In these dark days we all try to find little moments of amusement. Fortunately there is plenty of laughter still to be had at the MPs’ expenses comedy. Now that Sir Christopher Kelly has published his plans to punish MPs for their greediness and their silliness, and consign them to miserable backstreet bedsits, we can all sit back and enjoy their squeals of unselfcritical outrage.
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Just been listening to Radio 4's news on the way back from a little trip and was surprised (or, perhaps, wasn't surprised one little bit) to hear that Sir Ian Kennedy, friend of Alastair " David Kelly's Death Made Me Depressed " Campbell, no less, and appointed head of the flash, new independent committee charged with monitoring MPs' behaviour and finances in future (but is laughably answerable...
A dof of the cap to All Seeing Eye who pointed out this gem: Prof Sir Ian Kennedy, head of the new body charged with rewriting the rules on MPs' expenses, has been quoted as saying he had "no obligation" to accept everything that Sir Christopher Kelly has suggested. So who knows, MP's may well keep their cushy taxpayer funded 2nd homes, keep on employing their dribbling retarded offspring...
So, Sir Ian Kennedy (new chairman of the Independent STandards Authority) is a close personal friend of Alastair Campbell. Does it matter? To the Westminster lobby it does - because they missed the story until it was too late. So, it has to be said, did the blogosphere. Alastair Campbell tweeted this morning that he thought he was reading a diary story, until he realised it was the Telegraph's front...
There have been accusations of a "behind-the-scenes stitch-up" following reports that key elements of the proposed plan to clean up the system of MPs' expenses could be scrapped. Earlier this week Sir Christopher Kelly, the chairman of the Committee for Standards in Public Life, published his keenly awaited plan to clean up the system in the wake of the expenses scandal. However it was reported...
Yes, MPs brought the expenses affair on themselves, and yes, the system needs to be reformed - but reforming it on the basis of a 'blood sacrifice' will not necessarily produce a better Parliament. Here's today's Journal column. Ever since the start of the MPs expenses affair, it has been clear that no one political party has had a monopoly on sleazy behaviour. From Tory knight Sir Peter Viggers’...
'Sir' Ian Kennedy, the head of IPSA has said he has 'no obligation to implement the recommendations' on MPs' expenses given by Sir Christopher Kelly. Kelly must be wondering why he's wasted his time investigating and preparing a report when MPs could just appoint an insider instead. He is said to feel that Sir Christopher’s lengthy inquiry, which included more than 1,000 witness statements and...
It seems that Prof Sir Ian Kennedy the man in charge of the new Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority is not happy with Sir Christopher Kelly's plans for expenses reform. It seems that Prof Sir Ian Kennedy does not like certain reforms proposed, in particular plans in the report to compel MPs to return profits from second homes and ban them from employing relatives. It seems that that the...
TaxPayers' Alliance bulletin - 6th November 2009 Sir Christopher gets toughThe waiting is finally over and this week saw the release of Sir Christopher Kelly's recommendations for reforming MPs' expenses. The TPA has been at the forefront of the campaign to reform of MPs' expenses and we welcomed the report, which draws extensively on many of our proposals and offers a practical manifesto for
The man appointed to oversee the future expenses regime for MPs will not necessarily implement the proposals published by Sir Christopher Kelly, but will instead conduct a wide-ranging review of his own. The three leaders of the main political parties and Kelly, chairman of the committee on standards in public life, had this week said the proposals should be implemented as a whole. But Sir Ian Kennedy,...
Lucy Mangan on the people in the spotlight Iron laddie David Cameron So, Dave, how went the week? Did you announce a series of strikingly brilliant policies to sort out the NHS? Innovative solutions for the economic crisis, starting with using George's pocket money to recapitalise Lloyds TSB? No? What did happen then? Nothing? Really? Are you completely sure there wasn't a little something? A little...
Key reforms designed to clean up the MPs' expenses system may now be thrown out. All three major party leaders have thrown their support behind the myriad of reforms recommended by Sir Christopher Kelly's inquiry this week, and Sir Christopher said his measures should be implemented in full by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa).
It was not Gordon Brown who called in Sir Christopher Kelly to report on MPs' expenses and staffing arrangements, but the whole traumatic business has increased the longing among some Labour MPs for a leader in whom they could have more confidence. But how can Brown be removed?
Pudgy lefty columnist Johann Hari in the ‘Indy’ considers the Tory Party to be ‘out of touch’ with voters: The most common complaint against David Cameron is unfair and untrue. Critics keep charging that he has no policies – but in truth, now he has dropped his early attempt at kum-bay-ya Conservatism , Cameron is offering a fairly detailed prospectus. Unfortunately, it...
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