Downing street yesterday shot down in flames Health Minister Anne Milton’s proposal to stop free milk for under 5′s. She said it’s an outdated policy with no proven health benefits, and given the cuts each department has to make, she wanted to stop the practice to save some dosh. He, or rather his people, said, we’re not scrapping free milk, it’s an institution no no we’re not stopping it!
If Nick Clegg is to get his way, there will be some form of electoral reform in the UK parliamentary system. This could pave the way for more European style coalition governments in the future with either AV or PR as opposed to FPTP we are more likely to see more parliaments that work on consensus rather than along party lines. So is this a good or a bad thing?
Today is the day when the nation gets to decide who will lord it over us govern us for the next 5 years. All the polls point towards us having a hung parliament, but we won’t know for sure until the early hours of the morning so if you haven’t voted yet, get out there and cast your ballot.
Law Lords have ruled that the Government will not be allowed to present evidence in secret in the trial where MI5 officers are accused of knowing about the torture of suspected terrorists.
This year for the first time, the leaders of the three major political parties take part in three televised debates. Their would be chancellors in the next government also took part in a similar offering a couple of weeks ago. Do you think this is a good thing and will politics in the UK be the same after this?