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Paddy Ashdown

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Name: Paddy Ashdown

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

UK opens doors to Afghan translators

No 10 has offered a partial U-turn by allowing some Afghan translators to settle in Britain.The prime minister had previously argued Britain's efforts in Afghanistan should have made it safe for the translators who have worked closed with UK forces in ... [Published Politics.co.uk - May 22 2013]

Entities: United Kingdom, Paddy Ashdown, Afghanistan, Rosa Curling

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 reports

NATO

RUSI Whitehall Paper launch, Destination NATO: Defence Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2003-2013

RUSI, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ETLink to map: multimapPLACES AVAILABLE: Open to allAbout the event:Paddy Ashdown, the former High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, will join Rohan Maxwell and John Andreas Olsen in a discussion on defence reform ... [Published RUSI Events - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Bosnia and Herzegovina, NATO, Partnership For Peace, Paddy Ashdown

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

Taliban

Paddy Ashdown: Let us not leave Afghanistan with this final gesture of betrayal and dishonour

WE are in severe danger of committing an act both  unwise and discreditable, if not shameful, over the future of those Afghan interpreters who have been supporting our A rmed Forces for the past decade and longer. I cannot understand why my Government ... [Published Yorkshire Post - May 20 2013]

Entities: Afghanistan, Paddy Ashdown, Taliban, UK Home Office, House of Lords

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Neil Kinnock

Will only ever be a two-horse race for Government

THERE is much excitement and furore at the moment regarding the recent success of Nigel Farage, pictured, and his merry men of UKIP.Nigel with his props a pint of bitter with a good sip out of it in one hand, and a fag in the other, a grin like a Cheshire ... [Published Louth People - May 17 2013]

Entities: David Steel, Shirley Williams, Paddy Ashdown, Neil Kinnock, David Miliband

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 2 reports

Andrew Adonis

Bad body language: The secret cost of

By Ian DuntThe disrespectful body language of Labour's negotiating team was one of the reasons that a Lib-Lab coalition became impossible in 2010, new memoirs have revealed.Andrew Adonis' election diaries, which are being serialised in the Times, suggest ... [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - May 07 2013]

Entities: Andrew Adonis, Liberal Democrats, The Labour Party (United Kingdom)

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Gareth Evans

Yes, the UN has a duty to intervene. But when, where and how?

As Britain pushes for more intervention in Syria, a debate rages over if it is acceptable to use force in international relations The Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, in a recent interview, produced a piece of paper from his pocket with a quote ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 04 2013]

Entities: Interference, Libya, Paddy Ashdown, Gareth Evans

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 2 reports

Afghan interpreters seeking asylum in UK hand petition to Government

Campaigners calling for Afghan interpreters to be granted asylum in the UK have handed a 78,000-strong petition to the Government.The group, including one interpreter who has fled to the UK, as well as former servicemen who served in Afghanistan, gave ... [Published Herald Scotland - May 04 2013]

Entities: United Kingdom, AVAAZ.org, Afghanistan, Paddy Ashdown

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Immigration: Lord Ashdown calls for Afghan interpreters to be given asylum

Former leader of the Liberal Democrats Paddy Ashdown has spoken out to encourage the Government to consider offering Afghan interpreters asylum in Britain, reports The London Evening Standard.The issue is a controversial one, not least given the strong ... [Published Findlaw Corporate Counsel - May 02 2013]

Entities: Paddy Ashdown, United Kingdom, Immigration, AVAAZ.org

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Vitol row: Lib Dems 'in bad place' as Rennie backs 'dirty money' donation

General Mr Taylor has been at the centre of a growing row after it emerged his company, Vitol had paid Serbian war criminal Arkan one million dollars to help secure an oil deal.$ Vitol was also revealed to have had business deals with the regime of former ... [Published NewsnetScotland.com - May 01 2013]

Entities: Willie Rennie, Liberal Democrats, Vitol Group, Donations, Paddy Ashdown

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Paddy Ashdown: Afghan withdrawal must take place in good order

Liberal Democrat peer Lord Ashdown tells the World at One Afghan withdrawal must take place in 'good order'. ... [Published PoliticsHome - May 01 2013]

Entities: Paddy Ashdown

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

SNP: Does Rennie agree with Paddy Ashdown?

