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Lord-Pearsons-Letter-Of-Complaint-To
COMPLAINT: COVERAGE BY “TODAY”, SINCE THE WILSON REPORT, OF THE CASE FOR THE UK TO WITHDRAW FROM THE EU. BACKGROUND The 2005 Wilson Report into the BBC’s coverage of EU affairs was the Corporation’s first published independent analysis of its output. Its committee of inquiry was chaired by Lord Wilson of Dinton, formerly Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service. This complaint is that the BBC has not delivered the improvements it promised in its response to that report, of its coverage of EU affairs. This applies particularly to the debate about the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. The Wilson Report was published in January 2005. It was critical of parts of the relevant output. It said: …we do think there is a serious problem. Although the BBC wishes to be impartial in its news coverage of the EU it is not succeeding. Whatever the intention, nobody thinks the outcome is impartial. There is strong disagreement about the net balance but all parties show remarkable unity in identifying the elements of the problem. Sometimes being attacked from all sides is a sign that an organisation is getting it right. That is not so here. It is a sign that the BBC is getting it wrong, and our main conclusion is that urgent action is required to put this right. The problem can be summarised under a number of headings which we analyse below.1 Institutional mindset. Giving the audience the information it needs to make up its own mind is a proper and important role for the BBC and one which it must carry out. -
Doomed to Failure? UKIP and the Organisational Challenges Facing Right-Wing Populist Anti-Political Establishment Parties
Abedi, A. and Lundberg, T.C. (2009) Doomed to failure? UKIP and the organisational challenges facing right-wing populist anti-political establishment parties. Parliamentary Affairs, 62 (1). pp. 72-87. ISSN 0031-2290 http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/41367 Deposited on: 22 October 2010 Enlighten – Research publications by members of the University of Glasgow http://eprints.gla.ac.uk Doomed to Failure? UKIP and the Organisational Challenges Facing Right-Wing Populist Anti-Political Establishment Parties This is a pre-copy editing, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Parliamentary Affairs following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version (‘Doomed to Failure? UKIP and the Organisational Challenges Facing Right- Wing Populist Anti-Political Establishment Parties’, Parliamentary Affairs, 62(1): 72-87, January 2009) is available online at http://pa.oxfordjournals.org/content/62/1/72.abstract. Amir Abedi Thomas Carl Lundberg Department of Political Science School of Social and Political Sciences Western Washington University Adam Smith Building 516 High Street 40 Bute Gardens Bellingham, WA 98225-9082 University of Glasgow U.S.A. Glasgow G12 8RT +1-360-650-4143 Scotland [email protected] 0141-330 5144 [email protected] Abstract: Using the UK Independence Party (UKIP), we examine the effects of sudden electoral success on an Anti-Political Establishment (APE) party. The pressures of aspiring to government necessitate organisational structures resembling those of mainstream parties, while this aspiration challenges APE parties because they differ not just in terms of their policy profiles, but also in their more ‘unorthodox’ organisational make-up, inextricably linked to their electoral appeal. -
The Disclosure of Climate Data from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia
House of Commons Science and Technology Committee The disclosure of climate data from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia Eighth Report of Session 2009–10 Volume II Oral and written evidence Ordered by The House of Commons to be printed 24 March 2010 HC 387-II Published on 31 March 2010 by authority of the House of Commons London: The Stationery Office Limited £0.00 The Science and Technology Committee The Science and Technology Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Government Office for Science. Under arrangements agreed by the House on 25 June 2009 the Science and Technology Committee was established on 1 October 2009 with the same membership and Chairman as the former Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee and its proceedings were deemed to have been in respect of the Science and Technology Committee. Current membership Mr Phil Willis (Liberal Democrat, Harrogate and Knaresborough)(Chair) Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods (Labour, City of Durham) Mr Tim Boswell (Conservative, Daventry) Mr Ian Cawsey (Labour, Brigg & Goole) Mrs Nadine Dorries (Conservative, Mid Bedfordshire) Dr Evan Harris (Liberal Democrat, Oxford West & Abingdon) Dr Brian Iddon (Labour, Bolton South East) Mr Gordon Marsden (Labour, Blackpool South) Dr Doug Naysmith (Labour, Bristol North West) Dr Bob Spink (Independent, Castle Point) Ian Stewart (Labour, Eccles) Graham Stringer (Labour, Manchester, Blackley) Dr Desmond Turner (Labour, Brighton Kemptown) Mr Rob Wilson (Conservative, Reading East) Powers The Committee is one of the departmental Select Committees, the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders, principally in SO No.152. -
