Coalition 2.0? Her Majesty the Queen opened the new session of Parliament last week. The formal pomp and ceremony gave way to the traditional feisty debate in the House of Commons later on the same day. The Speech had been billed as the second phase of the Coalition ...
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Smith Square Review – 20th April 2012
With all due Respect George Galloway made his first contribution at Prime Minister’s Question Time this week as the Respect MP for Bradford West following his shock by-election victory. His inaugural question regarded, unsurprisingly, the timetable for the withdrawal of British troops from Afghanistan. ...
Smith Square Review – 13 April 2012
Labour see red Labour's shock defeat at the Bradford West by-election to Respect's George Galloway seems to still be causing major reverberations within the Labour Party. Some senior figures inside the Shadow Cabinet are said to be questioning the financial and political viability of ...
2011 – A KNOCK OUT YEAR IN POLITICS
James Turgoose, Head of Parliamentary Affairs, reviews the winners and losers after a year of combat in Westminster that did not always follow the Marquess of Queensbury Rules. The London Olympics will host the traditional boxing competition next summer but 2011 has been a thumping year for British politics. Knock out blows have been launched, ...
JBP helps St Ermin’s hotel restore its political heritage
JBP organised a lunchtime event last week to mark the restoration of a House of Commons Division Bell in a famous Westminster hotel.
