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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

7th May 2021 Always Worth Saying 2735 Comments

Question Time 6th May 2021 Panel: Robert Jenrick (Conservative) Thangham Debbonaire (Labour) Hugh Osmond (Businessman) Deborah Frances-White (Media professional) John Bercow (Former Commons Speaker) Venue: London Dominic Lawson, Wilfred Emmanuel Jones’ agent, Gal Dem (the [more…]

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The Question Time That Never Was

21st January 2021 Always Worth Saying 4224 Comments

Panel: John Bercow (Former Speaker of the House of Commons) David Davis (Conservative) Shappi Khorsandi (Comedian) Sir Rupert Soames (Businessman) Venue: The Cutting Room Floor The most recent complete series of BBC Question Time consisted [more…]

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So Farewell then John Simon Berkowitz

5th November 2019 Viciousbutfair 2810 Comments

In the foreplay preceding the election of the new Speaker I had a conversation with a friend regarding the significance and power of this position. He was of the opinion that this was a token [more…]

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Election of Speaker of the House of Commons

4th November 2019 Swiss Bob 2648 Comments

Anyone hoping for someone better should be prepared to be disappointed. My bet’s on Bryant, Harperson is also an obvious candidate. Not since the Great Stink has Parliament been so malodorous. Lindsay Hoyle is the [more…]

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Lazarus Johnson

2nd October 2019 Jonathon Davies 4450 Comments

“When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face.” John 11:43-44 What [more…]

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