http://www.spiderednews.com/xml/Politicsen-gbTuesday, 09 Feb 2010 11:56:55 UTC/GMT, 11:56 UTC/GMT1.9.27 - 20100125© 2006 SpideredNews.com15GUARDIANTue, 09 Feb 2010 11:26:01 GMTSpideredNews.com Former Met deputy commissioner says past charges could have been proved but politicians wary of offending black police body Disciplinary charges against Ali Dizaei, the Scotland Yardhttp://www.spiderednews.com/LondonMayor_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/feb/09/ali-dizaei-disciplinary-charges-policehttp://www.spiderednews.com/LondonMayor_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/feb/09/ali-dizaei-disciplinary-charges-policeLondon MayorBBCTue, 09 Feb 2010 10:59:09 GMTSpideredNews.comA knife amnesty in a Suffolk town nets 188 knives, 15 of which are weapons.http://www.spiderednews.com/WeaponsExport_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/suffolk/8505795.stmhttp://www.spiderednews.com/WeaponsExport_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/suffolk/8505795.stmWeapons Exporthttp://www.spiderednews.com/WeaponsExport_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/suffolk/8505795.stmhttp://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47266000/jpg/_47266703_knives.jpg8060BBCTue, 09 Feb 2010 11:21:22 GMTSpideredNews.comTen peers will be cleared over allegations made regarding their expenses claims, the BBC has learned.http://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8505920.stmhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8505920.stmBritish Administrationhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8505920.stmhttp://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45343000/gif/_45343196_breakingnews_203.gif8060GUARDIANTue, 09 Feb 2010 10:45:00 GMTSpideredNews.com • City regulator thrown into chaos as chief executive resigns • Move casts doubt over future of the FSA The City regulator was thrown into chaos this morning as chief executive Hectorhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/feb/09/hector-sants-resigns-fsa-financial-services-authorityhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/feb/09/hector-sants-resigns-fsa-financial-services-authorityBritish Administrationhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/feb/09/hector-sants-resigns-fsa-financial-services-authorityhttp://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Business/Pix/pictures/2008/02/27/sants460276.jpg8048BBCTue, 09 Feb 2010 10:44:44 GMTSpideredNews.comBarnsley East and Mexborough MP Jeff Ennis says he is standing down at the general election for personal reasons.http://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/8505777.stmhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/8505777.stmBritish Administrationhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/8505777.stmhttp://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47266000/jpg/_47266665_ennisbbc.jpg8060BBCTue, 09 Feb 2010 10:50:23 GMTSpideredNews.comHealth Secretary Andy Burnham denies planning a £20,000 compulsory inheritance levy to help pay for social care for the elderly in England.http://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8505821.stmhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8505821.stmBritish Administrationhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8505821.stmhttp://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47266000/jpg/_47266822_44558470.jpg8060GUARDIANTue, 09 Feb 2010 10:13:35 GMTSpideredNews.com • Cost-cutting helps push UBS into fourth-quarter profit • Swiss bank to pay bonuses a third higher than in 2008 Bonuses at UBS are a third higher than in 2008 after the Swiss bank,http://www.spiderednews.com/Politics_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/feb/09/ubs-returns-to-profit-in-fourth-quarterhttp://www.spiderednews.com/Politics_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/feb/09/ubs-returns-to-profit-in-fourth-quarterPoliticshttp://www.spiderednews.com/Politics_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/feb/09/ubs-returns-to-profit-in-fourth-quarterhttp://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Business/Pix/pictures/2009/2/26/1235655073745/Oswald-Gruebel-001.jpg8048GUARDIANTue, 09 Feb 2010 09:00:04 GMTSpideredNews.com I can't believe it was Gordon Brown's idea to talk about his daughter's death. Did somebody guilt-trip him into it? It has been bubbling up for a long time and now it is here. Thehttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/09/gordon-brown-daughter-deathhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/09/gordon-brown-daughter-deathBritish Administrationhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/09/gordon-brown-daughter-deathhttp://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/2/8/1265654828222/Gordon-001.jpg8048GUARDIANTue, 09 Feb 2010 09:02:19 GMTSpideredNews.com Minute-by-minute coverage as Labour's general election coordinator, Douglas Alexander, and Andy Burnham, the health secretary, outline the party's plans for the NHS 8.58am: The Labourhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2010/feb/09/health-labourhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2010/feb/09/health-labourBritish AdministrationGUARDIANTue, 09 Feb 2010 08:52:41 GMTSpideredNews.com Conservatives should support referendum to introduce the alternative vote method because that is the system they use for their own internal party elections, say Lib Dems David Cameronhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/feb/09/david-cameron-hypocrisy-electoral-reformhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/feb/09/david-cameron-hypocrisy-electoral-reformBritish Administrationhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/feb/09/david-cameron-hypocrisy-electoral-reformhttp://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pixies/2009/12/19/1261250314052/David-Cameron-001.jpg8048GUARDIANTue, 09 Feb 2010 08:00:01 GMTSpideredNews.com Hutchinson, £18.99 It was typical of Vanessa to get up at 6.30 on a Monday morning to do the test. "It's positive, Steve," she yelled excitedly. "We're going to have a baby." "Wonderfulhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/feb/09/maya-alastair-campbellhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/feb/09/maya-alastair-campbellBritish AdministrationGUARDIANTue, 09 Feb 2010 07:00:02 GMTSpideredNews.com Former head of Metropolitan police says elected police commissioners will not work and calls for bipartisan inquiry Policing is becoming unaffordably expensive due to the failure ofhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/feb/09/ian-blair-criticises-conservative-policinghttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/feb/09/ian-blair-criticises-conservative-policingBritish AdministrationGUARDIANTue, 09 Feb 2010 07:00:03 GMTSpideredNews.com Political leaders were warned to choose their words with care when discussing the Labour MPs charged with criminal offences Political leaders were given a pointed warning yesterday tohttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/feb/09/speaker-warns-mps-expenseshttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/feb/09/speaker-warns-mps-expensesBritish AdministrationGUARDIANTue, 09 Feb 2010 07:00:04 GMTSpideredNews.com MPs call for trainee teachers to have at least a lower second-class degree to drive higher school standards MPs will today call for sweeping changes to the way teachers are trained inhttp://www.spiderednews.com/Politics_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/feb/09/teacher-training-requirementshttp://www.spiderednews.com/Politics_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/feb/09/teacher-training-requirementsPoliticsGUARDIANTue, 09 Feb 2010 06:00:03 GMTSpideredNews.com Conservative plans to axe longer term support suggest they still think unemployment is a price worth paying for ideology As certain as death and taxes are the deep cuts to come. Whoeverhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/09/tory-cuts-recession-youth-unemploymenthttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/09/tory-cuts-recession-youth-unemploymentBritish Administrationhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/09/tory-cuts-recession-youth-unemploymenthttp://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/contributor/2007/09/28/polly_toynbee_140x140.jpg8080PRESSTVTue, 09 Feb 2010 02:52:42 GMTSpideredNews.comUS President Barack Obama's approval rating has dropped to the lowest level since his inauguration for the way he has stirred the country's trouble-ridden economy through the financial crisis.http://www.spiderednews.com/USAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=118223&sectionid=3510203http://www.spiderednews.com/USAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=118223&sectionid=3510203US Administrationhttp://www.spiderednews.com/USAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=118223&sectionid=3510203http://www.presstv.ir/photo/20100209/naderian20100209054337984.jpg8054GUARDIANTue, 09 Feb 2010 00:05:27 GMTSpideredNews.com Polly Toynbee criticises the Tories for opposing "people's right to chose their voting system" yet sees Labour's refusal to give the people the chance to vote for PR as "embracinghttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/feb/09/representative-democracy-voting-electoral-reformhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/feb/09/representative-democracy-voting-electoral-reformBritish AdministrationGUARDIANTue, 09 Feb 2010 00:15:01 GMTSpideredNews.com Slush fund or no, BAE tries to be nice to people, and no mistake • Nothing tangible yet from BAE's attempt to offer its ­military-style spy planes to the Kent police force – whichhttp://www.spiderednews.com/USAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/feb/09/hugh-muirs-diary-bae-systemshttp://www.spiderednews.com/USAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/feb/09/hugh-muirs-diary-bae-systemsUS Administrationhttp://www.spiderednews.com/USAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/feb/09/hugh-muirs-diary-bae-systemshttp://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/contributor/2007/09/28/hugh_muir_140x140.jpg8080BBCTue, 09 Feb 2010 00:03:23 GMTSpideredNews.comMPs are to vote on Gordon Brown's plan for a referendum on changing Britain's "first past the post" voting system.http://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8505255.stmhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8505255.stmBritish Administrationhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8505255.stmhttp://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47265000/jpg/_47265278_countingvotes_pa.jpg8060BBCTue, 09 Feb 2010 00:03:34 GMTSpideredNews.comOverpayment of benefits due to official errors has doubled from £400m to £800m since 2000, says a committee of MPs.http://www.spiderednews.com/Politics_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8505325.stmhttp://www.spiderednews.com/Politics_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8505325.stmPoliticshttp://www.spiderednews.com/Politics_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8505325.stmhttp://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47265000/jpg/_47265466_jobcentreplus226_pa.jpg8060GUARDIANMon, 