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What's the cost?

By Adrian Pearson on Feb 4, 10 05:58 PM

£42,229. That's a rough estimate of how much MPs from the North East, past and present, owe the region.
I've rounded down, because I'm generous with money.

What would that get us?
Well, around 1,409 tickets to see Newcastle United play Cardiff. Or more than 21,000 trips on the Shields ferry.
Or we could hire a solicitor for more than 400 hours, based on a loose estimate of hourly rates in Newcastle city centre. Should be long enough to get some of the cash back.

False hope?

By Adrian Pearson on Jan 29, 10 03:42 PM

To review or not to review?
Did Ken Clarke slip up? Some papers reported the Conservatives are looking again at RDAs and may not scrap them after all.
Not true it would seem. Sort of.

Chilcot

By Adrian Pearson on Jan 29, 10 03:11 PM

Blair's big day. The TV is on with constant feed, as it will be in newsrooms across the country, and in the homes of quite a few families as well.
I haven't had a chance to follow all the details, but our man Rob Pattinson is fully immersed in the issues, and speaking to the families who have paid the highest cost for Blair's decisions.
Here's his take .

Ch-ch-ch changes

By Adrian Pearson on Jan 26, 10 02:44 PM

So long David Clelland then. Maybe he didn't achieve the same obvious power and fame as some North MPs, but he played an important role in bringing the region's transport concerns to Whitehall.

And who else could be following the early retirement bandwagon? Look South keen regional affairs fans, look South.

Welcome lickspittles

By Adrian Pearson on Jan 19, 10 03:11 PM

Good advice here for all those aspiring MPs. And there are certainly quite a few of them.

As Iain Dale points out, Sunderland South's retiring MP Chris Mullin has used a Times column to offer his advice to the next in-take at the House of Commons. Well worth a read.

Nick and Greg...and Wendy?

By Adrian Pearson on Jan 13, 10 10:27 AM

Have Nick Brown's feared political senses deserted him? A few weeks back he was preparing to fight Liberal Democrat Greg Stone for the Newcastle East constituency.

Greg has a controversial past and recently embarrassed himself with rude comments in an online political chatroom.

The ideal candidate some Labour supporter might say.
So how did Nick do the almost impossible and force the Lib Dems to change their candidate and potentially put him up against a much more electable opponent?

Association of South North East Councils

By Adrian Pearson on Jan 10, 10 06:46 PM

Everyone's favourite Association of North East Councils is undergoing some not quite subtle changes.
It would seem from the behind the scenes gossip picked up at Anec's Gateshead summit that new leader Paul Watson is taking the Association in a radical new direction.

Er, the South.

Where did all the money go?

By Adrian Pearson on Dec 30, 09 04:22 PM

What a year huh?
Traditionally in the last few days of December we look back at the events of the year and ask ourselves how it got to be this bad.

Put simply, 2009 is a time when councils across the region said a sad goodbye to their money and admitted they will be cutting back on everything next year. Except cuts, which will go up.

Greg and Nick

By Adrian Pearson on Dec 16, 09 11:14 AM

Blimey, those boys can't play nice. Newcastle East and Wallsend MP Nick Brown and his Liberal Democrat challenger Greg Stone have a deep "dislike" of each other, and both sides keep an eye out for any incriminating slips ups.
Now that long-running rivalry has come to the attention of blogger Guido Fawkes, who claims the chief whip is using his website to monitor comments allegedly made by Greg Stone.
Be warned. While entertaining, comments on this site are perhaps not for the easily offended.

Insert "cheeky" joke here

By Adrian Pearson on Dec 1, 09 02:31 PM

The Cheeky Girls graced South Tyneside last week as they led the Christmas lights switch on. Overshadowed somewhat by "that Joe from X-factor" sending a special message for his fans South of the river.
Hmmm. What then do you offer two D-list celebs in order to make their trip worthwhile?
Well, how does dinner with a South Tyneside Tory councillor grab you?

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