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Are the OBR’s growth forecasts too optimistic?
Much ado about the Office for Budget Responsibility’s growth predictions in the Treasury Select Committee earlier, especially as an OBR…
A sensible policy change
Tucked away in Nick Clegg’s statement confirming that the referendum on AV was going to be on the 5th of…
Sleeping beauties
We can’t really let today go by without mentioning Nicholas Cecil’s extraordinary scoop in the Standard. Here’s a snippet: “MPs…
The trimmers mobilise
The Independent on Sunday reports that a cabal of four disgruntled/horrified Lib Dem MPs have held secret talks with Labour…
Hughes and Davis fomenting rebellion?
From opposing sides of the coalition’s strait, two warning shots have been fired across the government’s bows. David Davis has…
Budget 2010 – live blog
1343, PH: Harman has sat down now, so we’ll draw the live blog to a close. I’ll write a summary…
Worrying developments
Paul Waugh has news that the Treasury asked a broadcaster to sign a written legal agreement that they would not…
Laughs, politics and sincerity
The opening of the Queen’s speech debate is, traditionally, a light-hearted affair. Peter Lilley opened up with a rather witty…
The debate begins in lively fashion
The initial exchanges of the Queen’s Speech Debate have just come to a close – and, I must say, it…
What Harriet Harman can do for us all
Today’s the day, I suspect, when it will really hit home with Labour that they are now in Opposition. Attacking…
The Queen’s Speech: full text
Via PoliticsHome: HER MAJESTY’S MOST GRACIOUS SPEECH TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT TUESDAY 25 MAY 2010 MY LORDS AND MEMBERS…
A day of pomp and positivity
The sun is filtering through the garden at 22 Old Queen Street, and a brass band is marching around St…
A show of Cameron’s adaptability
Great to hear that David Cameron has decided to keep the 1922 committee reinstated. This is a significant, unexpected development…
Ministers won’t be able to vote in 1922 elections
So it turns out that John Redwood’s uncertainty was well-placed. According to Jonathan Isaby over at ConservativeHome, the Tory chief…
John Redwood "not sure" whether ministers will vote in 1922 Committee
John Redwood is interviewed by Andrew Neil on Straight Talk this weekend, and there’s a rather eyecatching exchange where the…
The latest expenses battle
IPSA, IPSA, IPSA. If there’s one thing exercising MPs across all parties at the moment, then it’s the new expenses…
Cameron has won the 1922 Committee vote…
…by 168 to 118 votes, according to Paul Waugh. Comfortable, but not comfortable enough to suggest that there won’t be…
The 1922-2010 Committee
In a move of breath-taking audacity, David Cameron has just announced that there will be a ballot of the parliamentary…
Bercow remains Speaker, as Parliament reconvenes
David Cameron sat alongside Nick Clegg on the government benches, with Harriet Harman two sword-lengths away as leader of the…
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