Archive for June, 2010

Labour’s getting the Abbott habit

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

 

Diane Abbot has made the cut in the race for the Labour Party leadership after David Milliband donated some of his support to make sure she reached the necessary 33 nominations from MPs.

The move has triggered a number of different reactions. One senior Labour insider said, “Diane’s from an ethnic minority, she’s a woman and she’s from the left.  She’s exactly what the Labour Party needs … as long as she doesn’t win”.

Eric Pickles added his support for Ms. Abbott by suggesting “she could well be the Labour Party’s Margaret Thatcher“.

Labour Leader Betting
  Bet365  William Hill Stan James Victor Chandler
DAVID MILIBAND 8/13 - - 4/7
ED MILIBAND 13/5 - - 2/1
ED BALLS 9/1 - - 10/1
ANDY BURNHAM 11/1 - - 10/1
DIANE ABBOTT 25/1 - - 50/1

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Select Committee nominations

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

Results of the first ever election of Select Committee Chairs will be announced later today. There are six unopposed candidates at Culture, International Development, Justice, Procedure, Transport, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

TimYeo and Philip Hollobone have only just been nominated for Climate Change. Unusually for what will inevitably be a high profile committee there were no takers for the Chair’s spot. Following the last minute entrants one would presume that the old art of Select Committee wheeler dealing has not left us yet.

Business, Innovation and Skills Committee

  • Mr Adrian Bailey
  • Geraint Davies
  • Mr Barry Sheerman

Children, Schools and Families Committee

  • Mr Lee Scott
  • Mr Graham Stuart
  • Mr Andrew Turner
  • Rob Wilson

Communities and Local Government Committee

  • Mr Clive Betts
  • Mr Nick Raynsford

Culture, Media and Sport Committee

  • Mr John Whittingdale

Defence Committee

  • Mr James Arbuthnot
  • Mr Douglas Carswell
  • Dr Julian Lewis
  • Patrick Mercer

Energy and Climate Change Committee

  • Mr Philip Hollobone
  • Mr Tim Yeo

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

  • Mr James Gray
  • Mr Stewart Jackson
  • Miss Anne McIntosh
  • Neil Parish

 Environmental Audit Committee

  • Barry Gardiner
  • Joan Walley

Foreign Affairs Committee

  • Mr John Baron
  • Richard Ottaway
  • Sir John Stanley

 Health Committee

  • Sir Paul Beresford
  • Mr Peter Bone
  • Mr Stephen Dorrell
  • Nadine Dorries

 Home Affairs Committee

  • Alun Michael
  • Keith Vaz

 International Development Committee

  • Malcolm Bruce

 Justice Committee

  • Sir Alan Beith

 Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

  • Mr Laurence Robertson

 Political and Constitutional Reform Committee

  • Mr Graham Allen
  • Dr Hywel Francis
  • Fiona Mactaggart
  • Dr Alan Whitehead

 Procedure Committee

  • Mr Greg Knight

 Committee of Public Accounts

  • Hugh Bayley
  • Mr Brian H. Donohoe
  • Margaret Hodge
  • Mr Michael Meacher
  • Austin Mitchell
  • Iain Wright

 Public Administration Committee

  • Mr Christopher Chope
  • Mr Bernard Jenkin
  • Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger

 Science and Technology Committee

  • Andrew Miller
  • Graham Stringer

 Scottish Affairs Committee

  • Mr Ian Davidson

 Transport Committee

  • Mrs Louise Ellman

 Treasury Committee

  • Michael Fallon
  • Mr Andrew Tyrie

 Welsh Affairs Committee

  • David T. C. Davies

 Work and Pensions Committee

  • Miss Anne Begg
  • Ms Karen Buck

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