In the latter days of the last Labour government, then Home Office minister Vernon Coaker introduced a law designed to enable the prosecution of those who paid for sexual services. The government had published a lengthy report, “Tackling Demand for Prost

A NOTTS MP has labelled a decision to reduce day care services for residents "dreadful and damaging". Gedling MP Vernon Coaker has hit out after his constituent Jonathan Hailwood received a letter telling him his day care is being cut from four days a we

The Irish community is demanding that London mayor Boris Johnson apologize for ridiculing remarks he made about the city's St Patrick's Day gala dinner and celebrations, which ran between 2002 to 2008. The mayor linked the celebrations to Sinn Fein, bran

Outspoken London mayor Boris Johnson has described the city’s St Patrick’s Day gala dinner celebrations linking them to Sinn Fein and branding it "lefty crap". The Irish community demanded Mr Johnson apologise for his remarks, claiming they were “lazy an

CONTROVERSIAL London mayor Boris Johnson was at the centre of a row last night after he ridiculed the city's St Patrick's Day gala dinner celebrations, which ran between 2002 to 2008, linking them to Sinn Fein and branding it "lefty crap".The Irish commu

Boris Johnson’s comments are ill-judged, inaccurate and offensive says the Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Vernon Coaker MP. “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap,” he thunders in response. Like? “Well, like spending £20,000 on

Please activate cookies in order to turn autoplay off Over the years a range of individuals and organisations have worked positively in London to tackle myths, ignorance and prejudice about the Irish community. Yet in this week's New Statesman, Boris Joh

I’ve already posted on the Boundary Commission’s proposals for the constituency boundaries in Northamptonshire and Leicestershire. In the latter case, a new constituency will cross the boundary into Nottinghamshire. Before explaining the impact of that,

Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson has condemned last week's bomb attacks in Londonderry, branding them "completely incomprehensible".Speaking during Commons Northern Ireland questions, Social Democratic and Labour Party MP Mark Durkan said the "ov

Vernon Coaker MP, Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary, responding to last nights bomb attacks in Derry, said: "I am appalled by these bomb attacks. This was not just an attempt to cause destruction and endanger life, it was intended to do damage to Derry/L

Vernon Coaker MP, Labour’s Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary, responding to media reports that the Northern Ireland Secretary has written to the Northern Ireland political parties about talks to deal with the past, said: “Labour welcomes the Secretary o

I CAN'T help but notice that the sort of journalism you guys really like is the stuff where polar bears or ice floes do their thing while a British national treasure intones something about how This … is the Antarctic. I want a piece of that. So in lieu

TWITCHERS from across the UK have been flocking to Notts for a glimpse of a rare bird of prey. The rough-legged buzzard has set up home at Gedling Pit Top after taking a detour while flying south for the winter. Bird-watchers say the species has been spo

MR Bennett (Your Views, November 23) seems to think that because Clifton Grove/Trent Valley is next to a big city – and indeed, very close to one of the largest housing estates in Europe – he does not class it as an area of outstanding beauty. May we poi