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Jon Walker

More mayhem over mayors Oct 26 2010

LABOUR is in a spot of bother after an independent candidate won the battle to become mayor of the London borough of Tower Hamlets, with apparent support from Ken Livingstone.Read

Jon Walker

Speak your mind, Betty Oct 20 2010

FORMER West Bromwich MP and ex-Speaker Betty Boothroyd has revealed she tells her successor off for not wearing his robes.Read

Ed's first day at PMQs Oct 14 2010

WHAT a grand life it is being an MP.Read

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The city MP in Ed’s shadow Oct 13 2010

BIRMINGHAM MP Liam Byrne almost came a cropper in Labour’s shadow cabinet elections.Read

Jon Walker

Picking on poor old Mr Pickles Sep 28 2010

A good old barnstorming speech from Jack Dromey (Lab Erdington), as he attacked Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles.Read

Jon Walker

Clegg targeted by dog mess protest Sep 22 2010

POOR old Nick Clegg. Life in his Sheffield constituency has become a little less pleasant since his party entered a coalition with the Conservatives.Read

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Gisela’s kerb crawl shock Sep 15 2010

MP Gisela Stuart had a surprising run-in with the law, she reveals.Read

Jon Walker: Blair settling old scores Sep 08 2010

FORMER Prime Minister Tony Blair has used his autobiography, The Journey, to settle old scores.Read

Jon Walker

The pol who needs no poll Jul 28 2010

A typical day for newsagent Tarlok Singh and wife Jaswinder involves selling papers, including the Birmingham Mail, to customers at their busy Harborne shop.Read

Jon Walker

Time to get on right track for cyclists Jul 21 2010

THE “progressive partnership” of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats has run remarkably smoothly so far.Read

Jon Walker

Tom's on trail of Commons plonk Jul 14 2010

TOM Watson (Lab West Bromwich East) continues his battle to uncover details of the Government’s official supply of booze. The MP previously convinced civil servants to reveal that more than £17,500 was spent topping up the official wine cellar since the election – and the total value of the collection is £864,000.Read

...and 'Pipsqueak' Gove's in his sights Jul 14 2010

PRIVATE Watson has also shed more light on his angry tirade against Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, which earned him a mild telling off from the Commons Speaker.Read

Paul sees the Enoch irony Jul 07 2010

As the new MP for Wolverhampton South West, Paul Uppal is following in the footsteps of Enoch Powell.Read

Jon Walker

Tribute to an uneasy truce Jun 30 2010

THERE were signs of an unlikely truce in the Commons, as Conservative Education Secretary Michael Gove paid fulsome tribute to Dudley MP Ian Austin.Read

Jon Walker

New outbreak of poll fever Jun 02 2010

EXCITING though the general election was, most of us are probably delighted its over.Read

Jon Walker

Gisela's rant at phone calls rap May 26 2010

Under-fire Commons officials have received another telling-off over the controversial new expenses system – in the official magazine distributed to MPs.Read

Jon Walker

Gisela: I did it my way May 19 2010

EDGBASTON’S re-elected MP Gisela Stuart puts her surprise victory down to ignoring everything Labour’s London bosses told her.Read

Brown loyalists plan for the future May 05 2010

GORDON Brown was back in the West Midlands yesterday, meeting factory workers in Telford and walking the streets of Warwick and Leamington.Read

Scrumpy drinkers hit by budget Mar 25 2010

IT LOOKS like New Labour is finally dead and buried. Tony Blair’s vision of creating a slightly nicer version of the Conservative Party has finally been abandoned.Read

Jon Walker

You can't buy me - MP Hemming Mar 24 2010

BIRMINGHAM MP John Hemming has demanded tough new rules on payments to MPs – after an NHS body offered to pay him to say he supported redundancies.Read

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