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Pressure grows on Speaker to resign as Harman refuses SIX times to give him her support (Daily Mail) Commons Speaker Michael Martin was under growing pressure to step down over the Damian Green affair today as ministers refused to give him their backing. us.rd.yahoo.com
Speaker admits police did not have search warrant (Independent) The futures of Commons Speaker Michael Martin, his top official and a senior police officer are in question after MPs learnt that detectives raided Tory MP Damian Green's office without a search warrant. us.rd.yahoo.com
Speaker and two top policemen fight for their jobs after anti-terror raid on Parliament revealed to be 'unlawful' (Daily Mail) Commons Speaker Michael Martin and two of Britain's top police officers have been left fighting for their jobs as it emerged anti-terror police 'unlawfully' raided Parliament without a warrant. us.rd.yahoo.com
The arrest of Damian Green and the role of the Speaker (Times Online) Sir, How extraordinary that the police should believe that they have the right to enter Parliament, arrest one of its members and search his office and his computer files (report, Dec 1 ). Even more extraordinary, it appears that the Speaker of the House actually condoned such action. us.rd.yahoo.com
Speaker examines email security (Epolitix via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) Following the police investigation into leaks from the Home Office, MPs have expressed fears that their emails are being monitored. us.rd.yahoo.com
Speaker blames police for MP's arrest fiasco and reveals they had no warrant (Daily Mail) The political furore over the arrest of Damian Green dramatically escalated today when the Commons Speaker revealed that detectives did not have a warrant to search the Tory MP's Parliamentary office. us.rd.yahoo.com
Tearful Speaker admits blunders over raid (Evening Standard) Police had no warrant to search the parliamentary office of Tory MP Damian Green, the House of Commons Speaker admitted this afternoon. MPs cried "shame" at the revelation during an emotional statement made by Michael Martin from the Speaker's chair to a packed Commons. us.rd.yahoo.com
Tearful Speaker admits blunders in raid on MP (Gulf Times) The police had no warrant to search the parliamentary office of Tory MP Damian Green, the House of Commons Speaker admitted yesterday afternoon. MPs cried “shame” at the revelation during an emotional statement made by Michael Martin from the Speaker’s chair to a packed Commons. us.rd.yahoo.com
Row escalating over police access to MPs' emails (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) Senior government ministers have sidestepped demands by MPs for assurances that the anti-terrorist police who raided the Commons did not access computer servers containing email communications data on virtually every politician at Westminster. us.rd.yahoo.com
Robertson is named majority whip of House (Louisville Courier-Journal) House Speaker Pat Bauer yesterday named veteran state Rep. Paul Robertson, D-Depauw, to the key leadership post of majority whip. us.rd.yahoo.com
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