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The big difference between what Olly Grender said and what the Mirror said she said

By Caron Lindsay | Sat 4th October 2014 - 10:00 am

The Mirror ran a big splash yesterday saying that Liberal Democrat peer Olly Grender was complaining that her House of Lords allowance is insufficient. “We struggle to get by on £300 per day tax free allowance” screams the headline.

If you actually look at the substance of the story, there is absolutely nothing to substantiate that total misrepresentation of what she was saying. They even run a little poll asking if you could get by on £300 tax free.

Posted in News | Also tagged diversity, mail, mirror, olly grender, paddy ashdown and sexism | 25 Comments

Baroness Kishwer Falkner writes: We should not repeat previous failures in Iraq in the hope that we might succeed this time

By Kishwer Falkner | Thu 25th September 2014 - 12:59 pm

Every year, as the long summer recess approaches, those of us who cover foreign affairs speculate as to which international crisis will precipitate a recall of Parliament. This year we were spoilt for choice with Russia, Syria and Gaza dominating. However when the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) overran Mosul, the lack of any obvious course of action prevented a recall. But now as a US strategy has been revealed, there are some clear pointers about what the UK needs to consider in its response. We need to be clear about the implications of our action and its implications.