Carl Gardner
June 10, 2010
Like Iain Dale, I am somewhat surprised that Keith Vaz has beaten Alun Michael to the chairmanship of the Home Affairs Select Committee, by the fairly wide margin of 336 votes to 242.
I’m not interested in slagging Keith […]
Carl Gardner
June 9, 2010
In January I noticed not all employers had yet “got it” about age discrimination. Now here’s more evidence, this time from an “executive search” company no less:
I suggest […]
Carl Gardner
June 3, 2010
In his piece on the “Bloody Sunday” Inquiry at the Guardian’s online law pages, Joshua Rozenberg reminds us how extraordinarily prolonged the inquiry has been:
Lord Saville’s report will be too large to publish in the traditional way and certainly […]
Carl Gardner
June 2, 2010
I’ve been interested by a series of pieces musing on the political consequences of Gordon Brown’s decision to remain as Prime Minister for five days following the election – rather than resigning on the Friday. First to consider this was […]
Carl Gardner
June 1, 2010
I applaud the decision of the government to publish a complete list of the names, salaries and job titles of everyone in the Senior Civil Service who earns more than £150,000. You can save the list by clicking
Carl Gardner
June 1, 2010
Former Solicitor General Vera Baird makes a strong argument at Progress online against the proposal to grant anonymity to defendants in rape cases. She makes the important points that the coalition has actually made the case for this proposal […]