08/04/2013 - 14/04/2013 - Unorthodox

Hello all, apologises for the past weeks with no blog post, I’ve had no internet! And honestly I do not know how I survived for the past 10 days. Anyways today is a bit unorthodox as I cannot actually think of anything to write about, substance wise, so let’s just go with the flow.

So Margret Thatcher’s funeral, very sad times but at least she is with her beloved Dennis right now, what got me though was some of the people at the funeral. Jeremy Clarkson invited to a Tory funeral (well I never!) I know he was not a Labourite but you never know the late Iron Lady might have been a fan of his eccentric persona on Top Gear. He might have reminded her of one of the Cabinet members.

In all fairness it was a sad occasion well Giddian Osborne definitely though so. Ok I mean George, I did sympathise with him with the tears streaming down his face, he did seem like the only one crying, but bless him for doing so. But Samantha Cameron smiling in front of him, what was that all about? It might have been a joke or funny story that was told but is it socially acceptable to smile at a funeral, who knows?

What did make me laugh is the bottle of water under David Cameron which was not British, tut tut Prime Minister, you worked for her for many years and you surely should have felt her wrath at some point.

Anyways I think for the occasion that was not anticipated at all, all three leaders of the parties acted well and gave good speeches, the flag was half mast and the MP’s got their tributes heard, even the nasty ones unfortunately.

But as they say, now it’s history...

01/04/2013-07/04/2013- Happy Birthday yourpolitics!

This blog was started the day after my 18^th Birthday, and it’s been a year, and a better year than expected too! So far we have:

-          225 Readers

-          53 Posts

-          Parliament Press following me on Twitter

I say from me, thankyou for those who read often and I hope that you do learn something; I honestly thought that I would have given up by now but the support out there has been encouraging me so much. I have no idea what to expect in the next year except for a target of 500 readers. This blog does not just keep my passion for politics alive but has also helped me get three University offers to study Politics at degree level.

At this point can I just say that there is a twitter account attached and a tweet is posted whenever a new post is up. You can follow it at @urpo1tics and of course I’ll follow you back. There is also a e-mail account for questions and suggested things to write about you can message me at yourpolitics@hotmail.co.uk. I would appreciate the feedback.

So what is next for me? Well university in September as think a degree would be helpful, I’m gonna stay in touch with my political friends and hopefully get a political job soon in an office somewhere. I just had my 19^th Birthday and got my first issue of Private Eye magazine! I am so happy about that.

Unfortunately as we have all heard of the passing of Margaret Thatcher, I know it wasn’t this week but even though, whether you loved or loathed her you can’t deny how impressive she made herself in a man’s world. Rest in peace Iron Lady.

  Another happy year to come, thankyou again, your sincerely

Hannah Newman (yourpolitics)

25/03/2013 - 31/03/2013 - How a Law Is Passed, Part 2

The second part to how a law is passed through Parliament.

Report Stage: After the piece of law has been through an immense amount of analysis by MP’s or peers it is then sent back to the entire Chamber for the person who started it to ‘report’ all the changed to it to everyone else. They then have to decide whether the changes are correct and vote it through if not, they can get rid.

Third Reading: This is basically the last debate about the legislation going though, it is usually quick because most people would have had their say in the second reading (main debate). It will usually go through at this point unless support fails for it or it was very problematic in the committee or report stage.

After all this the Bill has to now go through the other house. If the Bill was started in the House of Commons it then goes to the House of Lords, if started in the House of Lords, it then goes to the House of Commons. In the other House it goes: First Reading, Second Reading, Committee Stage, Report Stage, Third Reading. Of course the House of Lords is completely different and may not like the Bill, they can either do two things in this situation. They are able to hold the Bill for a year hoping that it is not needed in a year’s time but meaning that the House of Commons alone can pass it straight away after the year or they can keep sending it back to the House of Commons for amending making a ‘ping pong’ effect.

The last stage is Royal Assent, this means the Queen signing the Bill to officially make it a law, the law is made official from midnight on that night.