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The use of Unparliamentary Language
If you watch coverage the House of Commons, or even an edition of Prime Ministers questions, you will notice that debates can (occasionally) get quite heated. For some, it can be seen as a source of...
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GMB and Unite don’t know what a majority is
As many of you will know, trade unions are in uproar about the changes to public sector pensions that the Coalition want to make because of the economic slowdown. The PCS, which is a large public...
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What is the point of PMQs?
This week saw another Budget speech done by George Osborne, which was (mostly) leaked to the media beforehand. Prior to that though was another round of what some consider to be pantomime – Prime...
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More ineffective strike action
Those of you who have read my blog in the past will know my opinions of strikes and votes on them in relation to public sector pensions over the last couple of years. For a long time (even going back...
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Internship hypocrisy continues
On April 5th, 2011, The Guardian published an article which indicated there would be a Coalition-led clampdown on unpaid internships. One part of the article suggested “People will be encouraged to...
View ArticleNUS plans another protest
Leonardo Da Vinci once said “Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence”. In a previous job, I often said that ‘it’s harder for me to fix something if no-one tells me it’s broken’. Both of those...
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2012 Reshuffle Part 1 – Major positions
Government reshuffles happen for a number of reasons. It can be to get more like-minded people in place (e.g. Thatcher’s in 1981), but that can show you made mistakes in the first place and people may...
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2012 Reshuffle Part 2 – Minor positions
In the previous post, I discussed some of the major positions, such as the more prominent Secretary of State jobs, the Leader of the Commons and the Chief Whip. In this post, I’ll mention a couple of...
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2012 Reshuffle Part 3 – Stats and Graphs
The first part (about the major positions) can be found here and the second part (about the minor jobs) can be found here. It’s fair to say that it has been a significant event and has gained a lot of...
View ArticleThe Sun and HUU
I recently found out that Hull University Union‘s Union Council recently made the decision to ban The Sun from being sold on student union premises. Similar action has been taken in a number of other...
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