SYNOPTIC ELECTIONS Mike Simpson 2002; Revised AJE 2013, 2015, 2016
SYNOPTIC ELECTIONS Mike Simpson 2002; revised AJE 2013, 2015, 2016 Contents Introduction p2 Election Systems p2 Candidate Selection p7 Campaigns p20 The Role of the Media p24 Campaign Finance p26 Voting Behaviour p42 Turnout p62 Issues affecting representation & participation – reform proposals p67 Page 1 Introduction In any system of democracy, elections are likely to have a vital role to play. If Lincoln's “rule of the people, by the people, for the people” is to be achieved, the public must be involved in politics. In a representative democracy this is most likely to be achieved via the use of elections. Elections serve several vital purposes in a democracy; 1. They encourage participation which must be regarded as essential in any democracy. 2. They provide for representation of the people's views. 3. They are a means of providing a government. 4. They also serve as a means of holding that government to account and as means of replacing it. 5. They are a means of recruitment of talented and committed people into the political elite who provide the Executive. The UK and the US whilst both, legitimately, claiming to be liberal democracies have very different arrangements for elections. These differences have a profound impact upon the nature of government and politics in these countries as a consequence. ELECTION SYSTEMS Overview Similarities The US and the UK both use First Past The Post – the Single Member Simple Plurality voting system. This is most obvious in elections to the House of Representatives and the House of Commons, as both are based on single-member districts or constituencies. -
Le Rôle Des Associations Eurosceptiques Et Du United
Le rôle des associations eurosceptiques et du United Kingdom Independence Party dans la campagne référendaire britannique de 2005 autour du traité constitutionnel européen Agnès Alexandre-Collier, Karine Tournier-Sol To cite this version: Agnès Alexandre-Collier, Karine Tournier-Sol. Le rôle des associations eurosceptiques et du United Kingdom Independence Party dans la campagne référendaire britannique de 2005 autour du traité constitutionnel européen. Revue française de civilisation britannique, CRECIB - Centre de recherche et d’études en civilisation britannique, 2009, pp.19-29. hal-00465876 HAL Id: hal-00465876 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00465876 Submitted on 10 Jun 2021 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivatives| 4.0 International License 1 Article paru dans Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, hors-série 2009, pp. 19-29 Le rôle des associations eurosceptiques et du United Kingdom Independence Party dans la campagne référendaire britannique de 2005 autour du traité constitutionnel européen Agnès ALEXANDRE-COLLIER, Université de Bourgogne et Karine TOURNIER-SOL, Université de Toulon. Si les résultats négatifs des référendums français et néerlandais du 29 mai et du 1er juin 2005 ont désormais exclu la possibilité d'un référendum britannique sur le traité constitutionnel européen, la perspective d'un référendum, à plus ou moins long terme, sur l'avenir de la place du Royaume-Uni dans l'Union européenne, n'en reste pas moins envisageable. -
Michaelmas 2009 Termcard
Mich TheTermcard The Termcard * MICHAELM AS 2009 2009 T H E CAMBRIDGE UNION SOC IET Y • MICHAELMAS TERMCARD WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JULIEN DOMERCQ THE CAMBRIDGE UNION SOCIETY MICHAELMAS TERM MMIX Printed and bound in Great Britain for The Cambridge Union Society Illustrations by Anna Trench Designed by Dylan Spencer-Davidson Made with a lot of help from Lizzie Robinson and Michael Derringer. Thank you Penguin Books. Contents INTRODUCTION 7 CHAPTER I: DEBATES 10 CHAPTER II: FORUMS 32 CHAPTER III: SPEAKERS 34 Imelda Staunton and Jim Carter 36 Eoin Colfer 37 Ethan Gutmann 38 Terry Eagleton 39 Jo Brand 40 Andrew Rashbass 41 Damian Green MP 42 Dara Ó Briain 43 Former PM John Howard 44 Professor Richard J. Evans 45 Simon Wolfson 46 Jon Sopel 47 Lord Paddy Ashdown 48 Howard Jacobson 49 The Cambridge Union Society John Bolton 50 9A Bridge Street Cambridge CHAPTER IV: SPEAKERS in association with other societies 51 CB2 1UB CHAPTER V: ENTS 58 Office Hours 9.30AM to 5PM T +44 (0) 1223 566 421 Freshers’ Week 60 F +44 (0) 1223 566 444 Weekly Ents 63 www.cus.org / [email protected] Halloween Murder Mystery Party 65 6 CONTENTS Cavatina Chamber Music Concert 66 Love Music Hate Racism Concert 67 WELCOME TO Art Exhibition 68 MICHAELMAS TERM 2009 Cheese Tasting 68 The Union Comedy Club 69 Mexican Fiesta 70 Sushi Making & Tasting 70 Welcome to Michaelmas term at the Union! Whether you are re- Ann Summers Party 71 turning to Cambridge or you have just arrived, we have all worked Christmas Beach Party 71 very hard all summer to make sure that there’s something for everyone here this term. -
Charity Reg. No. 1113276
