MP Clwyd challenges Cameron over NHS. Manifesto: Uni’s global ranking should include gender equality measure, Women, immigrants on the rise in Merkel’s makeover

PSA Women and Politics Specialist Group

Autumn Statement hits women harder than ever – Cooper Labour Party House of Commons library analysis: Women hit four times harder by tax and benefit changes. Yvette Cooper MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities, responding to the Autumn Statement, said: “The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement today hits women harder than ever. House of Commons library analysis shows women will be hit four times harder by the new direct tax, tax credit and benefit changes they have analysed….’

Cynon Valley MP Ann Clwyd challenges David Cameron over NHS  WalesOnline Cynon Valley MP Ann Clwyd today fought back tears in the Commons when she challenged David Cameron to improve the standard of “care and compassion” in nursing care. Her plea followed her description this week of how her husband died in October “like a battery hen” at Cardiff’s University Hospital of Wales. Mr Cameron acknowledged there were “very real problems” in…

View original post 327 more words

Prosperity (Science Fiction)

Very compelling

Tzopilotl's Library

Prosperity

He walked into the room, flipped his translator to English, sat down, and wrapped his uppermost tentacles into what he hoped was an affectingly relaxed position.

“I am happy to see that you gentlemen have met quorum. This is the first time since, oh… must have been five rotations now.”

The granite stares of the three uniformed men on the other side of the table did not break while he crooked his head and released a pinkish steam from the folds of his neck.  The mist dispersed, and still the three men sat silent.

“Forgive my nostalgia, gentlemen.  These meetings always bring out my most boyish inclinations.  Well, I suppose we should begin.” He had never accustomed himself to using the animal products popular with the humans, but the leather briefcase he pulled up from the floor was a real beauty.  Initially a gift to show hospitality, its use…

View original post 1,185 more words