House of Comments » james o’malley http://houseofcomments.com The Voice of the UK Political Blogosphere Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:50:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 House of Comments is an independent and non-partisan political podcast presented by Mark Thompson and Stuart Sharpe, featuring political bloggers and other commenters giving their views on news, politics, current events, and the most interesting stories to come out of the UK political blogosphere. Mark Thompson and Stuart Sharpe no Mark Thompson and Stuart Sharpe stu@stuartsharpe.co.uk stu@stuartsharpe.co.uk (Mark Thompson and Stuart Sharpe) Mark Thompson, Stuart Sharpe and a variety of guests talk UK politics and current affairs on a weekly basis. UK Politics, Current Affairs, Blogs House of Comments » james o’malley http://houseofcomments.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://houseofcomments.com 32 – The Cracks in the Coalition http://houseofcomments.com/2010/06/32-the-cracks-in-the-coalition/ http://houseofcomments.com/2010/06/32-the-cracks-in-the-coalition/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:56:52 +0000 The Speaker http://houseofcomments.com/?p=377 This week we’re joined by Richard Angell, the Deputy Director of Progress, and James O’Malley of the Pod Delusion podcast.

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 We chatted about the weeks events in politics, including:
  • 2 Liberal Democrat MPs voted against the VAT rise in the budget, could we be seeing trouble within the government, or is this just far for the course in a coalition?
  • Labour Leadership candidate Diane Abbot had an ‘absolute meltdown’ on the This Week sofa at the hands of Andrew Neil. What was she thinking?
  • This week sees a cabinet meeting taking place in Bradford. We ask whether cabinet meetings should be sent around the country, or if that’s just a waste of money
  • Freelance photographer Jules Mattsson claims he was harassed and mistreated by policemen who seized his camera and pushed him down some stairs.
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