European Union and Westminster Politics
Anatole Kaletskysays the Dave’s not the Tory party “The Conservative Party has not just moved to the left, abandoning Margaret Thatcher and leapfrogging Tony Blair and Gordon Brown on to what David Cameron described as the liberal, progressive mainstream of British politics. No, the Cameron project appears to be far more audacious. He is trying [...]
The New Statesmen Blog has a post by Ryan Shorthouse who is the Director of Bright Blue, (a think tank come pressure group for progressive conservatism) and a researcher for the Social Market Foundation (who champion policy ideas which marry markets with social justice and take a pro-market rather than free-market approach). Shorthouse says Conservatism [...]
The Spectator compares the two spring Tory conferences, last week we had one organised by ConservativeHome and today’s organised by the Tories. Last week, hundreds of activists gave up their Saturday to gather in Westminster and talk about how they’d win the next election. The discussion was vibrant, with serious debate about everything from regional [...]
David Cameron said the lowest common denominator in politics is to calculate the middle distance between your political opponents and then plant yourself somewhere between them, doing that -he said – will get you nowhere. It’s not about being Left-wing or Right-wing – it’s about being where the British people are. The right thing to [...]
The BBC reports on the fringe meetings at Bournemouth (well some of them anyway) Apparently, the number of Tory MPs who want to withdraw from the EU is growing, thus claims Euro-sceptic MP Philip Davies and David Davies who is one of “six whole” Tory MP members of the Better Off Out group said: “There [...]
The Explanatory Notes to the Act: make it clear that originally the primary intention was to implement the EU Arrest Warrant: “9. The Government set out its proposals to reform the law on extradition in a consultation document “The Law on Extradition: A Review” in March 2001. It was the outcome of an exercise started [...]
This from a blog I read occasionally, I very much agree with the sentiments in fact I twice wrote to the previous Tory leader to make the point that the Tories had to find a way of combating a generally left wing media before they would start to make headway. I would however take issue [...]
We cannot know if David Cameron’s decision to insult the UK Independence Party, on a morning radio programme yesterday, was a spur-of-the-moment remark or part of a considered strategy. Either way, it was a mistake. If the Conservatives have a strategy to denigrate UKIP, in the hope of halting the erosion of their own vote, [...]
Many thanks to Dennis Cooper for sending this to me from the Telegraph Clarke has a hinterland: it’s his foreground that’s the problem By Ferdinand Mount (Filed: 24/08/2005) There is, we know, more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth and we are supposed to carry home the lost sheep on our shoulders rejoicing. [...]
This fantastic post from The England Project tells us everthing that is wrong with the Tory party, and shows how far they have to go before we can begin to trust them again. Here is just one example of what I hate about politicians. Tory stated policy is not to oppose ID cards as a [...]
Eurealist :: Conservative Party officially rejects British Constitution: “Conservative Party officially rejects British Constitution by Eurealist at 05:15PM (BST) on April 14, 2005 | Permanent Link | Cosmos The British Declaration of Independence 54, Haymarket, London SW1Y 4RP Press: 01661 843226 Office: 01291 621748 www.bdicampaign.org. Email: info@BDIcampaign.org Many Thanks for petitioning on the British Declaration [...]
Britain has been in denial for too long By Mark Steyn Mark Steyn writing about the Queens Christmas speech covers quite a bit of ground, from the sodomy of the African slave under the Caribbean moon, to the fact that many young black males are “homophobic”. The relief operation in the Indian Ocean countries making [...]
Is the referendum a assured win for the No side, George Trefgarne writing in the Telegraph thinks not, Basing his scenario on the implosion of the Conservative party after the next election defeat Trefgarne suggests a view that I have heard before that Gordon Brown will switch horses after the election and come out fighting [...]
There were four letters that court my eye this morning two in the Times and two more in the Telegraph The first I did not see the significance of at first, but is probably the most important, because it covers quite a bit of ground, and also either shows the Conservatives to be particularly gullible, [...]
Mary Ann Sieghart in the Times “Can someone please help the Tory Party to rediscover its identity†Makes the point that every Tory MP she speaks to, finds the thought of ID Cards obnoxious, as that is the case then why on earth do they not say so, apparently the problem is Michael Howard who [...]
The Conservative parliamentary party are raising the spectre of another change in the rules for the election of their leader. The aim of the move, also being considered by grandees on the party’s Board, is to avoid a repeat of the leadership contest in 2001. Then the, party members had the temerity to elected Ian [...]
A Foreign Land I don’t know what to think, reading the Telegraph I began to think that perhaps I was reading the Guardian by mistake. Matthew d’Ancona wrote a piece “Mr Howard is teaching the Tory party to hate losing†which seem to me to be full of weird phrases that had no relevance and [...]
Just a short Blogging Break, no not going to the Tory party conference!
John Redwood in the Telegraph Sunday thinks UKIP supporters should return to the fold of the Conservative party, and threatens a federal government if they do not, “But they can either make a lame protest, which will guarantee a federalist government, or they can join us and make a differenceâ€. Other than the basic mistake [...]
Another Professor Professor Anthony King teaches Politics at Essex University and is a BBC luvy, as can be expected from this, his politics show, and show through clearly in his account of the Hartlepool Election in today’s Telegraph. Professor King wrote “The principal author of the Tories’ rout this week was, of course, the UKIP. [...]
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