
Matthew Barrett: Don’t be so eager to scrap the Lords, Conservative MPs. We may need it one day to check Labour tyranny.
What a farce it would be if, in attempting to secure Brexit, we booted out one of the institutions that makes us exceptional.
What a farce it would be if, in attempting to secure Brexit, we booted out one of the institutions that makes us exceptional.
Are the fundamental tenets of freedom – that of association, expression, and worship – being maintained to their fullest extent? Some would say not.
It is a relic of an out-of-date fashion for the big and artificial rather than the small, local and rooted.
We shouldn’t have to suffer left-wing comedians using television appearances to deliver political broadcasts.
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter It's the conference season, and the annual gathering of Lib Dems gave senior Libs… Read more »
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By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter We featured on our front page this morning two stories about the Coalition's national… Read more »
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter Questions to Ministers of Justice were held in the Commons yesterday, the first real… Read more »
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter As expected, Ed Miliband focused his questions on today's unemployment figures – which showed… Read more »
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter Unemployment figures released this morning were negative for the government. The figures show that… Read more »
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter Labour Leader Ed Miliband gave a speech to the TUC Congress this morning. He… Read more »
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter David Cameron visited Russia today for talks with Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev. The talks touched… Read more »
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter We made mention of this story concerning the top rate of tax on today's… Read more »
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter The Daily Telegraph reported this morning: "The Prime Minister has been warned that government… Read more »
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter Just in case you hadn't heard about the Nadine Dorries-Frank Field amendment in the… Read more »