Monday, 28 October 2013

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Stormy weather

How MPs respond to hurricanes: A 1987 case study

MPs will once again be tempted to play politics with the weather this afternoon

How do MPs respond when massive storms batter Britain's shores? By bickering about who picks up the bill, of course.

Storm ruins Clegg press conference

The crane collapsed on the Cabinet Office at around 06:50 this morning. Photo: www.politicalpictures.co.uk

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has been forced to abandon his monthly press conference, after a crane collapsed on the roof of the Cabinet Office.

Media wars

Grant Shapps' attack on the BBC is an act of bare-faced political thuggery

Shapps: Posed as 'multi-million-dollar web marketer' Michael Green at an internet conference in a Las Vegas

The Tory party chairman has given the BBC an explicit warning: Give us favourable coverage or we'll have our revenge in 2016.

Trial of the century: Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson in the dock

Rebekah Brooks on an earlier public outing. The phone-hacking trial is expected to go on for months.

Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson are finally going to have their day in court, as the most significant legal battle to hit British politics in a generation begins at the Old Bailey.

High speed news

HS2 supporters strike back... finally

An HS2 train: The project's defenders have struggled to get their voice heard over the last few months

Supporters of the controversial HS2 project will finally make an effort to get on the front foot today, with a report warning of thousands of weekend track closures if it does not go ahead.

Last week

The Week in Review: Unlikely lads Russell Brand and John Major speak truth to power

Russell Brand with Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight

The reaction to Brand and Major this week says everything you need to know about British politics.

The Political Week Online: A revolutionary Brand?

A revolutionary Brand?

Russell Brand, free schools, Grangemouth, Hinkley Point - and a sprinkling of economic joy.

Space: The final item in this newsletter

Swindon, we have a problem: UK 'underfunding' galactic-sized space ambitions

Satellite technology is viewed as a big growth area in the UK's space sector

MPs have expressed concern after discovering Britain's booming space sector, which the government hopes will grow fourfold by 2030, is being overseen by just 44 staff - mostly based in Swindon.

NASUWT: "Nick Clegg fools no-one"

“Does Nick Clegg honestly think that either the teaching profession or parents will be impressed?"

RSPCA: Trust in ready meals declines as demand for ethical food rises

Britain - ready meal capital of Western Europe - loses trust in pre-prepared food and demand for higher welfare food rises.

Voice welcomes Nick Clegg's interventions on school standards

Voice has welcomed the forthcoming speech by Nick Clegg on school standards.

CIOB: Regulatory rules should not stand in the way of housing standard rationalisation

CIOB calls for clear timescale for integrating housing standards into the Building Regulations.

CIA: Chemicals sector aims for 50% growth by 2030

Energy security, innovation and re-building UK supply chains are some of the key challenges set out in a new strategy for the chemical sector.

BHA: New RE framework clear that schools should respect non-religious beliefs

New RE framework puts strong focus on non-religious worldviews like humanism.

MRSA Action UK: When the drugs don't work

MRSA Action UK helps to bring the human cost to the attention of government and industry over the ticking time bomb and lack of desperately needed antibiotics.

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