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Blog SectionFestival of Politics 2010 - Friday 20 August I was delighted to be invited by the Presiding Officer to be on a panel of guests in the Scottish Parliament chamber at this year’s Festival of Politics. This is the link to the webcast recording :- http://www.holyrood.tv/videoshare/200810_FOP_Engaging_Politics.wmv Extract from article in Gallery News: 20/8/10 : BRITTAN: Hood ‘welcomes’ Brittan Former Chairman of the European Scrutiny Committee Jim Hood has ‘welcomed’ the appointment of Leon Brittan as the Prime Minister’s adviser on trade. He said, ” The ultimate Tory Europhile back in Downing Street advising the Prime Minister? ” I would like to be a fly on the wall at the next Bruges group lunch. The new Chairman of the European Scrutiny Select Committee, Bill Cash MP, may be tempted to call Leon Britain to his committee to scrutinise the advice he is giving the PM. ” Not to be missed.” Coalition – Lib Dems already have the veto, says Hood - 18/8/2010 The Liberal Democrats already have a veto over coalition policies, Labour MP Jim Hood said today. He was responding to remarks from Liberal Democrat deputy leader Simon Hughes who said his Party’s MPs should be able to say to the conservatives ‘No, we can’t go down this road.’ Mr. Hood told Gallery News: “Nick Clegg has such a veto now. He just has no intention of saying NO to Cameron or Osborne. Simon Hughes keeps mouthing about the coalition partnership with the Tories but always votes for it. In January … Continue reading Coalition Vote will be on Clegg says Hood - 28/7/2010 The referencedum on AV will become a vote on Nick Clegg, Labour MP Jim Hood said today. Mr. Hood told Gallery News, “being criticised by Simon Hughes for – quote ‘naked opportunism’ is a bit rich, as is ‘shameless self-interest’. This from a Party whose shameless self-interest is in their DNA. They should be called the SS-I Party. “Nick Cleg is Cameron’s fig leaf and Simon Hughes is Clegg’s. May 20111 will be a referendum on Nick Clegg (NC) not on AV. It will be the NC referendum. I would not vote for anything … Continue reading Referendum Summer I’m having a busman’s holiday this summer. I’ll be at home spending more time with my grandchildren, hens and garden whilst doing all the work I can’t get done when Parliament is sitting. Home visits, street surgeries and meetings with voluntary groups are a normal feature of my summer and this year will be no different. My first weekend had me preparing for the visit of my grandchildren who will be with us for the first two weeks. I found out that the idiot proof assembly instructions of the football posts were not as user friendly as claimed, but the … Continue reading Summer / Return |
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