2011 – A KNOCK OUT YEAR IN POLITICS
James Turgoose, Head of Parliamentary Affairs, reviews the winners and losers after a year of combat in Westminster that did not always follow the Marquess of Queensbury Rules. The London Olympics...
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Smith Square Review – 18th May 2012
Ed shuffles to the left Leader of the Labour Party, Ed Miliband, carried out a minor reshuffle of his front bench team on Wednesday. This is the third reshuffle of Labour frontbenchers since the...
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Smith Square Review – Friday 25th May 2012
Beware of Greeks bearing votes The Greek Government has denied suggestions that it is making contingency plans for a quick exit out of the Eurozone. Despite statistics suggesting that 85% of the...
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Smith Square Review – Friday 8th June 2012
Cameron being inCONsistent The heat was turned up on Conservative Party Chairman and Cabinet Minister Baroness Warsi this week as the House of Lords Standards Commissioner launched a formal...
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Gunboat Diplomacy In a letter that appeared in yesterday’s Guardian and Independent newspapers, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, President of Argentina, demanded the return of the Falkland Islands. The...
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Breaking Boundaries This week saw the Conservatives’ dreams of boundary reform shattered as MPs voted by a margin of 334 votes to 292 to defer the parliamentary constituency boundary review until after...
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Ghost Train In a recent blow to the Government, a report published by the National Audit Office (NAO) has questioned the economic benefits of their flagship rail project HS2. In the damning report, the...
View ArticleSmith Square Review – Friday 21st June 2013
On your bike? It’s that time again when the reshuffle rumour mill starts to turn – who’s in and who’s out. Inside sources claim that there is to be a junior ministerial reshuffle next month, before a...
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Jam today, but not tomorrow Energy prices, HS2 and press regulation may be top of the political agenda but a crucial and hotly contested debate has now developed in Westminster – the sugar content of...
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Smith Square Review – January 17th 2014
Euron your own This week the Westminster village has been bubbling with talk of Europe. Leading Conservative advocates of Britain moving forward in a reformed Europe came together for Open Europe’s (a...
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The Blair Witch Project Tony Blair has offered his advisory services to numerous organisations and nations since standing down as Prime Minister in 2007. However, on Wednesday during the trial of...
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Smith Square Review – Friday 25th April
Brown enters independence debate Gordon Brown made a statesmanlike speech on Tuesday in Glasgow which was in support of the Better Together campaign. The Better Together campaign is in favour of...
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