Government’s Restriction Research to Report after Restrictions have been Repealed
Government’s Restriction Research to Report after Restrictions have been Repealed Health Minister Ed Argar has revealed a curious quirk of the Government’s ‘evidence based’ policy making on Covid. When asked by Graham Brady whether the Health Department will release...
Survation Finds 8 Point Tory Lead
Survation Finds 8 Point Tory Lead Corbynistas favourite pollster Survation has found an 8 point lead for the Tories, riding high on 42% while Labour sits at 34%. All other parties are in single digits. Guido poured back over polling history and found the last time the...
Nicola Sturgeon accused of breaching the Ministerial Code up to 38 times
Advertisements The Scottish Conservatives have accused the Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon of breaching the ministerial code up to 38 times. This news comes before the Lord Advocate faces a grilling from the inquiry today as well as the legal advice being...
Whatever the flaws in the Government’s approach to the Lords, it has at least not sent Bercow there
Covid-19 has necessitated some dramatic changes to how Parliament operates, with an unprecedented shift to remote working and proxy voting in a bid to avoid an outbreak at the heart of national politics. These measures have been hotly debated here and elsewhere, but...
Michael Ellis Appointed Attorney General
Michael Ellis Appointed Attorney General As Guido revealed last night, Michael Ellis has just been appointed Attorney General to cover for Suella Braverman as she departs for maternity leave. Lucy Frazer will step in to cover for Ellis in the role of Solicitor...
Hancock: Government Wants to Build on Private Sector-Health Relationship
Hancock: Government Wants to Build on Private Sector-Health Relationship [embedded content] Hancock today told the Commons the NHS can’t take all the credit for the vaccine roll-out, and the government wants to build on the succesful partnership of “accademic...
Right to Peaceful Protest – Lawyers Tell Human Rights Committee The Government Has Breached Our Human & Common Law Rights
Advertisements On 24th February 2021, A virtual 2-hour Parliamentary Human Rights Committee meeting was held. Subject: The Government’s response to covid-19: human rights implications of long lockdown Witness(es): Lochlinn Parker, Head of Civil Liberties, ITN...
Penny Mordaunt Contradicts Government Policy on Transgenderism from the Despatch Box
Penny Mordaunt Contradicts Government Policy on Transgenderism from the Despatch Box [embedded content] Yesterday Penny Mordaunt once again strayed from the government’s official line, speaking at the despatch box in support of amending a bill on ministerial maternity...
West Midlands Police launch murder investigation after a man was stabbed in Birmingham
Advertisements West Midlands Police detectives have launched a murder investigation after a man was fatally stabbed in Birmingham earlier this morning (Tuesday 2 March). Police were called to reports of a stabbing in Perry Villa Drive at around 3.50am. A man was found...
Swinney Admits Salmond Legal Advice Raised Case “Reservations”
This morning, Deputy First Minister of Scotland John Swinney wrote to the Salmond Inquiry committee of MSPs, formally committing to publishing the legal advice this afternoon. This is following Labour, the Lib Dems, Reform UK, and the Greens all backing the Scottish...