Posts Tagged “john hemming”
In other news… Hemming “resignation threat”, Rogerson on second home tax, Russell on Israel & more
by Stephen Tall on November 4, 2012
MP John Hemming’s fury over ‘cover-ups’ (Daily Express) A LIB Dem MP threatened to resign the party whip last night and sit as an independent unless child protection was treated “more seriously”. John Hemming said the Government was “dangerously complacent” about the level of cover-ups at children’s homes and in the wider family justice system. […]
In other news… Nick talks Dutch, Farron’s footie boycott, Hemming’s whistleblower charter & more
by Stephen Tall on October 28, 2012
Here’s a round-up of stories we haven’t had time to cover on the site this past few days… Nick Clegg insists on speaking Dutch at Cabinet Office meeting (Telegraph) Nick Clegg, who speaks five languages fluently, chose to conduct a recent meeting at the Cabinet Office with Herman Van Rompuy, the European Council president, entirely […]
In other news… Teather on pupil premium, State of play for Welsh Lib Dems & other stories
by Stephen Tall on August 28, 2012
Here’s a round-up of stories we haven’t had time to cover on the site this past few days… Teather: Pupil premium ‘changing the way schools think’ (BBC) The Liberal Democrat MP and minister at the Department of Education Sarah Teather, said the policy is about “changing the whole way schools think”. Speaking to The World […]
LDV Caption Competition | John Hemming “you’ll have had your tea” Edition
by Stephen Tall on November 5, 2011
There’s no prize at stake – just the opportunity to prove you’re wittier than any other LDV reader… (Hat-tip to international development action group Tea Time for Change.) Here’s Lib Dem MP for Birmingham Yardley John Hemming enjoying a cuppa a in a good cause. What do you think might be being said or thought […]
Was Lib Dem MP John Hemming right to name Ryan Giggs as superinjunction footballer?
by Stephen Tall on May 23, 2011
The media can now, openly and legitimately, report the name of the Premiership footballer alleged to have had an affair with a former reality show contestant. That the name ‘Ryan Giggs’ is public is down to Lib Dem MP John Hemming, who ‘outed’ the Manchester United star in the House of Commons this afternoon using […]
Lib Dem MPs split on Euro referendum?
by Stephen Tall on January 21, 2010
Almost two years ago, in the early weeks of Nick Clegg’s leadership, the Lib Dem parliamentary party managed to tie itself in knots over the question of whether to support a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. In the end three frontbenchers, David Heath, Tim Farron and Alistair Carmichael, quit after defying the party’s three-line whip […]
Birmingham Ladywood Lib Dem PPC loses judicial review
by Stephen Tall on July 27, 2009
The Birmingham Mail has the story: … a city councillor [has] failed to overturn a judge’s ruling that he “scurrilously” tried to smear a Labour opponent when giving evidence in an election court. Coun Ayoub Khan, who is his party’s (…)
Hemming campaigns for Britannia coin comeback
by Stephen Tall on February 9, 2009
Has Britannia been missing form your life? Last year, the Royal Mint removed the image of Britannia from the UK’s coins, where her image has appeared since 1672. Now Lib Dem MP John Hemming has launched a new campaign to (…)
Lib Dem MPs divide on embryology bill free vote
by Stephen Tall on October 24, 2008
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill passed the House of Commons easily this week, 355 to 129. The Bill’s measures include allowing scientists to produce human-animal “hybrid embryos” for stem cells, use of “saviour siblings” to provide bone marrow or (…)
Poll results: Kennedy and Goldsworthy your top choices
by Stephen Tall on December 3, 2007
The final results have been tallied in our old poll asking, ‘Of those MPs who’ve ruled themselves out of standing for the party leadership, who would you have voted for given the chance?’ Over 800 LDV readers answered, and in (…)
