Tag Archives: Today in Parliament

Morning(ish. Sorry folks) roundup, Wednesday 6th May 2009

06May09 – 10:23

The Gurkha related ho-down of last week continues apace, with the latest installment of this drama taking place in a special sitting of the Home Affairs Select Committee. Readers will know that I'm on the side of the Gurkhas in this particular kerfuffle, but I challenge the most ardent campaigner to listen to St Joanna of Lumley's evidence (available via Today in Parliament) without coming to the conclusion that, in the end, it's not just MPs who are destined to start believing their own press releases.

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Morning roundup, Wednesday 25th March 2009: the “Cheers Merve!” edition

25Mar09 – 10:12

How do you go to economic zero to hero if you're a beleaguered Governor of the Bank of England? That's right, throw tradition to the wind and come over all, "yeah, like, the Gord's plan for further stimulus SMELL OF POO, mmkay?" just at the point at which the PM's in Yankland attempting to build a global economic consensus. Well done, Mervyn King, for realising that there's going to be an election next year and there may be bottoms of a different hue to kiss: ten points for ass-covering, zero points for subtlety.

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Morning roundup, Tuesday 13th January 2009

13Jan09 – 09:12

As usual bringing you what's hot and what's not from teh internetz and beyond. This morning we heard sage words from the CBI, realised that wherever two or three are gathered together in the name of protesting over Heathrow that there will be celebrities in the midst of them, and learned that the hottest woman in Britain is a fan of the comrades. As if it were ever in doubt, eh?

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