Letter from Westminster
For the first nine years that I was in Parliament autumn statement and budget days were routinely an excuse for me and my colleagues from
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Letter from Westminster
When the House of Commons is sitting it has been the practice in recent years to mark the two minutes silence on 11th November by
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One of the best things about being an MP is that after ten-and-a-half years it can still produce fresh challenges.
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One of the changes that this government has made to parliament which does not get a great deal of attention outside of Westminster has been
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Early last week Jonathan Wills posed the question (in a fair and measured way) of how I could remain a minister in the coalition government
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Every year around this time MPs find themselves in the busy and slightly surreal environment that is the party conference.
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The presentation of the SNP’s programme for government makes me think that Scottish politics is going to be many things for the next few years,
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There can be few places in the world like Shetland in the sunshine. That was the thought that lodged itself in my mind as I
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It is not yet fully three weeks since parliament broke for the summer recess. I remember speculating with a colleague as I cleared my desk
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It is difficult to find the right word to describe life in Westminster this week. The journalists and broadcasters have all been working overtime with
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Arriving in London this week was a bit like getting off the plane in Spain or Greece at the start of your summer holidays –
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Last week saw the 10th anniversary of my election to parliament. It passed without much fanfare but it did prompt some of my friends and
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The Palace of Westminster went into lockdown last week in honour of the visit of President Obama who was to address both Houses of Parliament
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Returning to Westminster after the Scottish Parliament I was stopped by an English Labour MP who enquired mischievously of me why I was in London.
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