Lynne Featherstone MP on Haringey and Parliament http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/columns.htm Articles and speeches by Hornsey and Wood Green MP Lynne Featherstone en-gb Lynne Featherstone, 2000 onwards lynne@lynnefeatherstone.org Boris wins (8 May 2008) http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/column191-boris-johnson.htm Now we watch to see what Boris does with his new job. It has to be one of the best jobs there is – to be Mayor of this great city. Olympics and politics (10 March 2008) http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/column190-beijing-olympics.htm In a world of global, near-instant media, protests in one part of the world can garner coverage all over the globe – including, directly or indirectly, in China itself. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill (6 April 2008) http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/column189-human-fertilisation-and-embryology-bill.htm For me, the only moral, conscionable choice is to say – “yes, we’re going to do our best to give scientists a chance of curing your disease”. Are the Liberal Democrats making the most of blogging? (28 March 2008) http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/column188-blogging.htm What we seem to be missing are those combative, outward looking souls who spot a story and want to help spread or extend the message or the point or the attack, as opposed to inwardly looking expressing their own views on it. Local services for local people (13 March 2008) http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/column187-local-services.htm How do you want the police to operate? Local police on the beat in the same area week after week, or ever-shifting faces occasionally popping up from a distant mega-police centre? Post Office massacre – call to arms! (4 March 2008) http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/column186-haringey-post-office-closures.htm We need to rally round to save our local Post Offices.