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Martin Salter

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Name: Martin Salter

First Reported 10/29/2009 - Updated 10/29/2009 - 2 Documents

Andy Burnham

What price the pace of modern life?

My unusually busy day yesterday started and ended on a melancholy note, on the subject of MPs' expenses During BBC4's High Fliers last night, someone was describing the arrival of absurdly luxurious air travel in the 20s. Imperial Airways silver service ... [Guardian.co.uk - 10/29/2009]

Entities: Martin Salter, Westminster, Andy Burnham

First Reported 10/13/2009 - Updated 10/13/2009 - 6 Documents

David Cameron

MPs join forces to plot against expenses payback

MPs of all parties joined forces to plot against the expenses payback as its architect found his credibility under increasing attack.Normal political rivalries were suspended as politicians swapped horror stories about the demands made of them by Sir ... [Times Online - 10/13/2009]

Entities: Mortgages, David Cameron, Julia Goldsworthy, Martin Salter

First Reported 10/14/2009 - Updated 10/14/2009 - 3 Documents

Gordon Brown

British MPs repayments expenses conflict: a political or legal question?

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Tory leader David Cameron are battling to contain the growing anger among MPs across Parliament faced with demands to repay thousands of pounds in expenses.PM Brown and Tory leader Cameron warn protesting MPs Zoom ... [Merco Press - 10/14/2009]

Entities: David Cameron, Martin Salter, Stuart Bell, Gordon Brown, Ann Widdecombe

First Reported 09/12/2009 - Updated 09/12/2009 - 1 Documents

MP turns up heat on Reading Festival chiefs

Shocking reports of marauding drunken mobs and terrifying fires on the final night of Reading Festival have prompted a call for action by the Reading West MP.Martin Salter has written to Reading Borough Council (RBC) calling for a meeting of licensing ... [Reading Evening Post - 09/12/2009]

Entities: Martin Salter, anaphylactic shock, Festival Republic

First Reported 10/14/2009 - Updated 10/14/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Only the catharsis of a general election can end the expenses saga

I've just had a novel and very disturbing experience: I agreed with Harriet Harman.This was noPauline conversion, but the Leader of the House's suggestion that it is the Commons, not party leaders, that must rescue parliament's reputation and restore ... [Spectator - 10/14/2009]

Entities: General Election, Martin Salter, Norman Baker

First Reported 10/21/2009 - Updated 10/21/2009 - 1 Documents

John Major

Who's 'Weak' Now?

Deja vu all over again.When I listened to David Cameron battering Gordon Brown about his 'weakness' over the Royal Mail dispute, my mind raced back to Tony Blair and John Major in the run-up to the 1997 general election. 'Weak, weak, weak!' was Blair's ... [Sky News - 10/21/2009]

Entities: John Major, Royal Mail Group Ltd, Ronnie Campbell, Howard Stoate, David Cameron

Quotes

Backbencher Martin Salter said: "it is a ridiculous state of affairs when a report which was supposed to draw a line under the abuses of mps' allowances allows trust-fund toffees like cameron and osborne to buy country piles at taxpayers' expense and instead penalises those who tried to pay their cleaners a living wage five years ago."

Expenses scandal: MPs shamed into silence by the bravery of 37 soldiers who have made real sacrif ... [Mirror.co.uk - 10/15/2009]

Martin Salter, Labour MP for Reading West, said last night: "if the prime minister thought he was going to draw a line by launching legg, it has achieved the opposite effect."

Ministers join MPs to fight Brown over expenses [The Independent - 10/14/2009]

Martin Salter, a Labour backbencher, said there was "a lot of anxiety and anger" in the House of Commons, with some MPs considering legal action

Gordon Brown's authority in crisis over MPs' expenses [Telegraph - 10/13/2009]

Senior Tory Ann Widdecombe claimed there was a "big question about the legality" of the review and Labour's Martin Salter said there was a lot of anxiety and anger'...

Three shadow cabinet ministers to pay back more than £4,000 expenses as Cameron and Brown threate ... [Mail Online UK - 10/13/2009]

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What price the pace of modern life? [Guardian.co.uk - 10/29/2009]
Who's 'Weak' Now? [Sky News - 10/21/2009]
Expenses scandal: MPs shamed into silence by th... [Mirror.co.uk - 10/15/2009]
MPs hit back at demand to repay their expenses [Glasgow Evening Times - 10/14/2009]
British MPs repayments expenses conflict: a pol... [Merco Press - 10/14/2009]
Expenses scandal fall-out: Rebel MPs ordered to... [Mirror.co.uk - 10/14/2009]
Only the catharsis of a general election can en... [Spectator - 10/14/2009]
MPs begin plot against payback [Times Online - 10/14/2009]
It is surely time for the peoples' say [Times Online - 10/14/2009]
Gordon Brown's authority in crisis as Labour MP... [Telegraph - 10/14/2009]
Ministers join MPs to fight Brown over expenses [The Independent - 10/14/2009]
MPs join forces to plot against expenses payback [Times Online - 10/13/2009]
Gordon Brown's authority in crisis over MPs' ex... [Telegraph - 10/13/2009]
More top MPs to pay back expenses [BBC - 10/13/2009]
Three shadow cabinet ministers to pay back more... [Mail Online UK - 10/13/2009]
Furious MPs fight back over Legg's expenses let... [Times Online - 10/13/2009]
Three shadow cabinet ministers to pay back more... [Mail Online UK - 10/13/2009]
Brown may ban MPs if they refuse to repay [Telegraph - 10/13/2009]
Leaders threaten disciplinary action as MPs' an... [Guardian Unlimited - 10/13/2009]
MP turns up heat on Reading Festival chiefs [Reading Evening Post - 09/12/2009]
John Bercow is not the Speaker Parliament needs [Telegraph - 06/10/2009]
Gurkhas can stay in Britain [Telegraph - 05/21/2009]
The week Britain turned its anger on politicians [Observer - 05/17/2009]
MPs who tried to stop you seeing their expenses [Telegraph - 05/16/2009]
Knives out for Gordon Brown over Gurkha ban [Evening Standard - 04/29/2009]
MPs call for Goodwin's knighthood [Telegraph - 03/12/2009]
MPs call for Sir Fred to be stripped of knighthood [The Scotsman - 03/12/2009]

Blogs

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abortion support network to help irish women: i... [we move to canada - 11/08/2009] I've blogged several times about the Haven Coalition, the abortion-access network I belonged to in New York City (founded by a Canadian!). My most recent post about ...
What price the pace of modern life? \| Michael W... [Politics: Politics blog \| guardian.co.uk - 10/29/2009] My unusually busy day yesterday started and ended on a melancholy note, on the subject of MPs' expensesDuring BBC4's High Fliers last night, someone was describing ...
My alternative to another round of Iraq whitewa... [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 07/31/2009] Let's avoid the messianic self-deprecation and get down to a good public drubbing. On the fourth plinth, for preferenceJust as we don't have climate, only weather, ...
Naz Sarker: The Most Hapless Political Intervie... [Iain Dale's Diary - 07/17/2009] Last night I spoke at a dinner for Reading Conservatives, and a very pleasant evening it was too. One thing they were keen to point me to is the Youtube clip below ...
UK Parliament to investigate police following N... [AMERICAblog News\| A great nation deserves the t ... - 07/12/2009] This case becomes more interesting by the day, unless you are Rupert Murdoch. Who is next to be indicated in the phone hacking/spying case?The Metropolitan Police ...

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