http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/samira_shackle en http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2012/02/valentine-hotsky-messages http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2012/02/valentine-hotsky-messages Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:37:11 GMT Samira Shackle "Leon Trotsky thinks you're hotsky", and other Valentine's Day messages.

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2012/02/parliamentary-serenade-love http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2012/02/parliamentary-serenade-love Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:01:01 GMT Samira Shackle Love is in the air with this Valentine's Day parliamentary serenade.

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2012/02/blair-miliband-labour-ground http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2012/02/blair-miliband-labour-ground Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:03:24 GMT Samira Shackle Blair tells the party to focus on the centre-ground and links with the City, echoing Miliband's NS essay.

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/star-spangled-staggers/2012/02/maureen-walsh-gay-house http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/star-spangled-staggers/2012/02/maureen-walsh-gay-house Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:48:11 GMT Samira Shackle Representative Maureen Walsh gets emotional as she tells the House floor it is "cruel" to deny the right to love.

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2012/02/cabinet-ministers-bill-nhs http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2012/02/cabinet-ministers-bill-nhs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:26:55 GMT Samira Shackle Three Tory cabinet ministers "almost instructed" influential website to come out against NHS reform.

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2012/02/human-rights-european-court http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2012/02/human-rights-european-court Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:53:47 GMT Samira Shackle Ignoring the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights would set a dangerous precedent.

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2012/02/nhs-reform-bill-health http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2012/02/nhs-reform-bill-health Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:39:19 GMT Samira Shackle The PM moves to squash speculation about the Health Secretary's future as the Lords prepare to debate the bill.

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2012/02/public-treasury-government-mps http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2012/02/public-treasury-government-mps Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:20:05 GMT Samira Shackle The Treasury does not adequately monitor the way it spends public money, according to MPs.

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2012/02/bbc-salmond-rugby-cancelled http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2012/02/bbc-salmond-rugby-cancelled Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:57:56 GMT Samira Shackle The SNP leader's rugby punditry was cancelled on grounds of impartiality. Is he right to raise concerns about political interference?

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2012/02/word-palestine-free-bbc http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2012/02/word-palestine-free-bbc Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:34:53 GMT Samira Shackle The broadcaster claims that allowing the lyric "free Palestine" would have comprised impartiality.

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