Mike Hancock and his 'Category X' Parliamentary Pass - His Victim ‘Annie’ Says ‘Enough’

May 8, 2022 Eleanor Scott

**Mr and Mrs Hancock (Source: Daily Express). ‘Have they got any red sauce, Mick?’**

It’s been a busy old week in politics, and in the midst of it Mike Hancock, disgraced former MP and alleged ‘pro-Putin’ ‘Kremlin lobbyist’, has reared his head again. The Liberal Democrats are no doubt thrilled to be reminded of their erstwhile colleague. Better than that - they can still take tea with him in the Mother of Parliaments! The Mail on Sunday has reported that 7 years after the man left Parliament, and 8 years after the Lib Dems were finally forced, red-faced and squinnying, to sideline ‘Mr Teflon’, Hancock is still able, if he chooses, to swan around the parliamentary estate courtesy of his special ‘Category X’ pass.

Five Political Things I Love About Mumsnet This Week

September 4, 2019 Eleanor Scott

I came across the Mumsnet (‘MN’) website in 2011 while researching Sexual Entertainment Venues, as you do. (To be specific, I was sitting on a forthcoming Licensing Committee on the Council and wanted more information – from women.) MN’s strapline is ‘by parents for parents’ but this place is no trite mumsy parenting forum. This is more like a women’s space with rotating knives. Within that outer layer of the main parenting pages are nestled many arenas, in the form of its numerous talk boards – sites within a site, harbouring ever more fascinating and colourful treasures for those who look deeper inside.

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