08 Feb 2010 23:27:44 GMTSpideredNews.com Tory leader said a Conservative government would amend the guidelines to limit the ability of retired ministers to influence government policy Former ministers will lose their pensionhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/feb/08/david-cameron-warns-former-ministershttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/feb/08/david-cameron-warns-former-ministersBritish AdministrationBBCMon, 08 Feb 2010 21:51:37 GMTSpideredNews.comA mother-to-be goes into labour queuing for tickets for the FA Cup fifth round clash between rival clubs Southampton and Portsmouth.http://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/hampshire/8505269.stmhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/hampshire/8505269.stmBritish Administrationhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/hampshire/8505269.stmhttp://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47265000/jpg/_47265336_saintsbaby_080210_rushes.jpg8060GUARDIANMon, 08 Feb 2010 21:05:12 GMTSpideredNews.com Proposals for a levy, thought to be £20,000, would be deducted from the estates of older people when they die Radical proposals for a £20,000 compulsory inheritance levy to help pay forhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/feb/08/inheritance-levy-social-care-policyhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/feb/08/inheritance-levy-social-care-policyBritish AdministrationGUARDIANMon, 08 Feb 2010 20:43:09 GMTSpideredNews.com The ancient and important right of parliamentary privelege has become a grey area - some legislative clarification is needed Like most people nowadays David Cameron has a short memory,http://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/08/parliamentary-privelege-clarificationhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/08/parliamentary-privelege-clarificationBritish Administrationhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/08/parliamentary-privelege-clarificationhttp://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/contributor/2007/09/28/michael_white_140x140.jpg8080GUARDIANMon, 08 Feb 2010 19:58:49 GMTSpideredNews.com Conservative mandarins still refuse to answer questions on party benefactor's UK tax status Conservative party officials repeatedly refused to say today whether they believe the Britishhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/feb/08/lord-ashcroft-tax-status-ukhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/feb/08/lord-ashcroft-tax-status-ukBritish AdministrationGUARDIANMon, 08 Feb 2010 20:00:00 GMTSpideredNews.com Europe has witnessed a tectonic shift to the right since the war. No wonder the Tories might feel short of breathing space Looking back over the last 50 or 60 years, what have been thehttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/08/new-labour-liberalism-david-cameronhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/08/new-labour-liberalism-david-cameronBritish Administrationhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/08/new-labour-liberalism-david-cameronhttp://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/07/10/geoffrey.jpg8080GUARDIANMon, 08 Feb 2010 19:30:00 GMTSpideredNews.com Until all the pre-war documents are published – including ones Jack Straw has suppressed – the Iraq inquiry will be hobbled The Iraq inquiry seems to have saved the best till last. At thehttp://www.spiderednews.com/USAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/08/chilcot-inquiry-iraq-jack-strawhttp://www.spiderednews.com/USAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/08/chilcot-inquiry-iraq-jack-strawUS Administrationhttp://www.spiderednews.com/USAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/08/chilcot-inquiry-iraq-jack-strawhttp://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/2/8/1265642763393/Jack-Straw-arrives-to-giv-001.jpg8048BBCMon, 08 Feb 2010 19:09:43 GMTSpideredNews.comWater supplies to a part of Peterborough are cut off when two water mains burst in the space of a few hours.http://www.spiderednews.com/Water_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/8505154.stmhttp://www.spiderednews.com/Water_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/8505154.stmWaterhttp://www.spiderednews.com/Water_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/8505154.stmhttp://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41706000/jpg/_41706978_tapgetty203.jpg8060BBCMon, 08 Feb 2010 18:56:59 GMTSpideredNews.comTwo arms dealers who illegally supplied shotguns, bombs and other weapons to the Sri Lankan armed forces during the civil war are jailed.http://www.spiderednews.com/WeaponsExport_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/london/8504988.stmhttp://www.spiderednews.com/WeaponsExport_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/london/8504988.stmWeapons Exporthttp://www.spiderednews.com/WeaponsExport_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/london/8504988.stmhttp://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47264000/jpg/_47264764_sarig-freckleton.jpg8060GUARDIANMon, 08 Feb 2010 18:38:00 GMTSpideredNews.com Tireless campaigner for older people's rights Donald Steele, who has died aged 76, was a leading campaigner for improvements in social policy for older people. From 1993 onwards, Don washttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/feb/08/donald-steele-obituaryhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/feb/08/donald-steele-obituaryBritish AdministrationGUARDIANMon, 08 Feb 2010 18:41:11 GMTSpideredNews.com Author, academic and wartime intelligence officer at Bletchley Park Peter Calvocoressi, who has died aged 97, was best known as an Ultra intelligence analyst at the Bletchley Parkhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/feb/08/peter-calvocoressi-obituaryhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/feb/08/peter-calvocoressi-obituaryBritish Administrationhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/feb/08/peter-calvocoressi-obituaryhttp://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Admin/BkFill/Default_image_group/2010/2/8/1265649581750/Peter-Calvocoressi-001.jpg8048GUARDIANMon, 08 Feb 2010 18:38:21 GMTSpideredNews.com David Chaytor, Jim Devine and Elliot Morely all suspended from party and whip as Cameron says news is 'a humiliating change' The three MPs facing criminal charges over their expenseshttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/feb/08/cameron-accuses-brown-mps-suspensionshttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/feb/08/cameron-accuses-brown-mps-suspensionsBritish AdministrationGUARDIANMon, 08 Feb 2010 18:30:01 GMTSpideredNews.com From Thatcher's calf-cradling to Alastair Campbell's emotional interview, political figures struggle to get the human touch right So Alastair Campbell is filmed apparently choking backhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/08/politics-personal-alastair-campbellhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/08/politics-personal-alastair-campbellBritish AdministrationGUARDIANMon, 08 Feb 2010 18:14:13 GMTSpideredNews.com At the age of 19, as a miner at Polkemmet colliery, in West Lothian, Joe Owens was thrown into the year-long miners' strike. Joe, who has died unexpectedly aged 44, emerged as a powerfulhttp://www.spiderednews.com/Politics_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/feb/08/joe-owens-obituaryhttp://www.spiderednews.com/Politics_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/feb/08/joe-owens-obituaryPoliticsBBCMon, 08 Feb 2010 17:53:20 GMTSpideredNews.comA closed circuit television image is issued by police investigating the robbery of a taxi driver in Cambridgeshire.http://www.spiderednews.com/911_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/8504911.stmhttp://www.spiderednews.com/911_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/8504911.stm911http://www.spiderednews.com/911_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/8504911.stmhttp://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47264000/jpg/_47264590_buchanstreet3.jpg8060BBCMon, 08 Feb 2010 17:58:53 GMTSpideredNews.comFurther details about the plans for the four pilot eco-towns to be built in England are announced.http://www.spiderednews.com/Politics_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8504050.stmhttp://www.spiderednews.com/Politics_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8504050.stmPoliticshttp://www.spiderednews.com/Politics_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8504050.stmhttp://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46069000/jpg/_46069215_007657626-1.jpg8060GUARDIANMon, 08 Feb 2010 17:00:45 GMTSpideredNews.com One of my objectives for this blog is to make and maintain (hyper) links with other London blogs, bloggers and sites whose work I think will be of interest to my readers, especially thosehttp://www.spiderednews.com/Politics_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/davehillblog/2010/feb/08/guardian-london-developing-links-independent-bloggershttp://www.spiderednews.com/Politics_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/davehillblog/2010/feb/08/guardian-london-developing-links-independent-bloggersPoliticsBBCMon, 08 Feb 2010 16:58:05 GMTSpideredNews.comWas past decade's immigration growth in UK an accident?http://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8494275.stmhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8494275.stmBritish Administrationhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8494275.stmhttp://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47231000/jpg/_47231381_strawberry_pickers_cristinaquicler_afp.jpg8060GUARDIANMon, 08 Feb 2010 16:45:50 GMTSpideredNews.com Irish National Liberation Army and Official Republican Movement say they have put their weapons beyond use Two Irish republican groups which fought a bitter feud in the 1970s have unitedhttp://www.spiderednews.com/WeaponsExport_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/feb/08/northern-ireland-republican-groups-disarmhttp://www.spiderednews.com/WeaponsExport_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/feb/08/northern-ireland-republican-groups-disarmWeapons ExportBBCMon, 08 Feb 2010 15:15:36 GMTSpideredNews.comA body is found at Ipswich docks and the police cordon off the area while it is recovered from the water.http://www.spiderednews.com/Water_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/suffolk/8504574.stmhttp://www.spiderednews.com/Water_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/suffolk/8504574.stmWaterhttp://www.spiderednews.com/Water_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/suffolk/8504574.stmhttp://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45845000/jpg/_45845132_suffolkcar2_203.jpg8060BBCMon, 08 Feb 2010 16:14:42 GMTSpideredNews.comSpeaker John Bercow warns MPs not to risk the chances of a fair