Entries by Chris Wimpress from 02/2012

PMQs 1 February 2012 - Voldemort Strikes Back 1246187

Posted 02.01.2012 | UK Politics

PMQs was particularly rowdy this week, partly because of the bruisers on the order paper and partly due to the looming showdown with the Lords on the ...

David Miliband Uses New Statesman Essay To Urge Labour Rethink

Posted 02.01.2012 | UK Politics

Labour needs "restless rethinking" of its purpose and its policies if it is to return to power, former leadership candidate David Miliband said on Wed...

Government To Declare Financial Privilege On Welfare Reform Bill

Posted 02.01.2012 | UK Politics

The government will try to push the Welfare Reform Bill through Parliament by declaring all of the Lords amendments to it null and void under the "fin...

Calls For Top Totty Ale To Be Banned From House Of Commons Bar

Posted 02.02.2012 | UK Politics

"Top Totty" is hardly parliamentary language, but it managed to find its way into the weekly business questions in the House of Commons on Thursday mo...

Chris Huhne Resigns After Being Charged In Connection With Speeding Points (VIDEO)

Posted 02.03.2012 | UK Politics

Chris Huhne has resigned as energy secretary after being charged with perverting the course of justice. He was formally accused on Friday of getting ...

Chris Huhne Charged In Connection With Speeding And Perverting The Course Of Justice

Posted 02.03.2012 | UK Politics

Energy secretary Chris Huhne has been charged with in connection with speeding and allegedly perverting the course of justice, the Director of Public ...

Chris Huhne - A Great Strategist With A 'Mean Streak'

Posted 02.03.2012 | UK Politics

It's easy to forget that we could be talking about the deputy prime minister at this point, so close did Chris Huhne come to securing the Lib Dem lead...

Chris Huhne The Third Senior Coalition Minister To Lose His Job

Posted 02.03.2012 | UK Politics

Chris Huhne's resignation is the third of David Cameron's Cabinet since the election of May 2010. Two have these have been Liberal Democrats and all ...

Chris Huhne's Resignation Causes A Subtle Coalition Power Shift

Posted 02.03.2012 | UK Politics

Chris Huhne's resignation doesn't change the arithmetic of the Cabinet in terms of Lib Dem bums on seats. Yet green campaigners are already concerned...

Queen Braves The Snow For Church Ahead Of Diamond Jubilee

Posted 02.05.2012 | UK

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh have attended a church service on Sunday, on the eve of the monarch's Diamond Jubilee anniversary. The royal couple...

Wind Farms' Unpopularity With Tory MPs Confirmed By Letter To Cameron

Posted 02.05.2012 | UK Politics

More than 100 Tory MPs have written to David Cameron calling for a dramatic cut in subsidies to onshore wind farms and more influence for local people...

Snow Across Britain Affects Travel With More Bad Weather Forecast

Posted 02.05.2012 | UK

Much of Britain woke up to snow on Sunday after the first widespread big freeze of the winter brought dumps of up to 16cm, grounded planes and raised ...

Miliband Urges NHS Rethink Ahead Of Health Bill In House Of Lords

Posted 02.05.2012 | UK Politics

Ed Miliband called for a concerted effort to force the Government to abandon its health reforms, warning critics had only three months to halt a "dang...

Sunday Papers 5 February 2012 (PICTURES)

Posted 02.05.2012 | UK Politics

Seeing as though the weather has become the news, don't struggle through the snow this morning to get the Sunday papers, we've picked out all the inte...

Mouth Cancer Link To Alcohol The Focus Of New Government Campaign On Drinking

Posted 02.05.2012 | UK Politics

Regularly drinking two large glasses of wine or two strong pints of beer a day triples the risk of developing mouth cancer, a new Government campaign ...

Shakespeare's Sonnets Album To Be Released 23 April

Posted 02.05.2012 | Huffington Post

An album of Shakespeare's sonnets set to music and played on Elizabethan instruments will be released on the bard's birthday this year. Singers inc...

Policeman In Northern Ireland Slashed By Knife

Posted 02.05.2012 | UK

A policeman was seriously injured when he was slashed with a knife in Northern Ireland. The officer, who was wounded in the face and back of the he...

Lipstick Effect Is Triggered By Tough Economic Conditions, Says John Lewis

Posted 02.05.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Tough economic conditions have triggered the "lipstick effect", with a rise in shoppers buying small beauty treats to cheer themselves up, retailers s...

Vincent and Aaron Ward From Rochdale Charged With Murder

Posted 02.05.2012 | UK

Two brothers From Rochdale in Greater Manchester have been charged with murder after the body of a man was found with serious head injuries. Vincen...

Vincent and Aaron Ward From Rochdale Charged With Murder

Posted 02.05.2012 | UK

Two brothers From Rochdale in Greater Manchester have been charged with murder after the body of a man was found with serious head injuries. Vincen...

Falklands - Hague Insists Warship Manoeuvres and William Assignment Are Routine

Posted 02.05.2012 | UK Politics

Deployments of a warship and Prince William to the Falkland Islands are "entirely routine", the Foreign Secretary said on Sunday morning. William H...

Tim Farron Compares UK With Syria On Non-Elected Lords

Posted 02.05.2012 | UK Politics

Liberal Democrat president Tim Farron has compared the legitimacy of the British Government to the brutal Syrian regime because of the unelected House...

Bank Of England To Increase Quantitative Easing (QE) This Week

Posted 02.05.2012 | UK Politics

The Bank of England is widely expected to pump billions of pounds into the UK economy this week despite signs that the UK's financial health may be st...

Scottish Independence - Poll Shows Nation Unsure And Divided

Posted 02.05.2012 | UK Politics

The gap between backers and opponents of Scottish independence stands at around 5%, a new poll has suggested. A survey for The Sunday Times and Rea...

Heathrow Cancels Half Of Flights On Sunday Due To Snow

Posted 02.05.2012 | UK

Half of all flights have been axed at Britain's busiest airport - hours after it stopped snowing. More planes were grounded today at London's Heath...