Britain's leading Conservative blog for news, comment, analysis and campaigns, edited by Paul Goodman. Conservative Party News


ConservativeHome Newslinks for Saturday 21st April 2018
  • Newslinks
  • ToryDiary
  • Columnists
  • Comment
  • MPs ETC
  • Local Government
  • Majority
  • LeftWatch
  • UKIPWatch
  • Audio
  • Video

Posts Tagged: Desmond Swayne MP

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: May has a future as a teacher of economics for beginners

Sir Desmond Swayne stayed awake, and was greeted with a roar of appreciation.

By Andrew Gimson | 17 January 2018 | 61 comments

Lord Ashcroft: Why were these wise warnings on St Helena’s airport ignored?

An experienced pilot warned David Cameron of the problems seven years ago.

By Lord Ashcroft | 21 February 2017 | 28 comments

Reggie to Dessie: My pitch for leader – my great-uncle was a bus driver. He drove one to help break the General Strike in 1926.

Plus: Boris’s multiple problems. The Chancellor’s dodgy figures. Euro referendum recriminations everywhere. And: SNP MPs in white Y-front shreddies.

By Reggie | 25 May 2016 | 3 comments

From Reggie to Dessie: That Ashcroft extravaganza. As Davis edged further from Mrs May, Boris edged closer to Miss World…

Plus: Soames bottle-feeds the Crouch childlet. Gove’s lesé majeste. And: It’s Ken Clarke’s memoirs – Fifty Shades of Blue.

By Reggie | 16 March 2016 | 2 comments

From Reggie to Dessie: The Chancellor’s Vicar on Earth, G.Hands, and His Cup Bearer, M.Hancock, are bringing in penitents to the Presence

Therese Coffey carried out young Gavin Williamson, the PM’s ADC, who was tired and emotional, in a fireman’s lift. He hasn’t been seen since.

By Reggie | 2 March 2016 | 11 comments

From Reggie to Dessie: Davis goes on tour – “like Gladstone, but without the sense of humour”

Plus: Boris wrecks the Black and White Ball. Colonel Simpson meets the Romanovs. Soames contra mundum. And: swimming lessons with Penny Mordaunt.

By Reggie | 17 February 2016 | 13 comments

From Reggie to Dessie: Anne Milton, Soames, gender fluidity…and poppers

Also: Britain Stranger in Europe. Leagues of Empire Loyalists in Kettering. Elliott and Coates in bars and bogs. Plus: Donald Tusk or is it Trump?

By Reggie | 3 February 2016 | 2 comments

From Reggie to Dessie: Why Tyrie’s chances of a knighthood are now in deep cold storage

Plus: Sir Simon Bowie, Soames on a diet, the Trussette on manoeuvres, tiger nannies, and Proud to be Out. And: Time for Liders to get his British Empire Medal.

By Reggie | 20 January 2016 | 3 comments

From Reggie to Dessie: It’s Mike Penning as Father Christmas – and carols led by Dr Coffey on a karaoke machine

Plus: Boris’s party is raided by the Vice and Drugs Squads. The Home Secretary says it was “a police operational decision”

By Reggie | 16 December 2015 | 3 comments

From Reggie to Dessie: Letwin – fine, if you want the Times crossword completed in five minutes. But…

A pre-CSR session with the Chancellor at Dorneywood. Have the Chinese bugged Freya the Cut? DC One’s second-hand fittings. And: Boris Bearded.

By Reggie | 25 November 2015 | 6 comments

From Reggie to Dessie: Calling all Tory MPs. If in doubt of your sexuality, please consult Dr Sarah Wollaston or Dr Phillip Lee

Plus: Soames makes his way towards a gender-neutral loo. Lunch with Tyrie, lunch with Kirby. The Shipley Strangler strikes again. And: George Simpson saves the day.

By Reggie | 11 November 2015 | 7 comments

From Reggie to Dessie: Conference walkers. Will the PM’s next piece of arm candy be Johnny Mercer?

Plus: Tracey Crouch gets a women’s rugby team to bar the Chancellor. And: a new Tory One-Night-Stand dating app called Blue on Blue…

By Reggie | 14 October 2015 | 6 comments

From Reggie to Dessie: How the Speaker returned a favour to Mrs Balls

Plus: Soames’s “serious environmental work” (i.e: shooting). Brothers Cash and Jenkin lose the plot. The agony of Kevan Jones. And: I am shaken by a Psychedelic Orgasm.