trial for the three MPs facing charges over their expenses.http://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8504794.stmhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8504794.stmBritish Administrationhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8504794.stmhttp://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47264000/jpg/_47264050_bercow226bbc.jpg8060GUARDIANMon, 08 Feb 2010 15:32:33 GMTSpideredNews.com The Mayor's 2010/11 budget will, as we know, result in Met borough commanders having less money to spend, partly as a result of his much-trumpeted freeze of his portion of Council Taxhttp://www.spiderednews.com/Politics_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/davehillblog/2010/feb/08/boris-johnson-london-metropolitan-police-budget-liberal-democrats-toby-harrishttp://www.spiderednews.com/Politics_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/davehillblog/2010/feb/08/boris-johnson-london-metropolitan-police-budget-liberal-democrats-toby-harrisPoliticsGUARDIANMon, 08 Feb 2010 15:32:52 GMTSpideredNews.com As minister returns for further questioning by Chilcot inquiry, statement says advice was considered 'with great care' Jack Straw today denied claims he had willfully ignored legalhttp://www.spiderednews.com/RegimeChange_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/feb/08/straw-denies-ignoring-advice-iraqhttp://www.spiderednews.com/RegimeChange_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/feb/08/straw-denies-ignoring-advice-iraqRegime Changehttp://www.spiderednews.com/RegimeChange_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/feb/08/straw-denies-ignoring-advice-iraqhttp://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/2/8/1265642763393/Jack-Straw-arrives-to-giv-001.jpg8048BBCMon, 08 Feb 2010 15:07:48 GMTSpideredNews.comAsking Cardiff: Do you want five more years of Labour?http://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/blogs/nickrobinson/2010/02/taking_pulse.htmlhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/blogs/nickrobinson/2010/02/taking_pulse.htmlBritish Administrationhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/blogs/nickrobinson/2010/02/taking_pulse.htmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/nickrobinson/taking_pulse226a.jpg8060GUARDIANMon, 08 Feb 2010 15:00:00 GMTSpideredNews.com How much have the insolvency figures gone up by? The full data The recession is hitting home, according to the latest figures from the Insolvency Service: The number of people enteringhttp://www.spiderednews.com/Politics_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2009/nov/06/bankruptcy-iva-insolvency-debt-datahttp://www.spiderednews.com/Politics_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2009/nov/06/bankruptcy-iva-insolvency-debt-dataPoliticsBBCMon, 08 Feb 2010 14:41:26 GMTSpideredNews.comGary O'Donoghue assesses impact of Cameron's attackhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8504385.stmhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8504385.stmBritish Administrationhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8504385.stmhttp://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47263000/jpg/_47263077_cameron226in_pa.jpg8060GUARDIANMon, 08 Feb 2010 14:24:56 GMTSpideredNews.com From Marketing Magazine: Following a protracted pitch, led by the Mayor's director of marketing Dan Ritterband, design agency Saffron picked up the brief to create a new all-encompassinghttp://www.spiderednews.com/Politics_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/davehillblog/2010/feb/08/boris-johnson-rebranding-london-saffronhttp://www.spiderednews.com/Politics_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/davehillblog/2010/feb/08/boris-johnson-rebranding-london-saffronPoliticsBBCMon, 08 Feb 2010 13:06:07 GMTSpideredNews.comPeter Robinson is urged to allow MLAs to see a legal opinion given to him over his alleged breach of the assembly's ministerial code.http://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/northern_ireland/8504368.stmhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/northern_ireland/8504368.stmBritish Administrationhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/northern_ireland/8504368.stmhttp://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47249000/jpg/_47249404_peterrobinson.jpg8060GUARDIANMon, 08 Feb 2010 14:00:00 GMTSpideredNews.com Practical politics stripped of serious ideas about what would constitute a just human society does a grave disservice to us all Whenever a commentator declares that "politics is the arthttp://www.spiderednews.com/USAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/08/utopianism-practical-politics-just-societyhttp://www.spiderednews.com/USAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/08/utopianism-practical-politics-just-societyUS AdministrationGUARDIANMon, 08 Feb 2010 13:38:53 GMTSpideredNews.com Live coverage as the justice secretary returns to give evidence to the Chilcot panel for a second time 1.33pm: Jack Straw, the justice secretary, has already given evidence to the Iraqhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2010/feb/08/jack-straw-iraq-inquiry-livehttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2010/feb/08/jack-straw-iraq-inquiry-liveBritish Administrationhttp://www.spiderednews.com/BritishAdministration_I.htm?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2010/feb/08/jack-straw-iraq-inquiry-livehttp://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/1/21/1264109038193/Jack-Straw-giving-evidenc-001.jpg8048