Liberal Democrat MP and past leader of the party, Charles Kennedy joins Catch21 for his next i-MP video diary. He covers issues like the May elections where the Liberal Democrats lost all but 2 of their seats in Scotland, he says “it was a universally bad picture” and he also shares his views on the [...]
Baroness Grey-Thompson updates us on her personal parliamentary duties in her latest i-MP video; The Baroness talks to us about the her interest in the amendments to Education and Localism Bill. The Education Bill is really important to the Baroness as she wants to make sure that “Children with special educational needs get the best [...]
Denis MacShane Labour MP for Rotherham, gives you all an update on what he’s been up to since his last video diary. He gives us his views on the u-turns the government is making on the NHS bill, the weekly bin collection and the Welfare Reforms. A big issue which he is currently involved in [...]
Vernon Coaker Labour MP for Gedling, Nottingham, talks with us about his role as an MP within Gedling along with his role as the Shadow Police Minister. He tells us how he enjoys his time within the constituency and helping to deal with all of their concerns locally along with raising them in Parliament. Along [...]
Zac Goldsmith MP for Richmond Park and North Kingston , talks with us about what is keeping him busy in his inaugural year as an MP, whilst on the campaign trail for the NO vote in last months AV referendum. In line with his vote NO campaign he tells us about his plans to change [...]
Baroness Grey-Thompson updates us on her personal parliamentary duties in her latest i-MP video; discussing the Hardest Hit Campaign, that was on the streets outside of Parliament to fight the cuts against the Disability Allowance. The baroness also discusses the exciting release of the Paralympic tickets and champions the athletes who will be taking part. To round [...]
Denis MacShane talks about his day to day role as an MP within Parliament. In his first i-MP video, Denis speaks about his involvement within International and European affairs, both of which are his specialty along with the dealing with the aftermath of the TUC March. If you have any comments, questions or suggestions then [...]
Lord Clement-Jones gives us an update on the Live Music Bill which he discussed in his first i-MP video. The bill has now made it through the Second Reading where the government supported it but have requested amendments are made before it goes to the next stage, Committee stage. He is still hopeful that the [...]
Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander talks about his role as MP for Paisley & Renfrewshire South and what his priorities are in his constituency. In his first i-MP video, Douglas Alexander also speaks about his position opposing William Hague and his role in Parliament. If you have any comments, questions or suggestions then please let us [...]
Baroness Grey-Thompson gives an update on what she up to in parliament. The Baroness talks about the 40th anniversary of the implementation of the ‘Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act’, Speaking about Women’s Pension rights at the Pension Bill on the 30th March and her excitement for the start of the Olympics London 2012.”
Obviously nobody knows exactly how that sentence should end, but the media is rife with speculation on it. Analysts, journalists and commenters are developing more or less elaborate scenarios to predict what would happen if Greece were to abandon the euro. Several prominent European leaders – from German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble to European [...]
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