The end of the affair – and does it also herald the fall of a government?
When the Conservative Party announced its marriage of convenience to the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland, many of us …
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Have Tories been told not to vote in ANY Opposition Day debates?
What blatant disregard for democracy. It seems Conservative members of Parliament have been told not to bother voting in any …
Abstaining Labour MPs are independently singing from the same song sheet – written by a rat?
A Labour MP named Helen Hayes contacted This Writer on Twitter after the disastrous vote on the Welfare Reform and …
These are the Labour MPs who ran away when their constituents needed them
This is a roll call of shame. The Conservative Party has launched yet another attack on the poor, the disabled …
Labour MPs shout down Harman’s proposed support for child tax credit cut
The Parliamentary Labour Party turned against interim leader Harriet Harman when she called on members to support her claim that …
Cameron sees off his backbench Eurosceptics with Labour’s help; how lowering!
David Cameron suffered his first serious humiliation of the new Parliament yesterday (Tuesday), when he had to rely on the …
SNP fails at first challenge in Westminster
Some of us knew the Scottish Nationalists were more full of wind than bagpipes, but now we’re all seeing the …
Cameron’s Palestine abstention is just as well. What is his word worth?
The BBC is reporting that David Cameron will abstain on today’s (Monday) symbolic vote on whether the UK should acknowledge …
Cameron on Gaza is like a little boy arguing over a toy gun
Today we are all very disappointed in young David – or at least we should be. As a ceasefire in …
UN Gaza resolution highlights Coalition’s human rights ineptitude
Say what you like about the situation in Israel/Palestine, the establishment of a UN Commission of Inquiry into human rights …