lead by Labour’s Glyn Ford MEP, followed by Lib Dem Graham Watson MEP and Green Party Ricky Knight who all refused to share a platform with the British National Party candidate Jeremy [...]
Glyn Ford, Labour MEP for the South West, came to Bath yesterday and told me an interesting story about a debate due to happen in Bath. Glyn Ford MEP and Hattie Ajderian, Labour PPC for Bath. It seems that Unlock Democracy (formerly Charter 88) has been organising a Hustings Session at the BRLSI [...]
On Page 10 last issue of Impact, dated 25th of February 2008, we were greatly displeased by some of the comments made by Darien Jay, Vice Chair of Bath CF, in the article headlined “Bath’s Conservative Future Visit Parliament”. While the content of the article was of no concern, in fact, we congratulate the society [...]
