That Was The Week That Was

Brenda and backbiting

The week began with the fallout from Nigel Hastilow's Enoch-stylings (good, one Nige. Note: this is sarcasm), moved on to the Queen's Speech on Tuesday and ended with a whimper rather than a bang as the debates on the Address meandered pointlessly on until the House rose on Thursday. Things were… read more…

Written by Lloyd Shepherd on 10 Nov 2007 11:50 AM. Permalink

Points, In Order

House Up (but not in the commuter belt)

BONG! In the debate on the Queen's Speech today, attention was turned to (amongst other things) new-build housing. The Tories were all: what do we want? Lots of new housing! Where do we want it? Nowhere near my million pound pad thank you very much! BONG! The inter-party slapping over… read more…

Written by Lloyd Shepherd on 8 Nov 2007 6:25 PM. Permalink

Department for Tax and Spend

The Gord: I never copied Davy's homework

Nick Robinson reckons that the row over who-got-there-first with regard to the war of the inheritance tax proposals ain't over yet.… read more…

Written by Lloyd Shepherd on 8 Nov 2007 4:06 PM. Permalink

Ministry for Paper Waving

LIVE! PMQs for 17/10/07

Westmonster provides live coverage of Prime Minister's Questions every Wednesday at Midday, when the House is in session. Below is the coverage of Prime Minister's Questions for 17 November 2007. 11:57 AM: Here we go again folks, and the Ministers responsible for the Department for Handing Out Lots of Money… read more…

Written by Lloyd Shepherd on 17 Oct 2007 11:57 AM. Permalink

Westmonster: “inheritance tax”