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| PM: UK my priority in euro crisis Thu, 17 May 2012 08:18:58 GMT David Cameron is expected to say it is his job to keep the UK safe whatever the fate of the eurozone. |
| Councils 'must lower emissions' Thu, 17 May 2012 02:52:37 GMT Local authorities across the UK should have a statutory duty to combat climate change, government advisors recommend. |
| Some work schemes 'of no benefit' Wed, 16 May 2012 23:02:49 GMT A parliamentary committee questions the length and quality of some apprenticeships, saying six month programmes are of no real benefit. |
| UK housing market 'needs fixing' Thu, 17 May 2012 07:15:14 GMT Housing groups warn that problems in Britain's housing market are not being fixed, on the day that figures on new house building are due. |
| Vauxhall car plant 'saved by GM' Thu, 17 May 2012 08:38:47 GMT Workers at Vauxhall vote in favour of a new pay deal, clearing the way for owner General Motors to invest in the company's Ellesmere Port plant, securing 2,100 jobs. |
| Senior civil servant to resign Wed, 16 May 2012 22:37:35 GMT One of the UK's most senior civil servants, Ian Watmore, is to leave his post, it has been announced. |
| UK unemployment falls by 45,000 Wed, 16 May 2012 14:29:22 GMT UK unemployment fell by 45,000 to 2.63 million in the three months to March, according to the Office for National Statistics. |
| Hague 'to fight for UK business' Wed, 16 May 2012 20:48:33 GMT Foreign Secretary William Hague promises to "argue relentlessly" for free trade around the world in an effort to boost the UK economy. |
| New faces on Tory 1922 committee Wed, 16 May 2012 19:49:40 GMT Conservative backbenchers elect the executive body of their influential 1922 committee, with newer MPs regarded as being more supportive of the coalition gaining ground. |
| Heckled May defends police change Wed, 16 May 2012 19:18:00 GMT Home Secretary Theresa May denies her relationship with the police is beyond repair after she was heckled at the Police Federation conference. |
| UK database to track unpaid fines Wed, 16 May 2012 14:13:17 GMT A new 24 hour national police database is to be rolled out to target criminals who do not pay their fines. |
| Murdoch 'enjoys MPs' power game' Wed, 16 May 2012 12:44:20 GMT Media mogul Rupert Murdoch enjoys playing a "power game" with politicians, former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says. |
| Howe: Time for UK to go metric Wed, 16 May 2012 09:01:43 GMT The UK's two measurement systems are a "confusing shambles" and must be reformed, former foreign secretary Lord Howe says. |
| Be 'grown up' over FOI - Maude Wed, 16 May 2012 14:32:41 GMT Policymakers should stop worrying about causing "embarrassment" over FOI requests, says Francis Maude, amid calls for act to be watered down. |
| Law banning insults 'has to end' Wed, 16 May 2012 10:09:04 GMT A law banning "insulting" words or behaviour should be repealed in an effort to protect free speech, MPs and civil rights groups say. |
| Equality laws to be 'simplified' Wed, 16 May 2012 22:40:53 GMT Ministers announce plans to "simplify" equalities legislation and remove what they say are "unnecessary" obligations on business - a move criticised by Labour. |
| MLAs told Translink is 'well run' Wed, 16 May 2012 13:18:04 GMT There is "no evidence of poor financial management" at Translink, Stormont MLAs are told. |
| Introduction Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:10:41 GMT A tour of the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont. |
| Consultation responses go public Thu, 17 May 2012 08:19:28 GMT The UK government is set to publish the responses to its consultation on the independence referendum. |
| Introduction Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:00:31 GMT BBC Democracy Live takes you on a tour of the Scottish Parliament. |
| Assembly censures hotel row AM Wed, 16 May 2012 15:40:38 GMT Labour AM Keith Davies is censured by fellow Welsh assembly members and reprimanded by his party. |
| Introduction Tue, 31 May 2011 14:54:24 GMT A guide to the National Assembly for Wales. |
| PM backs baby bonding charity Tue, 15 May 2012 15:32:18 GMT Andrea Leadsom, Conservative MP for South Northamptonshire, receives the backing of David Cameron for her scheme helping mothers bond with their babies. |
| Country v town on school funding Tue, 15 May 2012 10:47:41 GMT Dispute over the complex issue of school funding deepens the great divide between town and country areas. |
| Political editors across England Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:15:17 GMT Political analysis from around England |
| VIDEO: House of Commons Wed, 16 May 2012 12:34:39 GMT Prime Minister David Cameron has dismissed a suggestion by Labour leader Ed Miliband that the police are "absolutely furious" with cuts to their budgets, retorting that cuts under Labour would be "deeper". |
| Links to UK political websites Wed, 13 May 2009 16:40:50 GMT UK political websites |
| Who's who: Cameron's government Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:00:24 GMT A guide to who's doing what in David Cameron's Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government. |
| Ed Miliband's shadow cabinet Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:56:57 GMT The details of Labour leader Ed Miliband's shadow cabinet following the recent reshuffle. |
| Global Parliaments online Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:33:24 GMT Links to other Parliamentary broadcasters |
| VIDEO: May: I have told police 'as it is' Wed, 16 May 2012 16:37:20 GMT Home Secretary Theresa May has denied her relationship with the police is beyond repair after she was heckled at the Police Federation conference. |
| VIDEO: PM faces LOL text jibe Wed, 16 May 2012 12:07:28 GMT The Labour leader Ed Miliband has joked in the Commons about the prime minister's text correspondence with former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks. |
| VIDEO: Straw's 'train chats' with Brooks Wed, 16 May 2012 13:15:15 GMT Former Justice Secretary Jack Straw has told the Levseon Inquiry into media ethics about his commutes to London with former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks. |
| AUDIO: Should insulting someone be illegal? Wed, 16 May 2012 07:37:15 GMT A campaign is being launched calling on the Home Secretary Theresa May to change the law criminalising "insulting behaviour". |
| VIDEO: Ban chips on school menus, says Reid Wed, 16 May 2012 09:51:58 GMT Big businesses should sponsor compulsory school meals, and packed lunches should be banned, says the former cage fighter and Celebrity Big Brother winner Alex Reid. |
| VIDEO: 'No smoking gun' over Andy Coulson Wed, 16 May 2012 12:15:11 GMT David Cameron said there was "no smoking gun" over the vetting of ex-News of the World editor Andy Coulson, when asked by Labour MP Meg Hillier during prime minister's questions. |
| VIDEO: UK 'going through national pay cut' Wed, 16 May 2012 11:05:26 GMT Britain has been going through a "national pay cut" with most people not having a rise in two years, the City AM editor said. |
| VIDEO: Time for eurozone 'make-up or break-up' Wed, 16 May 2012 13:55:16 GMT The prime minister called for a decision soon on the future of the eurozone, saying it was approaching time to "make-up or break-up". |
| Wasted youth Wed, 16 May 2012 16:09:53 GMT Resentment among MPs at bright young things catapulted to top |
| The euro's survival 'requires political union' Thu, 17 May 2012 00:36:26 GMT The day the ECB saved the Eurozone's banks |
| France's new Socialist cabinet named Wed, 16 May 2012 21:31:12 GMT Names to watch in the new French president's cabinet |
| FOI: More questions than answers? Tue, 15 May 2012 16:08:44 GMT Why ministers veto freedom of information orders |
| Poll tracker Mon, 14 May 2012 15:23:39 GMT Tracking the Conservatives, Labour and the Lib Dems' fortunes |
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| Word of the day |
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2012 is:
maffick • \MAF-ik\ • verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior
Examples:
Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.
"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." — From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011
Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.