BONE CANCER RESEARCH TRUST. Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for the year ended 30th. June 2008. BONE CANCER RESEARCH TRUST Charity Reg. No. 1113276 TRUSTEES’ REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2008 1 BONE CANCER RESEARCH TRUST. Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for the year ended 30th. June 2008. CONTENTS: Pages 2 – 3 1.0 Legal and Administrative Information Pages 4 – 7 2.0 How the Bone Cancer Research Trust came into begin Pages 7 – 8 3.0 Initial Structure, Governance and Management Pages 9 – 10 3.1 Governing Document 3.2 Organisational Structure 3.3 First Trustees 3.4 Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) 3.5 Recruitment and Appointment of Trustees 4.0 OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES Pages 10 – 11 4.1 Grant Making Policy 5.0 STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT for the year 1st. July 2007 to 30th. June 2008 Pages 11 – 14 5.1 Trustees 5.2 Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) 5.3 Related Parties 5.4 Risk Management 5.5 Trust Patron 5.6 Establishment of the Trust’s Own Office 5.7 Appointment of the Head of Fundraising 5.8 Administrator 5.9 Voluntary Workers 5.10 Human Resources Consultancy 5.11 Professional Advisors 5.12 General, Designated and Restricted Fund Accounts 6.0 LINKS WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS Pages 14 – 16 6.1 National Alliance of Childhood Cancer Parent Organisations (NACCPO) 6.2 British Sarcoma Group – 3rd. Annual Conference, Sheffield 6.3 Sarcoma UK 6.4 National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) 6.5 National Sarcoma Register Steering Group 6.6 Childhood Eye Cancer Trust (CHECT) 6.7 Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT) 7.0 ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE Pages 16 – 25 7.1 Research Applications and Grants 7.2 Promotional Activity 7.3 1st. -
Science and the Sustainable Intensification of Global Agriculture
Reaping the benefits Science and the sustainable intensification of global agriculture October 2009 Cover image: From an illustration of a push-pull system for pest control, courtesy of The Gatsby Charitable Foundation. The Quiet Revolution: Push-Pull Technology and the African Farmer. Gatsby Charitable Foundation 2005. Reaping the benefi ts: science and the sustainable intensifi cation of global agriculture RS Policy document 11/09 Issued: October 2009 RS1608 ISBN: 978-0-85403-784-1 © The Royal Society, 2009 Requests to reproduce all or part of this document should be submitted to: The Royal Society Science Policy 6–9 Carlton House Terrace London SW1Y 5AG Tel +44 (0)20 7451 2500 Email [email protected] Web royalsociety.org Design by Franziska Hinz, Royal Society, London Copyedited and Typeset by Techset Composition Limited Reaping the benefi ts: science and the sustainable intensifi cation of global agriculture Contents Foreword v Membership of working group vii Summary ix 1 Introduction 1 1.1 An urgent challenge 1 1.2 Trends in food crop production 2 1.3 Science in context 5 1.4 The need for sustainable intensifi cation 6 1.5 Agricultural sustainability 7 1.6 Agriculture and sustainable economic development 7 1.7 Other major studies 8 1.8 Further UK work 9 1.9 About this report 9 1.10 Conduct of the study 10 2 Constraints on future food crop production 11 2.1 Climate change 11 2.2 Water 11 2.3 Temperature 12 2.4 Ozone 13 2.5 Soil factors 13 2.6 Crop nutrition 15 2.7 Pests, diseases and weed competition 16 2.8 Energy and greenhouse -
Conference '09
CravenRail The newsletter for supporters of SELRAP: - the Skipton-East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership Issue 14 Conference edition 2010 “The Department for Transport has agreed to work with Pennine Lancashire partners to develop a process to take forward the Colne to Skipton Rail Reinstatement, through the Pennine Lancashire Multi Area Agreement” ..... Gordon Brown, Prime Minister And there is more. For, fast forwarding to the views expressed [below] by keynote speakers at SELRAP’s Autumn 2009 conference, it is clear that proposals to reopen the Skipton-Colne rail line are now flagged up by all the major political parties ..... Ed. “There are substantial benefits, it is clear, from reopening this [Skipton-Colne] portion of track. They are not only the direct benefits, but [also] the wider benefits”..... Stephen Hammond, Conservative Shadow Transport Minister “We have identified 14 lines which we think should be reopened without any further delay. You will not be surprised to learn that Colne-Skipton is in there!” ..... Norman Baker, Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Transport CONFERENCE ‘09: • POLITICIANS • RAIL INDUSTRY • DEVELOPERS YES • PLANNERS to • CONSULTANTS RAIL LINK Skipton-East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership LINKING CITIES AND REGIONS ACROSS THE NORTH Patrons: Richard Bannister, Rt Revd Nicholas Reade. MPs David Curry, Gordon Prentice, Kitty Ussher, Nigel Evans, Anne McIntosh. MEPs Chris Davies, Jacqueline Foster, Timothy Kirkhope, Brian Simpson, Diana Wallis. 2 Being a conference edition you’d expect a reference to SELRAP’s most high profile event, ever. And what with Network Rail being the nation’s infrastructure provider, it Contents seems a good point to open the batting: Network Rail very much understands the challenge that the Skipton East Lancs Railway Action Partnership are seeking to address in the re-instatement of the Colne-Skipton line and has had a number of useful meetings with the Partnership in recent months. -
