“These guys had the capability to hijack four passenger planes and have trained pilots. They could have taken out Canary Wharf and the Palace of Westminster.”
Asserting the rights of Parliament over the EU is half the European mission. Asserting them over the ECHR is the other half.
Gauke should have fought and lost rather than not have fought at all. But the wider concern is that the “system” is on the side of the criminal rather than the victim.
His satire on the NUS is highly enjoyable, but as he himself recognises, the Conservatives are a long way from finding messages to reach younger voters.
Twenty years at Harriet Harman’s high altar of all women shortlists and selection quotas are duly delivering their reward – for the Conservatives.
by Paul Goodman MPs met on Monday to discuss the future of an All Party Group on Islamophobia. What took place sounds complex (according to reports) but was essentially simple. One body of Parliamentarians – all Conservative – voted for Engage to be removed as the secretariat to the group. Another body (mostly Labour) voted […]
We need action. And we need ministers who understand how to exercise power. They need to use that power to take decisions and make sure they are implemented.