Fifty-three Conservatives opposed the tiering plan last December, the largest Covid-related rebellion to date.
There is a refusal to provide dredging on animal welfare grounds. But millions of small mammals, insects, and invertebrates, are being drowned.
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The tech industry is getting together with the Cabinet Office to think up new ways to help victims of flooding and other crises.
The details may be obscure, but their drift is clear: policy is being driven back towards what he wanted in the first place.
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. The Daily Mail this morning reports on the 118 Conservative MPs who have written to constituents indicating their opposition to gay marriage proposals. The Mail says "Their opposition has been expressed in letters and emails sent to constituents who have contacted them with their own concerns", and points out that […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. On Friday, 50 MPs, including 34 Conservatives, wrote a letter to the Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, expressing their "serious concerns" with the Department of Health’s proposal to introduce plain packaging for tobacco products. The letter stated that: "There is no reliable evidence that plain packaging will have any public health […]
As with Brexit, much of the Tory family finds itself pitted against the permanent State on how Britain aligns itself in the world.