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The titanic error was belief in the technology

Today is the beginning of the second week of Parliament but last week on Monday there was a session about “Horizon: Compensation and Convictions” which involved three of our local MPs, Peter Bottomley, Tim Loughton and Lloyd Russell-Moyle. Peter Bottomley was the first Sussex MP who spoke (This item first appeared in the Brighton Argus on the 15th January 2024 which is described within the OUR…

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MPs take part in debates on the crisis in Gazay

(This piece was published in the Brighton Argus today – 23rd October 2023 under the headline of “Our MPs in Parliament”) This week, the second in Parliament following the break from the Party Political Conferences contains plans for a number of contributions from our local MPs including a theme from the last two years that should at least persuade them to participate and reflect on the views that…

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Hi Lloyd, could you endorse this COP27 related motion?

Hi Lloyd, could you endorse this COP27 related motion?

As I wrote yesterday, the Brighton Pavilion MP, Caroline Lucas wrote an Early Day Motion back on the 24th October and it now has 19 MPs who have signed it which includes Zarah Sultana and Dan Carden who are both Labour MPs, Wera Hobhouse who is Liberal Democrat MP and Martyn Day and Tommy Sheppard who are both SNP MPs. Those people along with Caroline formed the team of six people who endorsed…

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Would your MP endorse Global Registry of Fossil Fuels

Would your MP endorse Global Registry of Fossil Fuels

On Monday my MP, Caroline Lucas raised a call from other MPs to endorse the Global Registry of Fossil Fuels using her Early Day Motion. On the same day five more MPs agreed with her and so the EDM became formal. These other MPs are Dan Carden who is Labour for Liverpool Walton near where I was born and my family live along with Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrat for Bath, Zarah Sultana, Labour for…

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Parody becomes almost impossible - when the parody-worthy party is itself Kafkaesque ..!   

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'Dishonest' and 'deluded': MP accuses Day to his face in parliament

‘Dishonest’ and ‘deluded’: MP accuses Day to his face in parliament

The senior partner of human rights firm Leigh Day has been directly accused of dishonesty over his handling of claims against the Ministry of Defence by an MP enjoying parliamentary privilege.

Martyn Day was cleared of misconduct in 2017 by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal in relation to the Al-Sweady claims.

He prevailed in the High Court when the Solicitors Regulation Authority tried to…

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Martyn Day, MP for Linlithgow and East Falkirk, and Hannah Bardell, MP for Livingston, wear yellow and black rosettes at the 2015 general election.

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