More than 100 MPs attend meeting of group calling for re-ordering of UK relationship with the EU
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Here’s a round-up of stories we haven’t had time to cover on the site this past week… John Leech tables Commons motion calling for Alan Turing pardon (BBC) Manchester Withington’s John Leech submitted the Early Day Motion and said people should sign an online petition protesting against Turing’s conviction. The gay computer pioneer was convicted
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More than 100 Conservatives are among MPs who have written to the prime minister calling on him to slash subsidies for onshore wind turbines.
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Royal College of General Practitioners adds 26,000 members to number of UK NHS clinical and medical staff calling for the scrapping of the bill
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A British House of Lords panel is urging the European Commission to reconsider some of its key agricultural proposals, calling for more robust spending on research and cuts in direct payments to farmers. More »
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EurActiv on 3rd Feb 2012 (via euractiv.com)
John Sentamu, the Bishop of York, is our cover boy this week. It's the Church of England Synod next week, word is that Rowan Williams will be standing down soon, and Rod Liddle is backing Sentamu as his successor. When planning the headline, I thought about calling him the 'British Obama'. We didn't use this, as it's not a compliment — but if Britain is to have a fig...
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Spectator on 2nd Feb 2012 (via spectator.co.uk)
A former Scotland Office minister is calling for a "double referendum" to decide Scotland's constitutional future.
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BBCPolitics on 2nd Feb 2012 (via bbc.co.uk)
WTF? An early day motion calling for the US government to slap the wrist of one of it’s talkshow hosts made a throw-away joke that featured the Sikh Golden Temple. BenSix reports… Johnny Carson’s unfunny protege made a joke about Mitt Romney’s wealth a few days ago, which involved suggesting that the Sikh Golden Temple
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Western and Arab diplomats pushing for Security Council resolution calling for Assad to step down to defuse a 10-month-old uprising
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FT on 31st Jan 2012 (via ft.com)
Torbay Labour Party is supporting efforts to keep library opening hours as they are. As part of the cuts being introduced by the Bay's Tory Mayor, there are plans to reduce opening hours. The Bay's Labour Chairman, Councillor Darren Cowell is to move an amendment at this week's budget meeting calling for £63,000 to be put back in to the library budget. Councillor Cowell said, ...
