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PMQs: Nick tackles Gordon on “big, permanent and fair” tax cuts

Today’s PMQs underlined to me how utterly hollow and rotten the institution really is. It’s not just that it couldn’t be more archaic if the protagonists were daubed with woad. It’s how it makes them behave. The aspect being chiefly reported is a horrifically self-important tussle between Cameron and Brown over a dead baby.

In case you are lucky enough not to know about this yet, Baby P was killed recently in North London after months of abuse during which time he had been the subject of supervision from various health and child protection agencies, all of whom

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The Elephant Interviews… at Conference!

Hello Fluffy Friends!

Conference is coming and with it lots more opportunities for BLOGGING!

Do not think that it is all standing around at the Blogger of the Year awards, sipping champagne and throwing sticky buns at the other nonimees, oh no! There are lots MORE exciting things to do.

And to add to all the fun, thanks to the efforts of Ms Helen Duffett we are able to bring you more opportunities for BLOGGERS INTERVIEWS.

On Saturday 13th, at 4pm, we will be meeting with Mr Lembit Opik. Mr Lembit is Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Housing, so he’s just the person …

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  • Mick Taylor
    Referenda/Referendums?? How typical of LibDems to argue about semantics rather than the substantive point....
  • Mick Taylor
    @Andrew Tampion. As the current UK constitution (unwritten) stands, then yes. You can't have one rule for things you like and another for things you don't like....
  • Andrew Tampion
    "We elect MPs to make decisions for us. If a future government gets elected on a platform to join the EU, then consent would be there. We didn’t need a refere...
  • Jonathan Parry
    This is an interesting article. One Nation Toryism never got going until the demise of the Liberals in the 1920s (Disraeli certainly never practised it). To t...
  • Peter Davies
    In Latin it may be a gerund but in English it's a noun. If I were to object to the Government's referending of the public, that would be a gerund....