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Michael White on prospects for the Chilcot inquiry

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From MICHAEL WHITE, Guardian Unlimited,  24 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Michael White,  BBC

Make ready the smokeless rooms: a hung parliament is on the cards | Michael White

Britain's traditional adherence to strong governments with solid, first-past-the-post majorities is actually at variance with the facts. Take away minority governments at Westminster, usually Liberal with Labour support (or vice versa), and coalitions, ...

From MICHAEL WHITE, Guardian Unlimited,  23 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Michael White,  Liberal Democrats,  Paddy Ashdown,  UK Conservative Party,  David Cameron

A hung parliament is not going to happen | Michael White

The Observer's luck was in because it published an Ipsos Mori poll that showed Labour closing the gap on the Tories, just 6 points behind: a 37:31:17 Conservative lead over Labour and the Lib Dems, with our old friend others – let's not forget them – ...

From MICHAEL WHITE, Guardian Unlimited,  23 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Michael White,  Liberal Democrats,  Nick Clegg,  UK Conservative Party,  David Cameron

Where are all the MPs? Watching parliament on TV

Man with the stiletto: the resignation speech of Geoffrey Howe gave parliamentary TV what may still be its most dramatic moment. Photograph: Sarah Lee Has it been a success? Before I answer that question by citing the law of unintended consequences, I ...

From MICHAEL WHITE, Guardian Unlimited,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Geoffrey Howe,  Sarah Lee,  Harold Macmillan,  Margaret Thatcher,  U.S. Congress

Von Rompuy-Ashton appointment: The EU has opted for the quiet life

It's not true that last night's appointments at the EU's Brussels conclave are without historic precedence. When the Italian politician Signor Caligula was president of the European commission during one of the continent's more dynamic phases he ...

From MICHAEL WHITE, Guardian Unlimited,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: David Miliband,  Bill Clinton,  Geoff Hoon,  Malcolm Rifkind,  Chris Patten

Three melancholy exchanges about the Queen's speech | Michael White

The Westminster neighbourhood should be back to normal this morning after the Queen's golden coach and all those metal railings have been put back into storage. "The captains and the kings depart," as Kipling put it in Recessional, his prophetically ...

From MICHAEL WHITE, Guardian Unlimited,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Michael White,  Michael Pitt,  UK Conservative Party,  Jonathan Freedland,  David Cameron

Government wields duster to spruce up care bill | Michael White

Listening to the Queen reading her leisurely seven-minute speech from the throne, it was hard not to imagine ministers ransacking the attic, dusting off odd bits of legislative furniture with which to spruce up an empty room. Not even the first ...

From MICHAEL WHITE, Guardian Unlimited,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Michael White,  National Health Service,  Andy Burnham,  UK Conservative Party,  Nick Clegg

Was Queen's speech a waste of time?

Was the turnout of Labour MPs ready to troop over to the Lords for the Queen's speech even thinner than usual? About 50% of them, some of us thought in the press gallery, nine of whom stayed behind on the green benches, as Dennis Skinner and Neil ...

From MICHAEL WHITE, Guardian Unlimited,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: UK Conservative Party,  Dennis Skinner,  Neil Kinnock,  Liberal Democrats,  Liam Byrne

Michael White: Richard Branson to sponsor the Queen's speech?

While we're waiting for the Queen's speech (or do I mean the H J Heinz Queen's speech?), did I hear the chap from Lords holding forth on the air a few minutes ago? I mean the cricket ground, not the stroppy legislative chamber which is threatening to ...

From MICHAEL WHITE, Guardian Unlimited,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Richard Branson,  Michael White,  Wal-Mart,  Royal Bank of Scotland,  Google Inc.

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