Weekly Information Bulletin
Contents House of Commons • Noticeboard ......................................................................................................... 1 • The Week Ahead ................................................................................................. 2 Weekly • Order of Oral Questions ...................................................................................... 3 Information Business Bulletin • Business of the House of Commons 4 – 8 June 2007.......................................... 5 • Written Ministerial Statements............................................................................ 7 • Forthcoming Business of the House of Commons 11 – 15 June 2007 ................ 9 Editor: Nick Majer • Forthcoming Business of the House of Lords 11 – 15 June 2007. .................... 13 House of Commons Legislation Information Office London Public Legislation SW1A 2TT • Public Bills before Parliament 2006/07............................................................. 18 • Bills - Presentation, Publication and Royal Assent............................................ 26 TEL: 020 7219 4272 • Public and General Acts 2006/07 ...................................................................... 27 FAX: 020 7219 5839 • Draft Bills under consideration or published during 2006/07 Session .............. 28 [email protected] www.parliament.uk Private Legislation • Private Bills before Parliament 2006/07............................................................ 30 To Contact the Editor: Delegated Legislation TEL: 020 7219 5715 -
Mps' Expenses and Allowances
in Public Life on Standards Committee MPs’ expenses and allowances MPs’ expenses and allowances Supporting Parliament, safeguarding the taxpayer Committee on Standards in Public Life November 2009 November 2009 November Cm 7724 Twelfth Report Chair: Sir Christopher Kelly KCB Cm 7724 Spine Twelfth Report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life Chair: Sir Christopher Kelly KCB MPs’ expenses and allowances Supporting Parliament, safeguarding the taxpayer Report Presented to Parliament by the Prime Minister by Command of Her Majesty November 2009 Cm 7724 £26.60 MPS’ exPeNSeS aNd aLLowaNCeS © Crown Copyright 2009 The text in this document (excluding the Royal Arms and other departmental or agency logos) may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium providing it is reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. The material must be acknowledged as Crown copyright and the title of the document specified. Where we have identified any third party copyright material you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned. For any other use of this material please contact the Office of Public Sector Information, Information Policy Team, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU or e-mail: [email protected]. ISBN: 9780101772426 Printed in the UK for The Stationery Office Limited on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office ID 2332086 11/09 Printed on paper containing 75% recycled fibre content minimum. 2 PRefaCe Preface 4 November 2009 Revelations about the expenses regime in the House of Commons have corroded public trust in the integrity of Parliament. The reputation of individual MPs and confidence in the way we are governed have both been seriously damaged. -
A History of the First Fifty Years of Biology at York
Department of Biology 2013 A History of the first fifty years of Biology at York edited by Mark Williamson & David White A History of the first fifty years of Biology at York J B A D S F P E M K Q L H Frontispiece AerialAerial view view of the of departmentthe department taken in takenSeptember in September 2003, looking 2003,across thelooki lakeng to acrossthe east. the lake to the east. A: Teaching Laboratories; B: Old concourse and lecture theatres; D: Research Wing D; E: Services (Stores and Workshops) F: Research Wing F; A:H: originalTeaching IFAB Laboratories; building being refurbished B: Old concourseto make the first and CIIlecture building theatres; (see Q); J: D:Research Research Laboratories, Wing originallyD; E: Services the Plant (StoresLaboratory and and Workshops)p53; K: Main administration F: Research (HoD Wing & Finance) F; H: andoriginal Technology IFAB Facility; building L and beingM; new refurbishedResearch Wings; to P: make Glasshouses the first and PreparationCII building rooms; (see Q);Q: approximate J: Research position Laboratories, of the new CII originally building completed the Plant and occupiedLaboratory in September and p53; 2010. K: Since Main then administration CII have occupied (HoDboth H and& Finance)Q; S: Suite of PortaKabins built for BioCode, now staff offices. and Technology Facility; L and M; new Research Wings; P: Glasshouses and Preparation rooms; Q: approximate position of the new CII building completed and occupied in September 2010. Since then CII have occupied both H and Q; S: Suite of PortaKabins built for BioCode, now staff offices. 2 N.b. The photograph is not yet modified for location of Q.