HOUSE OF COMMONS
March 2014
Today’s career politicians could learn a lot from John Biffen, an MP who hated soundbites
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May 2013
The woman I knew for 40 years was persistent but never provocative. She will be ranked among the very greatest figures in English history
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December 2012
The public gallery at the House of Commons is behind bullet-proof glass. This offensive distrust of the public reflects a greater sense of detachment between MPs and the electorate
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December 2012
The Government's Parliamentary Standards Bill threatens MPs' free speech and upsets the "essential comity established between Parliament and the Courts",
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