Patrick Mercer resigns the Tory whip after Panorama sting
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter 12.05 update: Here's Patrick Mercer's statement: “Panorama are planning to broadcast a programme alleging that I… Read more »
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The first 40 candidates for 2015: an overview
By Mark WallaceFollow Mark on Twitter. In October, CCHQ announced that it was launching a 40/40 strategy aimed at winning the next… Read more »
Martin Callanan MEP: My colleague Vicky Ford fights off a directive that would have damaged our oil industry
Martin Callanan MEP is Chairman of the European Conservatives. This is his monthly letter to ConHome readers. Follow the ECR Group… Read more »
127 Tory MPs oppose the same sex marriage bill, but it still passes the Commons
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter The votes are in, and the same sex marriage bill has passed its third reading… Read more »
Tory MEPs’ Leader Richard Ashworth and ex-UKIP defector Marta Andreasen deselected
By Mark WallaceFollow Mark on Twitter As if any further proof of grassroots dissatisfaction were needed, I've just been told by two… Read more »
MEP shortlists for the North West and London
By Mark WallaceFollow Mark on Twitter Following Scotland's selections last week, the North West and London have now carried out the first… Read more »
In public, Tory MPs are backing rebels. But in private, they’re voting for loyalists.
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. That over 100 Conservative MPs voted for John Baron's amendment yesterday evening suggests that… Read more »
114 Tory MPs vote for the Baron amendment
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter 130 MPs voted in favour of John Baron's amendment expressing regret at the absence of… Read more »
70 MPs sign up for EU referendum
By Harry PhibbsFollow Harry on Twitter The BBC's Norman Smith tweets that 70 MPs have so far signed the amendment to… Read more »
MEP selections start with Scotland
The process of selection (or re-selection in many cases) of candidates for the 2014 European Parliament elections has begun. Most… Read more »
She’s back! But the Whips stress that the restored Nadine Dorries has apologised. And there’s talk of her being set “targets”
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. Coffee House's Isabel Hardman has the news of Nadine Dorries's return, and has penned… Read more »
Jacob Rees-Mogg becomes the first Tory MP to back a Conservative-UKIP pact
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. In today's Daily Telegraph, the Moggster asks: "Is it, therefore, now time to make… Read more »
Nadine Dorries ready to appeal to 1922 Committee and overturn her suspension from parliamentary party
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter There has been lots of speculation over recent days about the future of Nadine… Read more »
Lord Lawson becomes the first former Chancellor to call for Britain to quit the EU
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. My take on the EU is that a renegotiation push is unlikely to result… Read more »