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Licensed Betting Operators

Matt

19th February 2008

Today cricket, tennis and football put their case to the DCMS Select Committee asking for a share of betting profits to fight match fixing. On the face of it seemingly absurd.  It is Read more

Hillary

Matt

13th February 2008

Obama is potentially edging out in-front of Hillary in the number of delegates. Will the momentum take him to a win in Texas on 4th March – Hillary’s last fire wall? Back in Read more

Optimism to Fear

Matt

29th January 2008

With the American primaries getting nasty and tight has optimism been replaced with fear?  The Republican race is polarising between two issues a faltering economy (Mitt Romney’s supposed “strength”), the Read more

Human Trafficking

Matt

22nd January 2008

  Last week the Conservative Party called for a debate on the modern slave trade – human trafficking.  According to the US State Department 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders Read more

Platform 10 backs Obama for President

Matt

8th January 2008

Voting today will go along way to decide the two main candidates for the 44thpresident. McCain and Obama are narrowly the favourites in their races. With George Bush’s terrible poll ratings Republican candidates will have a hard time to win the White House and with the Democratic race creating more of the buzz it will be easier for Obama or Hillary to “be the change”…

Renewable energy

Matt

21st December 2007

The South West Regional Development Agency has invested in a wave hub to enable pioneering marine renewable energy projects – the Marine Renewable Deployment Fund offered just £4.5 million to the Read more

Waterloo

Matt

20th December 2007

Waterloo International Terminal becomes the responsibility of the Department for Transport in March 2008.  The decision by Alistair Darling to retain the Terminal for domestic services was announced in October 2005.  Read more

The Unionist party

Matt

11th December 2007

Is English votes for English laws unworkable and does it put the Union at risk?  Is the Barnett formula which gives Scotland more money than England sustainable? How they are answered will determine the Union of the future. I Read more

Public sector pensions

Matt

4th December 2007

Everyone knows how Gordon Brown has virtually bankrupted the private pension system and raided £5 billion a year. But I was surprised to discover the Government has no up to date Read more

 
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