Michael Lyons, Mark Thompson and Zarin Patel before the Culture Media and Sports Committee
Powerful people share our vision. And all we had to do was call our vision “energy security"
Whilst Tony Blair's book tour is repeatedly disrupted by anti-war protesters, his sister-in-law Lauren Booth has a few words to say on his plans for Iran...
i) The chairman of the Chair of the Political and Constitutional Reform, Graham Allen MP (Lab), Committee eloquently summed up the concerns with the absence of proper scrutiny:
My Select
Yesterday's Second Reading of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies bill should have been a historic moment in many ways, but it was marred by serious and widely-shared concerns with the whole process, not least the absence of pre-legislative scrutiny.
A new UK government proposal to allow the public to determine how development aid is spent has come under heavy criticism, but if implemented correctly MyAid could harness the knowledge of citizens and help build support for rising aid budgets.
When trying to understand what happened to New Labour, it is instructive to compare the spirit of progressive optimism found in Blair's first book in 1996 with the defence of power and privilege to be found in his recently released autobiography.
Ahead of second reading of the AV referendum bill, Douglas Carswell MP has announced on his blog that he is planning to submit an amendment to offer voters a proportional option.
There are plenty of people who don’t regard publicly announcing their racial preferences as wrong in any way.
There was an angry reception for Tony Blair at a book signing in Dublin today. In the kind of scenes the ex-Prime Minister is likely to encounter throughout his book tour, angry anti-war protesters pelted Blair with eggs and shoes.
