Blogs about: Bernard Jenkin
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We know who the patriots are
Many will wake up this morning feeling like they’ve been mugged. But there was a larger rebellion than I certainly thought. I tuned in from 7:30 until the end and there were a number of very goo… more →
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UKIP: Cause for Celebration
wrote 2 weeks ago: Ken Clarke: a Rat, Rattled. Just when my faith in the British political system was about to fail com … more →
Margaret Thatcher: An Insider's Perspective by Colin Cram (Part 1)
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wrote 1 month ago: In 1980 I joined the Cabinet Office in 1980 as part of a team set up to support the efficiency and r … more →
Airports and Anxieties
wrote 2 months ago: Today was a day spent in cars and planes, waiting in interminable lines and dealing with arcane bure … more →
Send in the Clowns
wrote 2 months ago: Today I want to talk about a Member of Parliament unashamedly playing a game with the lives of the p … more →
Alan Mendoza's Henry Jackson Society and William Shawcross's Charity Commission
wrote 6 months ago: Before the last British general election, I expressed the hope that under David Cameron’s lead … more →
Culture, Bigots and Peace III
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wrote 6 months ago: An Orange band sharing a “community space” There I was thinking that the Orange Order an … more →
CentreForum's 'Liberal Hero of the Week' #12 - Bernard Jenkin MP (PS: he's also our Liberal Villain #2)
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wrote 8 months ago: Welcome to the twelfth in our series — Liberal Hero of the Week — as chosen by Stephen T … more →
George Osborne downplays Nick Clegg's 'rich tax' call
wrote 8 months ago: In the UK, Chancellor George Osborne has warned against “driving away” the UK’s … more →
Leaders Plotting EU Superstate: 'Fiscal Union' Looms... With The Germans In Charge
wrote 11 months ago: http://www.dailymail.co.uk European leaders are edging closer to a federal union in response to the … more →
Bernard Jenkin on Afghanistan
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wrote 1 year ago: This afternoon I attended the second half of a Global Diplomatic Forum conference on “Two Year … more →
The “veto” that never was and the ire of the Eurosceptics
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wrote 1 year ago: Sometimes I almost feel sorry for David Cameron. He really seemed to believe that walking out of the … more →
GOVERNMENT WASTE: How the Sir Humphreys pissed our money away
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wrote 1 year ago: WHITEHALL? WHITE ELEPHANT, MORE LIKE Hallelujah, the News Corporation has finally done something use … more →
Sonia says...
wrote 1 year ago: TOPIC: IS THE BIG SOCIETY A SUCCESS? As David Cameron announces further plans for the National Citiz … more →
We know who the patriots are
wrote 1 year ago: Many will wake up this morning feeling like they’ve been mugged. But there was a larger rebell … more →
"They Make Reports And Ministers Rubbish Them"
wrote 2 years ago: When I was a Select Committee Clerk, I kept a quote from Bolsover MP Dennis Skinner on my office not … more →
New Questions on the Nuclear Deterrent
wrote 2 years ago: 25th November saw two questions put to the government concening the Vanguard Class submarines that c … more →
In Britain, MPs only eat, they never pay
wrote 3 years ago: 5 days to Christmas and counting. Yes, but if you thought your lanky, pot-bellied or fat Member of P … more →
Defence debate on election day "an insult to the armed forces"
wrote 3 years ago: by Yepoka Yeebo A debate on defence on Thursday saw MPs wrangling over its timing, with Conservative … more →
