One in his first term, one in his fifth, each intends to depart the green benches next year.
By challenging the German system of consensus politics, Cameron made himself a hero for a day.
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Conservative Friends of Israel is an influential affiliate group of the Conservative Party which contains perhaps the largest number of Conservative MPs of any group in Parliament. It exists to promote understanding of and support for the State of Israel in the Conservative Party, and its membership reaches the […]
James Clappison is MP for Hertsmere. The final report of the “Future of Europe Group”, did not receive the degree of media attention it merited in the British media yet it amounts to a serious declaration by the foreign ministers of eleven EU member states, including France and Germany and is of huge significance for […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Robert Halfon, the Member of Parliament for Harlow, and one of the most successful campaigning MPs in Parliament, has organised a motion, backed by 60 MPs from all parties, and including 41 Tories, calling for the Office of Fair Trading to investigate allegations of price-fixing by British oil companies. […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter Yesterday in the House, an emergency debate was held on the following resolution, which was moved by Bill Cash: "That this House has considered the matter of the legal and other action now to be taken by the Government in upholding the rule of law and protecting UK interests […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Some extracts from yesterday in Parliament are pasted below. The exchanges occured after Business Secretary Vince Cable had decided to go ahead with the appointment of Les Ebdon as university access tsar. Michael Gove, David Cameron and the BIS Select Committee had all expressed doubts about Mr Ebdon's suitability. On […]
This essay from James Clappison MP appears in the new book published this week by ConservativeHome, entitled The Future of Conservatism. We published a recommendation for a flat tax yesterday, from Edward Leigh. Find out more about the book. There are few greater challenges for the present government than restoring confidence in Britain’s immigration system. […]
James Clappison is MP for Hertsmere. I am very grateful for all of the contributors to the blog, on the point of whether or not benefits should be withdrawn from people convicted of offences during the riots; like myself, many of the contributors felt the same anger which led the public to bombard the E-petition […]
James Clappison is MP for Hertsmere. It bears repeating that this month’s riots were the worst breakdown of public order in the United Kingdom – and we are still one country: take note, BBC – for thirty years. Those of us not caught up in them can scarcely imagine the terror of law-abiding citizens who […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter. Last night at least 32 Tory MPs (listed below) voted with Labour against an 88% hike in Britain's contribution to the IMF. The hike is to partly fund the IMF's ability to fund bailouts. I write "at least" because I've only quickly scanned the voting list. Please email tim@conservativehome.com […]
by Paul Goodman On Wednesday afternoon, I picked up unease in the Commons from Conservative backbenchers about the Government's University admission plans. Yesterday, this unhappiness was reflected during Business, Universities and Skills questions – "Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East) (Con): I have discussed on many occasions with the Minister for Universities and Science my view […]
James Clappison is a membe of the European Scrutiny Committee and MP for Hertsmere Theresa May deserves to be congratulated for the doing the very best she can within the confines of the Coalition on the decision on mass opt-out from pre-Lisbon Justice and Home Affairs measures. However, the Conservative Party urgently needs to look […]