John Mann

Mann Is No Homo Economicus

Daniel M. Swain | Posted 25.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Daniel M. Swain

John Mann MP's comments in response to Thursday's UK GDP figures, for the first quarter of 2013, display a sort of unhelpful ignorance that is not conducive to any meaningful discussion on economic policy, or constructing a worthwhile criticism of the government's economic policy.

'A Worrying Disregard For Freedom Of Expression'

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 28.03.2013 | UK

An academic has lost his case against the Universities and Colleges Union, which he alleged is anti-Semitic, with the furious tribunal slamming those ...

Roman Abramovich Has NOT Been Arrested, Reports Of Russian Oligarch Detained By FBI Are 'Completely Untrue'

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 25.03.2013 | UK

Rumours that Chelsea Football Club boss Roman Abramovich has been detained by the FBI are “completely untrue”, a spokesman has said. Abramovic...

All-Party Electoral Conduct Inquiry: The Rationale

John Mann | Posted 31.03.2013 | UK Politics
John Mann

Part of the problem in investigating electoral conduct is that it is broadly unquantifiable.

Culture Sec Maria Miller To Be Investigated Over Expenses Claim

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 13.12.2012 | UK Politics

Culture secretary Maria Miller will be investigated by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, for allegedly misusing £90,000 of expenses. M...

Maria Miller's Expenses Under Scrutiny

The Huffington Post UK | Christopher York | Posted 11.12.2012 | UK Politics

A formal complaint has been made about £90,000 of expenses claimed by the Conservative culture secretary, Maria Miller. Labour MP John Mann has co...

More No Dash For Gas Activists Arrested At West Burton Power Station

PA | Posted 04.11.2012 | UK

Two more people have been arrested as a steady stream of protesters descends chimneys at one of the UK's new gas-fired power stations. Nottinghamsh...

Go Back Down South!

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 29.10.2012 | UK

Protesters arrested for climbing water towers at a power station have been told to "clear off back down south" by the local Labour MP, who questioned ...

Hillsborough Police Probe Powers Call

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.10.2012 | UK

Labour will today call for powers to compel police officers to give evidence to an inquiry into the alleged Hillsborough cover-up. It comes amid cl...

Sir Irvine Patnick Should Lose Knighthood, Says MP

Posted 13.09.2012 | UK Politics

The former Conservative MP who helped perpetuate untrue rumours about the cause of the Hillsborough disaster should be stripped of his knighthood, acc...

Who Stole John Mann's Nuts?

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 23.08.2012 | UK Politics

Has someone got it in for the Labour MP for Bassetlaw? After the trauma of his wife receiving a rotting dead bird in the post, John Mann had now h...

'Highly Selective': MPs Slam Bob Diamond's Libor Evidence

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 18.08.2012 | UK Politics

Former Barclays boss Bob Diamond was "highly selective" in his evidence to MPs, a powerful Parliamentary committee concluded on Saturday. The Treas...

Fancy Seeing You Here: Rupert Murdoch Bumps Into Jeremy Hunt At The Olympics

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.08.2012 | UK Politics

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has been criticised by Labour MPs for meeting News Corporation boss Rupert Murdoch on the fringes of the Olympic Games. ...

Banking Inquiry A 'Total Joke', Says MP

Posted 13.07.2012 | UK

The parliamentary committee set up to investigate the Barclays Libor rate-fixing scandal has been described as a "total joke" by a Labour MP who has u...

Ned Simons

Banking Inquiry A 'Total Joke', Says MP Excluded From Committee

HuffingtonPost.com | Ned Simons | Posted 13.07.2012 | UK Politics

The parliamentary committee set up to investigate the Barclays Libor rate-fixing scandal has been described as a "total joke" by a Labour MP who has u...

Diamond To 'Make Sure Scandal Cannot Happen Again'

Posted 02.07.2012 | UK

Bob Diamond has made clear he is staying on as Barclays CEO, writing in an email to staff it is his "responsibility to make sure" another scandal cann...

Labour MP Horrified As Wife Receives Dead Bird In Post

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 18.05.2012 | UK Politics

The MP who hit headlines after asking George Osborne the price of a pasty has voiced his outrage after his wife received a dead bird in the post. B...

A £19,000 Desk, A Mustique Villa.. Meet George Osborne's Dad

PA | Posted 21.04.2012 | UK Politics

George Osborne's father has risked embarrassing his son by giving details of his lavish lifestyle in an interview. Sir Peter Osborne told the Finan...

Labour MP Offers Cameron And Osborne Caravan Holiday

Posted 28.03.2012 | UK Politics

After questioning George Osborne on the pertinent issues of the day (when he last bought a pasty) Labour MP John Mann stepped up his campaign to keep ...

Lessons to Learn From Toulouse

John Mann | Posted 20.05.2012 | UK Politics
John Mann

The attack earlier this week on schoolchildren in Toulouse was horrific. But for the last five years the All-Party Parliamentary Group Against Anti-semitism has warned that such an attack was depressingly predictable.

Cameron And Miliband Should Shun 'Disgraced' David Laws, Urges Labour MP

The Huffington Post UK | Ned Simons | Posted 13.02.2012 | UK Politics

David Cameron and Ed Miliband should refuse to meet David Laws, Nick Clegg's nominee to lead all-party talks on political party funding, a Labour MP h...

'Whiff Of The Lynch Mob' - Goodwin Decision Sparks Criticism

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 02.04.2012 | UK Politics

The decision to strip Fred Goodwin of his knighthood was described as "tawdry" and a "distraction" by Alistair Darling and Alex Salmond, as the busine...

Labour MP Criticised For Accusing Britain's Ambassdor To Israel Of Having 'Divided Loyalties' For Being Jewish

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 01.12.2011 | UK Politics

A Labour MP has found himself in hot water after he suggested Britain's ambassador to Israel may have divided loyalties because he is Jewish. Newpo...

MP Insists Police Look Into Liam Fox's Friend Werritty

Posted 15.12.2011 | UK Politics

Liam Fox is facing more pressure over his role in soliciting donations used to fund close friend Adam Werritty. Police and the Electoral Commission...

Vicky Haigh Case Raises Important Issues

John Hemming | Posted 25.10.2011 | UK Politics
John Hemming

There has been a bit of a silly season spat over the case relating to Vicky Haigh. This case actually raises a number of issues that are of wider importance.