42 Days… No… No… No…

“While there has been a limited number of cases in Scotland which were investigated in terms of the Terrorism Act 2000, I am not aware of any case where an extension of the period beyond 28 days would have been required. “I therefore share the view of the DPP (Director of public prosecutions) Sir Ken [...]

Yes Nadine, Blogs Are Good Communication Tools. Why Not Use One?

From Nadine Dorries (Con, Mid Bedfordshire):
Is there a better communication tool than a blog?
In my mind it’s one of the best tools. Why don’t you try using one? You know, where people can leave comments, where there can be discussion and argument and resolution, where the headlines linked to the articles, with useful text links [...]

Could a Glenrothes By-Election Skirmish Threaten Brown?

Rumbles today from Benedict Brogan’s Political Blog on a ‘potential’ upcoming by-election – with enough caveats about who it could be as the Member of Parliament is ill. By not mentioning who exactly it was, Brogan set the bloggers a hunting, and the evidence points to the constituency of John MacDougall MP, of Glenrothes.
If there [...]

If a Liberal Falls in Midlothian, Does Anyone Hear Them?

Over on his blog, J. Arthur MacNumpty rather succinctly puts the case for asking what is up with the Liberal Democrat Councillors when one will happily jump ship and defect to Labour, giving them control of Midlothian Council in the process? Of course were that to happen next door in Edinburgh, the rather fragile Lib/SNP [...]

A Day of English-ness For the United Kingdom

“Let’s have a day of Britishness,” thinks the Government, “that’ll be a wizard idea and show we really are behind the Union (ignoring the discrete cough over the Wendyrendum fallout). But we can’t afford to loose any working days, so we’ll just have to put a name on an existing holiday and hope nobody notices.”
Not [...]