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Main bulletins on Friday 27 January 2017

Main bulletins on Friday 27 January 2017

‘Bath tipper truck crash: Matthew Gordon and Peter Wood jailed’

A haulage boss and a mechanic have been jailed following a 2015 tipper truck crash that killed four people in Bath.

Matthew Gordon and Peter Wood were sentenced at Bristol Crown Court to seven and a-half years and five years three months, respectively. – BBC News.

‘Apocalypse is 30 seconds closer, say Doomsday Clock scientists’

S…

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Parliamentary Business for Friday 27 January 2017

Parliamentary Business for Friday 27 January 2017

House of Commons Main Chamber

The following events will take place at 09:30am.

Business

Private Members’ Bills will be considered.

Legislation

Bob Blackman will present the Homelessness Reduction Bill [report stage and 3rd reading]

Lucy Allen will present the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (Amendment) Bill [2nd reading]

Michael Tomlinson will discuss the Road Traffic Offenders…

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Worth a Read on Thursday 26 January 2017

Worth a Read on Thursday 26 January 2017

‘BARONESS SCOTLAND: GOVERNMENT INTERVENES, QUEEN SNUB, OFFICIALS SAY SHE CAN’T SURVIVE’

The BBC has some major developments in the Baroness Scotland expenses scandal: the government has sent in two senior civil servants to take charge of the Commonwealth Secretariat following complaints about her leadership and extravagant spending. Former FCO official Sir Simon Gass has been installed as chief…

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Pundit spotlight of Thursday 26 January 2017

Pundit spotlight of Thursday 26 January 2017

‘It is the huddles masses who can make America great again’

When recovery is slow after an economic crisis, and people feel their livelihoods threatened by political and economic change, there is a tune which plays very well in politics: nativism.

Throughout his campaign, Donald Trump’s nativist “America First” message drew vast support. Now that he is in the Oval Office, it is increasingly…

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Matters Abroad for Thursday 26 January 2017

Matters Abroad for Thursday 26 January 2017

‘Clinton, Trump and the downside of loyalty’

As Hillary Clinton left the Capitol after Friday’s inauguration, she was accompanied by a familiar figure, her longtime aide and confidante and the vice-chair of her presidential campaign, Huma Abedin. The campaign, and almost certainly Clinton’s political career, had ended months earlier, but it was not surprising to see Abedin, who has worked for the…

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Main bulletins on Thursday 26 January 2017

Main bulletins on Thursday 26 January 2017

‘Chichester Roman houses found under Priory Park’

Ground-penetrating scans of a park have revealed three near-complete Roman buildings in Chichester.

  Archaeologists, who were left stunned by the degree of preservation, have said the only reason they survived was because Priory Park was never built on. – BBC News.

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Parliamentary Business for Thursday 26 January 2017

Parliamentary Business for Thursday 26 January 2017

House of Commons Main Chamber

The following events will take place at 9:30am.

Oral questions

The Department for Brexit will be answering topical questions.

Business Statement

The Leader of the House will discuss the week’s business.

Backbench business

(i) Statutory Pubs Code and the Pubs Code Adjudicator

(ii) Access to Kadcyla and other breast cancer drugs

Adjournment

Robert Jenrick will…

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Thought Leaders of Wednesday 25 January 2017 'The Guardian view on the supreme court: a cheer for the judges' In the long and often confrontational arc of British history, the judges have not always been the friends of the people.

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Pundit Spotlight on Wednesday 25 January 2017

Pundit Spotlight on Wednesday 25 January 2017

‘Unfortunately, Remainers celebrating the Supreme Court judgment on Brexit are beyond deluded’

When Lord Neuberger recited the Supreme Court’s judgment that it might be rather nice if the Mutha of Parliaments had a cosy little chat about Brexit (I paraphrase minimally), my mind flashed back to the mesmerising 2014 World Cup semi-final in Belo Horizonte between Brazil and Germany.

After Brazil…