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Parliament unfit for purpose? Maybe Mr Clegg has a point
The disrepute into which parliament has been dragged by the peers’ and MPs’ expenses scandal continues to dominate politics, over and above party rivalry, writes Jon Snow.
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In a full and frank interview President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tells Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow that Iran is “solid and united” and defended his right to develop nuclear power.
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Agriculture is the second largest source of UK greenhouse gases contributing to seven per cent of total emissions. So how will cultivation evolve in order to meet climate targets?
The disrepute into which parliament has been dragged by the peers’ and MPs’ expenses scandal continues to dominate politics, over and above party rivalry, writes Jon Snow.
Lindsey Hilsum writes on whether the “hairy beards” of Iran are really in control of the country at all?
Sir Christopher Kelly’s report on MPs’ expenses calls for a law to stop the government interfering in MPs’ pay – but tighter powers for an expenses watchdog, as well.
At some parties the buzz is all about who’s there. The big issue at President Ahmadinejad’s inauguration was who wasn’t there. There was a distinct lack of former presidents – no Khatami, no Rafsanjani. He wasn’t doing well on former parliamentary speakers either. No member of the late Imam Khomeni’s family.
The story of the four lords a-leaping (for allegedly offering to affect legislation in return for cash inducements) prompts all sorts of questions about the upper house of our legislature. The House of Lords prides itself on the quality of debates, and I’m the first to accept that there are some amazing brains in there,…