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Select Committee Chairs must be independent « The best Labour blogs — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:11:41 +0000

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By: NormalBloke

NormalBloke — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:44:09 +0000

Is that Keith Vaz who has just been accused of dodging dealing with a local solicitor – blimey.
Remind me but weren’t committees fully loaded under labour

By: Don Quixote

Don Quixote — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:19:07 +0000

As someone who lives (thankfully) just outside of Keith Vaz’s constituency, I must wholeheartedly agree with “Distinctly Unimpressed”. The only reason Vaz managed to get re-elected is because Leicester East is a Labour Stronghold, he is certainly not a popular man among his constituents. Aside from being mired in more scandals and sleaze than I care to mention*, he has a reputation for only caring about constituency issues when the press coverage is high enough…

*wikipedia lists no less than eight, and I can personally tell you the have been other less high-profile but no less dubious acts

By: Tories and the NHS: end of the phoney war? | Left Foot Forward

Tories and the NHS: end of the phoney war? | Left Foot Forward — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:46:15 +0000

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By: Tim Montgomerie 

Tim Montgomerie  — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:48:44 +0000

RT @leftfootfwd Select Committee Chairs must be independent – Joint statement by @timmontgomerie & @wdjstraw http://bit.ly/9FQEV6

By: Anon E Mouse

Anon E Mouse — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:37:53 +0000

Will and Tim – Good article…

By: Distinctly unimpressed

Distinctly unimpressed — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:37:15 +0000

You lost me at “Keith Vaz”. His only continuity of service is to himself, and it horrifies me that the Labour party allow him to get away with it, time and time again. It really does make a mockery of the whole party.