Lawyers clashed with Pakistani police again today as the country's president, General Pervez Musharraf, considered his response to intense international pressure to restore civilian rule and hold elections as planned. Britain, the US and the UN have led international demands for Gen Musharraf to keep his earlier promises to restore the constitution, resign as the army chief and hold elections by January.
Commenting on the Pensions Bill proposed in today's Queen's Speech, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, Danny Alexander MP said:
DEFRA Minister for Sustainable Farming and Food, Lord Rooker has agreed to visit a hill farm in Westmorland and Lonsdale after being invited by the area's MP, Tim Farron. Mr Farron is Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Hill Farming and is keen for the Minister to witness first hand the effects of the foot and mouth outbreak this summer.
"A disappointing string of announcements with no vision and little to offer local people in Mid Sussex." That's the verdict of Lib Dems as local residents digest the Government's plans for the next year.
Lib Dems are calling for under fire Councillor, David Murphy to resign from the Council. They are accusing Labour of covering up his "move to Spain".
The media is at its best when it is in investigative mode - Would President Nixon ever have been impeached and Watergate uncovered had not the Washington Post published the story? At the moment I'm speaking to a journalist on a national newspaper about what happens to women of arranged marriages when the marriage fails. Foreign born nationals cannot easily get help yet many cannot return home. Research carried out for me recently has shown that up to 17 women in Rochdale could be sleeping rough. For humanitarian reasons alone we should be helping these women. I hope that by publishing their plight (and I do not believe Rochdale is alone in having this problem) we can get help and assistance for these women.
