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• End of term 

  Parliamentarians have departed for a few months (did you not hear them cheering as they went) and the precincts of the Palace of Westminster are quieter, given over to the occasional troop of tourists. We’re supposed to believe that MPs will be spending...
  Posted Jul 22 2009, 11:01 AM by Simon Redfern with | with no comments

  Filed under: David Cameron, Gordon Brown, MPs, parliament, publicaffairs

• In the aftermath 

  We’re supposed to be heading for summer, but it was winter in some pockets of Westminster yesterday. A hard frost in some of the Palace’s meeting rooms yesterday bodes ill for the party over the coming months. Firstly at the Progress event with Stephen...
  Posted Jun 09 2009, 09:25 AM by Simon Redfern with | with 2 comment(s)

  Filed under: Gordon Brown, leadership, left, MPs, parliament

• A picture speaks a thousand words* 

  *Hat-tip to Hopi Sen See you in a week...
  Posted May 22 2009, 11:20 AM by Simon Redfern with | with no comments

  Filed under: expenses, MPs

• A twitter mystery... 

  Lots of activity and speculation on Twitter today about this story . On the face of it this looks like a case of a fake account being set up - quite a common occurance on Twitter. But there are a couple of odd aspects to this. Firstly, if a Tory troll...
  Posted May 20 2009, 02:16 PM by Simon Redfern with | with 2 comment(s)

  Filed under: general election, MPs, twitter

• Weekend tweeting and blogging - MP expenses 

  Interesting stuff about on Twitter and some of the blogs this weekend on the exes scandal. In my last post I wondered whether a list of those MPs who had forsworn expenses and allowances might be put together. Well Tory blogger Angela King ( @angelneptustar...
  Posted May 18 2009, 10:21 AM by Simon Redfern with | with no comments

  Filed under: expenses, MPs, twitter

• Out the good guys 

  I end the week fretting and with a lot of questions rattling around my head. Intense media scrutiny on the expenses issue through this week has been completely appropriate, but there is now a sense that this is tipping over into witch-hunt territory....
  Posted May 15 2009, 07:11 PM by Simon Redfern with | with no comments

  Filed under: expenses, MPs, publicaffairs

• When will the expenses saga end? 

  This is democracy red in tooth and claw. Beyond Parliament, beyond the media, MPs are experiencing the raw anger of the public. And they are beyond nervous. I've just come back from a meeting with a senior Parliamentarian. It's not like there's...
  Posted May 14 2009, 09:27 PM by Simon Redfern with | with no comments

  Filed under: expenses, MPs, publicaffairs

• What Cameron did next 

  What David Cameron does today is important. He's won the race for dominance over the expenses issue over the last few days (although it is easier to be nimble in opposition), and as ConservativeHome points out* this is a key moment in the forging...
  Posted May 12 2009, 06:17 PM by Simon Redfern with | with 5 comment(s)

  Filed under: expenses, MPs, publicaffairs

• Hamthrax* 

  These days every lavish sneeze at 77 Kingsway is followed by several ironic oinks. It's still a funny joke and I will keep oinking as long as people keep sneezing in my general direction. Then I will obsessively handwash and spray my eyeballs with...
  Posted May 08 2009, 11:32 PM by Simon Redfern with | with no comments

  Filed under: MPs, publicaffairs, swineflu