By Reggie | 9 September 2015 | 4 comments

From Reggie to Dessie: A classic pincer movement from Osborne and May prangs Boris

He’s had a bad week with the Chancellor taking the proverbials out of him and then Mrs May ragging him over the purchase of his antiquated German water cannon.

By Reggie | 21 July 2015 | 4 comments

From Reggie to Dessie: It took four Drag Queens to get Soames aboard the Gay Pride Float

Proceedings were interrupted by a large rodent, which was eventually cornered by young Hancock, who strangled it and dropped it out of the window.

By Reggie | 8 July 2015 | 10 comments

  • ← Previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • Next →
  • Highlights
  • Latest
  • Comments
  • The risks to May if she backs off leaving the Customs Union April 21, 2018
  • Trump reminds Comey of a Mafia boss April 21, 2018
  • Bradley Horsley: Craft Beer – conservatism in a pint glass April 21, 2018
  • What a pro-consumer Conservative housing strategy might look like April 20, 2018
  • Henry Newman: Even if the Government concedes on an EU customs union, membership of it looks unsustainable. Here’s why. April 20, 2018
  • Rebecca Pow: I’m proud to have been granted an award for being the greenest new MP April 21, 2018
  • Newslinks for Saturday 21st April 2018 April 21, 2018
  • The risks to May if she backs off leaving the Customs Union April 21, 2018
  • Trump reminds Comey of a Mafia boss April 21, 2018
  • Bradley Horsley: Craft Beer – conservatism in a pint glass April 21, 2018

Do you receive the ConservativeHome daily email?

Each weekday – between 9am and 10am – we send The Conservative Daily with links to all the big Tory news stories.

Subscribe
Tweets from @PaulGoodmanCH/news-tweets
ConservativeHome

Editors’ Blog List

  • Adam Smith Institute Blog
  • Allister Heath
  • Andrew Bolt (Australia)
  • Andrew Kennedy
  • Archbishop Cranmer
  • Bagehot (Economist)
  • Brexit Central
  • Buzzfeed UK Politics
  • CapX
  • Centre for Policy Studies Blog
  • Change Britain
  • Chris Deerin
  • Cobden Centre
  • Comment is Free
  • Conservative Christian Fellowship
  • Conservative Friends of India
  • Conservative Friends of Israel
  • Conservative Friends of Pakistan
  • Conservative Middle East Council
  • Conservative Muslim Forum
  • Conservatives for Liberty
  • David Frum (The Daily Beast)
  • Douglas Carswell MP
  • Foreign Affairs
  • FT Westminster blog
  • Gary Gibbon (Channel 4)
  • Guido Fawkes
  • Harry's Place
  • Huffington Post
  • Iain Dale
  • Iain Martin (Reaction)
  • Institute of Economic Affairs Blog
  • James Kirkup (Telegraph)
  • John Redwood MP
  • Labour Uncut
  • LabourList
  • Left Foot Forward
  • LibDemVoice
  • Liberal Vision
  • National Review Online
  • Open Britain
  • Peter Hitchens
  • Policy Exchange Blog
  • PoliticsHome
  • Quilliam Foundation
  • Resolution Foundation
  • Spectator Coffee House
  • TaxPayers' Alliance blog
  • The American Conservative
  • The Freedom Association
  • The Guardian's data blog
  • The Staggers
  • The Times – Red Box
  • The Week
  • Think Scotland
  • Tory Reform Group
  • UK Polling Report
  • Weekly Standard

Browse by Tag

Michael Gove MP Local Elections (general) Opinion Polls Scotland General Election 2015 Liberal Democrats Tax and Spending UKIP Jeremy Corbyn MP George Osborne MP EU Referendum Housing Education Conservatives Theresa May MP Labour Brexit Europe David Cameron MP EU

Show all tags

Britain’s leading Conservative blog for news, comment, analysis and campaigns, edited by Paul Goodman. We are independent of the Conservative Party but supportive of it.

Site Information

  • About ConservativeHome
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Comments Policy
  • ConservativeHome’s Daily Email
  • News feeds from ConservativeHome

What’s happening inside the Conservative Party?

ConservativeIntelligence has the answers. Regular high quality events and extended briefings providing unique insight and intelligence on the Party.

Website by Tjugo Tjugo

©2018 Conservative Home, All rights reserved