PoliticsHome | Only the latest five entries on the PhiWire are visible to non-subscribers ... [Published PoliticsHome - May 01 2013]

Entities: Paddy Ashdown

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 3 reports

Donation pressure on Rennie

THE Scottish Liberal Democrats are coming under pressure over the controversial 500,000 donation from the head of an oil trading firm to the No to independence campaign.The SNP has seized on remarks by Lord Ashdown, who was critical of the business ethics ... [Published Herald Scotland - May 01 2013]

Entities: Willie Rennie, Paddy Ashdown, Donations, Vitol Group

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RUSI Whitehall Paper launch, Destination NATO: ... [Published RUSI Events - 18 hours ago]
UK opens doors to Afghan translators [Published Politics.co.uk - May 22 2013]
Paddy Ashdown: Let us not leave Afghanistan wit... [Published Yorkshire Post - May 20 2013]
Paddy Ashdown: Let us not leave Afghanistan wit... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 20 2013]
Will only ever be a two-horse race for Government [Published Louth People - May 17 2013]
A murky business [Published Morning Star Online - May 17 2013]
Local By-Election Preview : May 16th 2013 [Published politicalbetting.com - May 16 2013]
Cameron’s bluff [Published Spectator - May 16 2013]
TV hosts have Way With Words [Published This is Devon - May 09 2013]
Win Tickets To See TV Star Julia At This Year's... [Published Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Chamber of Commerce - May 08 2013]
Richard and Judy, Darcey Bussell and Cerys Matt... [Published This is South Devon - May 07 2013]
Bad body language: The secret cost of [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - May 07 2013]
Blow for No campaign as poll shows more calling... [Published NewsnetScotland.com - May 06 2013]
Labour government had no plans for Lib Dem coal... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 06 2013]
Yes, the UN has a duty to intervene. But when, ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 04 2013]
Tim Farron Admits Result 'Shocking' For Lib Dems74 [Published Huffington Post UK - May 04 2013]
A Conservative-Ukip coalitionmight come sooner ... [Published Lucianne.com - May 04 2013]
Afghan interpreters seeking asylum in UK hand p... [Published Herald Scotland - May 04 2013]
The vicious cycle of insecurity in Afghanistan [Published Afghanistan News Center - May 03 2013]
Why is Britain behind on digital campaigning? [Published Total Politics - May 03 2013]
Ukip shocks Lib Dems with win in Yeovil heartland [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 03 2013]
Afghan interpreters begin legal bid for right t... [Published Sharenet - May 03 2013]
Devon and Cornwall election results live [Published Saltash People - May 03 2013]
Local election 2013: results live [Published Lucianne.com - May 03 2013]
Ian Taylor's donation to pro-Union campaign und... [Published Herald Scotland - May 03 2013]
Immigration: Lord Ashdown calls for Afghan inte... [Published Findlaw Corporate Counsel - May 02 2013]
This Day in History: 1997 Labour routs Tories i... [Published Macau Daily Times - May 02 2013]
Vitol row: Lib Dems 'in bad place' as Rennie ba... [Published NewsnetScotland.com - May 01 2013]
Paddy Ashdown: Afghan withdrawal must take plac... [Published PoliticsHome - May 01 2013]
SNP: Does Rennie agree with Paddy Ashdown? [Published PoliticsHome - May 01 2013]

Blogs

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Local By-Election Preview : May 16th 2013 [Published politicalbetting.com - May 16 2013] Harry Hayfield’s guide to the action Coker on Somerset (Deferred Election) Last Council Election (2013): Con 28, Lib Dem 18, Lab 3, UKIP 3, Ind 2 (Conservative majority of 2)Last Ward Election (2009): Lib Dem 1,454 (45%) Con 1,365 (43%) Green 249 ...
Nigel Farage's saloon bar insurgency [Published Politics: Politics blog \| guardian.co.uk - Apr 24 2013] The main parties may need to pour themselves a stiffener: Ukip has gone way beyond being a mere protest-vote party After Ukip's Nigel Farage made a speech at a press gallery lunch in Westminster on Tuesday, a colleague from a Tory newspaper asked me ...
Paris Brown 'too young' to advise? Of course not [Published Education: Mortarboard blog \| guardian.co.uk - Apr 11 2013] The case has unleashed a wave of distrust towards young people. Yet many are successfully playing key roles in organisations across the UK Paris Brown, chosen as Britain's first youth police crime commissioner, resigned after just seven days having ...
Audio: Lords’ tributes to Margaret Thatcher [Published The Coffee House \| Politics and News Discussion ... - Apr 11 2013] As Isabel said yesterday, the standout speech in the Upper Chamber yesterday came from Norman Tebbit , who served for six years in Margaret Thatcher’s Cabinet, first as Secretary of State for Employment, then as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, ...
‘If only people could see the real Margaret Tha... [Published The Coffee House \| Politics and News Discussion ... - Apr 10 2013] Today’s debates in Parliament about Baroness Thatcher were supposed to be a tribute to the first female Prime Minister. If you were looking for the most faithful rendition of this, you should have been sitting in the House of Lords, not the Commons this ...

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VIDEO: Ashdown: Don't let power 'be a blip' [Published BBC News Video - Politics - Mar 09 2013]
AUDIO: Parliament women 'treated as sex-objects' [Published BBC News Video - Politics - Feb 28 2013]