The Spectator’s Parliamentarian of the Year awards took place last night. Highlights from the winners include: Campaigner of the year: Stella Creasy Survivor of the year: Chris Huhne Inquisitor of the year: John Whittingdale, on behalf of the Murdoch-grilling Culture Media and Sport Committee With attendant politicos and hacks rendered more forgiving by champagne, such [...]
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Immigration row: ex-borders chief completely contradicts Theresa May
The ousted chief of the UK Border Force Brodie Clark is currently giving evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee — and is completely contradicting what Theresa May has told them: “I introduced no additions to the Home Secretary’s trial – neither did I extend it or alter it in any way whatsoever … I did [...]
May slammed immigration minister: “don’t blame it on your officials”
In a 2004 exchange which is set to haunt embattled Theresa May, the present home secretary told a Labour minister to resign over an immigration scandal, saying that she was “sick and tired” of ministers blaming other people “when things go wrong”. The minister in question was Beverley Hughes, and the issue was a scandal [...]
That Conservative Party human rights policy in full
Theresa May’s call in yesterday’s Sunday Telegraph for the Human Rights Act to be scrapped, delighted the right wing of her party and sent a shiver down the spines of Liberal Democrats. A flick through the news clippings will yield further insights into the Tory policy process: “Parliament dog ban breaches my human rights” (June 2011) [...]
Theresa May’s speech to police met with fanfare of pure silence
On a day the government would rather forget, Theresa May has given David Cameron even more of a headache after her speech to more than 1,000 officers was met with complete silence and 40 minutes of highly critical questioning. The speech delivered to the Police Federation outlined both the reforms to the police service and [...]
Was Theresa May shopping for shoes in the Commons chamber?
Everyone knows about Theresa May’s love of footwear, but has she been breaking Commons rules? MPs are only allowed to read material related to the debate in the Commons chamber — which means no newspapers or magazines. So what was someone doing with a catalogue for, erm, Ugg Boots on the Tory benches yesterday? Scrapbook [...]
Home Office police white paper contains complete myth
Theresa May’s white paper on police cuts reform includes proposals such as the replacement of some police with unpaid reservists as a “clear manifestation of the ‘big society’ in action”. In a great spot by the Exclorative blog, it also features an anecdotal untruth about so-called bureaucracy. Section 3.11 of the document, entitled “Policing in the 21st century: reconnecting [...]
Sack "homophobic" Theresa May Facebook group clocks up 32,000 supporters
Just want to join the group? You can do so here. “What do you mean? Of course she’s suitable for the equalities brief – she’s a woman!” One can only assume the discussion of Theresa May’s appointment as Minister for Women and Equality went something along these lines. Perhaps they should have looked at her voting [...]
