The granddaughter of Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini has said that blood and parts of his brain have been stolen to sell on the internet. Alessandra Mussolini, a former showgirl turned MP, said she immediately informed the police when she found out.

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OTTAWA–Angry Liberals Wednesday accused the Conservative government of reaching a new political low by circulating flyers characterizing the Liberals as anti-Semitic.

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OTTAWA – A former senior Canadian diplomat in Afghanistan has levelled bombshell allegations suggesting the military knowingly handed detainees to Afghan authorities who allowed them to be tortured.

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The most senior British officer to be killed in the Afghan campaign had warned about the risks posed to troops by a shortage of helicopters. Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe, 39, commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards, died in a roadside bombing.

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The Job Of A Politician

What is a politician's job? That is the question that our members of parliament should be asking themselves in light of recent goings on in the UK politics. What with over claiming expenses, swapping houses, or wrongly declaring their main homes.

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MPs are still defiantly trying to get away from repaying expenses fraudulently claimed!!!

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Mr Prescott is 71, has almost completed 40 years as an MP - his UK school tour warns of a of the grim future for them and their children if no urgent action on climate change: "Go home, pester your parents, annoy people."

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I didn't know this was brought to court in Canada. Its going to be really interesting. That no confidence vote debacle at the end of last year was quite some drama. This should help in clearing up some misconceptions of how Parliament works in Canada.

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Most economists would agree that the best way to decide whether a pay scale is adequate is to see if there are sufficient qualified applicants to fill all the slots. If not, we have a shortage, and wages should go up to attract more applicants.

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Tory backbenchers are lining up behind Duncan's claim that parliament will not be able to attract candidates of the "right calibre". Complete bull@!$%# – this is a self-serving and fallacious argument.

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NEW DELHI: Notwithstanding NHRC giving a clean chit to Delhi Police in the Batla House encounter, Muslim MPs from JD (U) and RLD on Thursday demanded a judicial inquiry into the incident.

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A new crackdown on MPs' expenses has brought about a mass revolt – with some threatening to resign rather than comply with the tough new regime.

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UK MPs Olympic Village Housing Solution

UK MPs Olympic Village Housing Solution. Discussion here:

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A man who tore the wig off a telegenic Taiwan legislator last year was sentenced to five months in jail for depriving the MP of his freedom to look good, a court spokesman said Tuesday.

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Labour backbencher apologises after apparently trying to claim back money donated at Battle of Britain memorial

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According to Australian National Party (ultraconservative) Party MP John Cobb, Oz soldiers were full of stories about the PM's tantrum : "Basically, he couldn't hook his hairdryer up and he chucked a temper tantrum" .

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This Time the Truth Caught Up with their Lies

Story contributed by Professor Rabbi Daniel M. Zucker The American author Mark Twain once noted: "A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes."

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Police were forced to use CS spray after a fight broke out between two journalists in the Houses of Parliament. Two men and a woman became involved in a row at the House of Commons reception hosted by Tory party chairman Eric Pickles.

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SNP now control Dundee City Council

After a vote the Scottish National Party (SNP) now control the council of Dundee City.

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A Polish MP who failed a drink-driving test said he had eaten too many apples, the website of daily Gazeta Wyborcza said today.

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Many moons ago, when most Labour MPs from the West of Scotland shared a body shape with the wrestler Giant Haystacks, an extraordinary sight could be glimpsed on the M6 each week. It was an old Rover, crammed with supersized Glaswegian MPs.

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Social Democrat MP Jörg Tauss has admitted buying child pornography for €200, but he is sticking to his defence that it was for his work as media expert for his party, which includes informing himself about child porn.

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A Labour MP who criticised Parliament for being an "irrelevant old boys club" was officially rebuked because he was not wearing a tie when he made the comments.

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IF POLITICS could be likened to a game of chess, this grand old man of Opposition politics readily concedes that he is still a novice at disguising his next moves.

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