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Opinion: do Parliament’s laws really need Royal Assent in 2013?

By Antony Hook | Fri 5th April 2013 - 1:21 pm

The country needs to save as much money as it can. Anything we can save will help the government to balance the books.

A small but wasteful activity is the requirement for Acts of Parliament to receive Royal Assent. Many people may believe that a Bill becomes law when it is passed by both Houses of Parliament. But it is a requirement for every Bill to go before the Queen and receive her approval.

Royal Assent is usually granted a few weeks after the Bill is passed by Parliament. …

Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged Parliament and royal assent | 32 Comments

Here’s a ******* awesome Liberal Voice we should hear more from

By Stephen Tall | Wed 16th January 2013 - 9:10 pm

With apologies to those who’ve already seen this story — but it’s too good for us not also to copy and paste from the Telegraph report…

Nick Clegg’s awesome spokesman: “I can’t believe we are having this f—ing conversation again” buff.ly/VK1hdz

— Stephen Tall (@stephentall) January 16, 2013

With Nick Clegg about to miss ‘an unprecedented fourth meeting of the Privy Council’ in his role as Lord President of the Council, the Telegraph spotted a mischief-making opportunity and phoned one of the leader’s aides to get a quote. The reporter got more than he …

Posted in News | Also tagged lord president of the council, malcolm tucker, nick clegg, privy council and the thick of it | 12 Comments

Michael Moore MP’s Westminster Notes

By Michael Moore MP | Wed 19th December 2012 - 11:30 am

Liberal Democrat Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Moore MP writes a weekly column for newspapers in his Borders constituency. Here’s this week’s edition, illustrated with a photograph of the Queen attending Cabinet yesterday.

Trip to US and Canada

Last week, I spent a few days in the US and Canada to promote Scotland and Scottish exports such as textiles and Scotch whisky. In Washington, I was pleased to be able to highlight the importance of the Scottish textiles industry which has its …

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Arise, Sir Malcolm*

By Caron Lindsay | Wed 21st November 2012 - 7:27 pm

Gary Barlow and Kate Winslet are very lucky. Not only did they get to meet the Queen today as they received their respective CBE and OBE medals at Buckingham Palace, but they were in the same batch, if that’s the right word, as our very own Sir Malcolm Bruce.

It dawns on me that Barlow and Bruce are quite close to each other in the alphabet so they may even have been sitting near each other.

Sir Malcolm and Lady Bruce enjoyed a celebratory lunch with family and

Posted in News | Also tagged honours, investitures, rosemary bruce and sir malcolm bruce | 1 Comment

Our political writers can pretend they know what makes us tick: a response to Matthew d’Ancona

By Stephen Tall | Wed 6th June 2012 - 8:25 pm

Here’s how Matthew d’Ancona could’ve started his article for today’s London Evening Standard, ‘Our political class can now work out what makes us tick’. But he didn’t.

So what was all that about? As the waves of media fervour subside to reveal the bleak promontories of Austerity Commentariat, let us pause and ask what this extraordinary four-day Jubilee told us about journalists, and their obsession with extrapolating about our national life and character.

There then follows some delicious cognitive dissonance. First, an acknowledgement of what is to follow:

The lazy reflex for political observers is to extract the lessons that suit them.

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Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged diamond jubilee, matthew d'anconca and nick clegg | 5 Comments

Nick Clegg’s praises Queen’s dignity, calm and wisdom

By The Voice | Wed 6th June 2012 - 8:55 am

It’s now time to pack away the bunting and force ourselves back to the daily grind after the double bank holiday.

The Voice thought you might be interested to see Nick Clegg’s official message on the Diamond Jubilee, though, which is available on his You Tube channel here.

He says she is a Queen famous for her quiet steeliness but he’s always been struck by her great warmth and her rare ability to put everyone she meets at ease.

He praises her wisdom, calm and dignity in a rapidly changing world – and wishes us all a good time celebrating.

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Opinion: do Parliament’s laws really need Royal Assent in 2013?

Here’s a ******* awesome Liberal Voice we should hear more from

Michael Moore MP’s Westminster Notes

Trip to US and Canada

Arise, Sir Malcolm*

Our political writers can pretend they know what makes us tick: a response to Matthew d’Ancona

Nick Clegg’s praises Queen’s dignity, calm and wisdom

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Social mobility: is the Coalition doing enough to encourage it?

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Tag Archives: the queen

Opinion: do Parliament’s laws really need Royal Assent in 2013?

Here’s a ******* awesome Liberal Voice we should hear more from

Michael Moore MP’s Westminster Notes

Trip to US and Canada

Arise, Sir Malcolm*

Our political writers can pretend they know what makes us tick: a response to Matthew d’Ancona

Nick Clegg’s praises Queen’s dignity, calm and wisdom

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