Just bumped into a leading UKIP figure. He makes an interesting point. The allowances scandal, sweeping all before it, is assumed to be good news for his party. But the UKIP man isn't so sure. He still expects to do...
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CommentCentral on 27th May 2009 (via timesonline.typepad.com)
The scandal that there are no grammar schools, though on the German Gymnasium model, thereby avoiding the crudity of the 11-plus. (And the scandal that there are no O-levels for the most academic pupils once they get there.) The scandal that there are no technical schools, of which there were never anything like as many as there should have been. The scandal that the special schools are still in t...
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DavidLindsay on 3rd Nov 2008 (via davidaslindsay.blogspot.com)
FORMER Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell became the latest senior political figure to be engulfed in the expenses scandal last night.
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Scotsman on 13th May 2009 (via news.scotsman.com)
An expenses scandal is eroding support for Britain's three main political parties, a poll showed today, and has brought calls for parliament's most senior figure to step down.
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TheIndependent on 18th May 2009 (via rss.feedsportal.com)
VOTERS will go to the polls on Thursday seething with anger over the MPs' expenses scandal which has seen politicians pocket thousands of pounds in dodgy claims.
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Scotsman on 1st Jun 2009 (via news.scotsman.com)
A comprehensive win for Ed Miliband today, I thought. He came to the Commons with a three point plan concerning the phone hacking scandal: 1. Hold a public inquiry under a senior figure, with the power to call witnesses on oath, to look in general at the culture and practices of the media in this
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 6th Jul 2011 (via libdemvoice.org)
Here are are two election addresses for two political parties keen to capitalise on the anti-establishment/expenses scandal which has brought our parliamentary democracy to it's knees. UKIP BNP Both leaflets advocate an end to unlimited immigration and an end to EU rule. What's the difference? UKIP if you want you to - just read the small print.
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KeziaDugdalesSoapBox on 21st May 2009 (via keziadugdale.blogspot.com)
Brodie Clark, the Senior civil servant at heart of scandal over relaxed passport checks, makes direct attack on Theresa May, accusing the Home Secretary of misleading the public.
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Telegraph on 9th Nov 2011 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
Thank goodness for sleaze This week has seen the return of a good old fashioned sleaze scandal. It beats the hell out of all this talk of economic meltdown and job losses. This latest scandal is a variation on an old favourite – cash for favours. This one involves the Lords (unelected), fake
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TheWardmanWire on 27th Jan 2009 (via mattwardman.com)