Tag Archives: Brown

Thus interprets the UK MP's expenses guidelines, for the (sole) benefit of honourable members

All this “I stuck to the Rules” stuff delivered to camera by our alternately defiant or ashen faced betters in the Mother of Parliaments prompted me to take a look at the rules (the “Green Book”) of which we’ve heard so much. It’s less than gripping stuff but, as rule books go, it’s fairly clear [...]

Ask Barroso if can we join the Euro and demand protection for kiltmakers. NOW . . .

. . .and ask if we can claim special EU status as a near-bankrupt second-tier economy? by John J Kelly Despite EU President Jose Manuel Barroso‘s false memory of discussing the small matter of Britain’s entry to the Euro with the newly-ennobled Lord Mandelson, who as long ago as December 3 couldn’t remember having any [...]