Should Early Day Motions be abolished?

Should Early Day Motions be abolished?

Brandon Lewis is the latest MP to say Early Day Motions are an expensive and ineffective lobbying tool, and that he wants nothing to do with them. So the questions are, what real value do they have, and if there isn’t any, should their role be reviewed, and even...
How to Tweet your MP, by Grant Shapps

How to Tweet your MP, by Grant Shapps

I am one of Grant Shapps’ 50,000 plus followers, the youthful looking Housing and Local Government Minister, who marked his landmark figure by writing the definitive guide on to engage with an MP via Twitter. I knew Grant back in 2005 when he was a parliamentary...
Congratulations to our latest 92-year-old media star

Congratulations to our latest 92-year-old media star

For the second time in just over a week, a nonagenarian has beaten off stiff competition from young rivals to scoop a top media award. Congratulations to Elaine Morgan, a 92-year-old writer with the Western Mail, who won the Columnist of the Year Award 2011 in the...