Betty Boothroyd

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Name: Betty Boothroyd
First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Author visits ‘grandmother’ of parliaments

An author who takes a keen interest in parliamentary affairs has visited the world?s oldest continuous parliament.Matthew Laban, who has written Mr Speaker: The Office and the Individuals Since 1945, was welcomed by the current Speaker of the House of ... [Published Isle of Man Newspapers - May 11 2013]
First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Former Cameron rival David Davis set to host champagne reception for readmitted Dorries

Former Cameron rival David Davis to host champagne reception for readmitted DorriesBy Ephraim Hardcastle Readmitted to the Conservative party following a six-month suspension for her unauthorised stint in the I'm A Celebrity jungle, Nadine Dorries will ... [Published Mail Online UK - May 09 2013]
First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 2 reports

Essay competition will commemorate former Wakefield MP Walter Harrison

A prize essay competition has been launched to commemorate former MP Walter Harrison, who died last year.The MP was elected MP for Wakefield in 1964.And the Walter Harrison Memorial Trust prize essay competition, for an essay on a political subject, will ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 07 2013]
First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

Margaret Thatcher funeral: Before time clouds the images

My memory is of a noble and sad day Now that the captains and the kings have departed, and the last post sounded to the passing of a prime minister who, more than any other in our time, changed this country’s path, and before time clouds the mind’s already ... [Published Telegraph - Apr 27 2013]
First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 4 reports

HISTORY LESSON: More than 120 twisters across the South and Midwest resulted in 316 deaths

Today is Saturday, April 27, the 117th day of 2013. There are 248 days left in the year.In 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed by natives in the Philippines.In 1777, the only land battle in Connecticut during the Revolutionary War, ... [Published San Angelo Standard-Times - Apr 27 2013]
First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

On this day: First meeting of the National Trust for Scotland | English defeated Scots at Battle of Dunbar

• National day of Sierra Leone and Togo.1296: English defeated the Scots at the Battle of Dunbar.1521: Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese navigator, was killed by natives on the island of Mactan in the Philippines on his voyage round the world.1650: Orcadian-Scandinavian ... [Published The Scotsman - Apr 27 2013]
First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

Life after Parliament for ex-MPs

What contribution to public life can ex-MPs make? Professor Eric Moonman OBE tells Central Lobby about the outreach programmes and other activities run by the Association of Former MPs.Prof Moonman was Labour MP for Billericay 1966-1970 and Basildon 1974-1979. ... [Published ePolitix.com - Apr 19 2013]
First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

A Commons Lady

Lady Thatcher was 'a great parliamentarian', argues former speaker Betty Boothroyd in The House magazine. ... [Published PoliticsHome - Apr 18 2013]
First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 3 reports

Emotional George Osborne wipes away a tear as friends and enemies united to pay respects to Britain's first female PM

Prime Minster David Cameron gives a reading during serviceFormer Premiers Tony Blair, Gordon and John Major among mournersWorld leaders and ministers join the entire British Cabinet to pay respectsCongregation includes Tory grandees Lord Heseltine and ... [Published Mail Online UK - Apr 17 2013]
First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 2 reports

Margaret Thatcher funeral guests: Old friends, old foes, now united in old age

Old friends, old foes, now united in old age for Thatcher's last hurrahCongregation includes Tory grandees Lord Heseltine and Lord Howe, who played a key role in Iron Lady's downfallKey ally Norman Tebbit and former press secretary Bernard Ingham att ... [Published Mail Online UK - Apr 18 2013]
First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

i Editor's Letter: Lady Thatcher's funeral

It was like an Establishment version of the BBC’s crime procedural Ashes To Ashes: David Mellor, David Steel, David Owen, some people who were not called David; Terry Wogan, Joan Collins, F W De Clerk, Norman Tebbit, Shirley Williams, Nigel Lawson, Geoffrey ... [Published The Independent - Apr 18 2013]
First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

Dignitaries and guests arrive for Margaret Thatcher's funeral LIVE

WORLD leaders, dignitaries and celebrities from 170 countries have begun to arrive to attend the funeral of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher today for a fitting farewell with full military honors that will culminate in a service at St. ... [Published Scottish Daily Express - Apr 17 2013]

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Now an adornment on the red benches of the House of Lords, former Speaker Betty Boothroyd says she's given up her pastime of paragliding. "i've done it a lot of times and when you are swinging over the coastline you have seen it all before. there's no-one to talk to, no sweets to suck and no ice cream." And at 83, probably sensible too

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Author visits ‘grandmother’ of parliaments [Published Isle of Man Newspapers - May 11 2013]
Former Cameron rival David Davis set to host ch... [Published Mail Online UK - May 09 2013]
Essay competition will commemorate former Wakef... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 07 2013]
Essay prize for former MP [Published Pontefract & Castleford Express - May 07 2013]
Mr Speaker welcomes ‘Mr Speaker’ author [Published Manxnet - May 07 2013]
Margaret Thatcher funeral: Before time clouds t... [Published Telegraph - Apr 27 2013]
HISTORY LESSON: More than 120 twisters across t... [Published San Angelo Standard-Times - Apr 27 2013]
Today in History: April 27 [Published Richmond Times Dispatch - Apr 27 2013]
This Day in History for April 27 [Published Erie Times-News - Apr 27 2013]
On this day: First meeting of the National Trus... [Published The Scotsman - Apr 27 2013]
No headline - History_0427 [Published San Angelo Standard-Times - Apr 27 2013]
St George's Day is time to summon up the blood ... [Published Mirror.co.uk - Apr 23 2013]
Life after Parliament for ex-MPs [Published ePolitix.com - Apr 19 2013]
A Commons Lady [Published PoliticsHome - Apr 18 2013]
George Osborne unable to control his emotions s... [Published Mail Online UK - Apr 18 2013]
Margaret Thatcher funeral guests: Old friends, ... [Published Mail Online UK - Apr 18 2013]
Old friends, old foes, now united in old age an... [Published Mail Online UK - Apr 18 2013]
Old friends, old foes, now united in old age fo... [Published Mail Online UK - Apr 18 2013]
i Editor's Letter: Lady Thatcher's funeral [Published The Independent - Apr 18 2013]
Osborne unable to control his emotions on what ... [Published Mail Online UK - Apr 17 2013]
Margaret Thatcher funeral: Dimbleby is stately ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Apr 17 2013]
Emotional George Osborne wipes away a tear as f... [Published Mail Online UK - Apr 17 2013]
In pictures: Celebrities and politicians turn o... [Published Daily Record - Apr 17 2013]
Dignitaries and guests arrive for Margaret That... [Published Daily Express - Apr 17 2013]
World leaders and British politicians past and ... [Published Mail Online UK - Apr 17 2013]
Dignitaries and guests arrive for Margaret That... [Published Scottish Daily Express - Apr 17 2013]
Women and power: the revolution of rising expec... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Feb 26 2013]
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