"Ken Clarke's legendary hush puppies made no sound this week as they padded their way to EU Commission President Barroso's office. The Daily Telegraph got wind of the story, but there was no further media comment, no photographic evidence and not so much as a press release to mark the Shadow Business Secretary's visit", writes Lib Dem MEP for the South East, Catherine Bearder.
"Ken Clarke's legendary hush puppies made no sound this week as they padded their way to EU Commission President Barroso's office. The Daily Telegraph got wind of the story, but there was no further media comment, no photographic evidence and not so much as a press release to mark the Shadow Business Secretary's visit", writes Lib Dem MEP for the South East, Catherine Bearder.
With the issue of bullying featuring high on the British media's agenda, the European Parliament has also witnessed its own recent shocking bout of childish, playground name-calling by UKIP's Nigel Farage MEP.
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Park Ward Focus Team have started to deliver their latest Focus leaflet to some 5,000 homes in the Ward. The main stories are:- re the Tories buying the election?, Lib Dems welcome site improvement, Lib Dem councillors act on Parkdale vice threat, "See Something: Say Something".
Edward McMillan Scott, one of only 2 Conservative MEPs for our region has defected to the Liberal Democrat Party. Mr McMillan-Scott was a senior Conservative MEP and held the position of Vice President of the European Parliament alongside the Lib Dem MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber, Diana Wallis. His defection means that our region is now represented by 2 Liberal Democrat MEPs, 1 UKIP, 1 Labour and 1 BNP.