7pm WATCH: William Hague says that the UK could start arming Syrian rebels 5pm Local government: Councillors allowances should be abolished not increased 4pm Philip Booth on Comment: Attempts to eliminate risk can have risky consequences 3.15pm MPsETC: Jeremy Heywood considered the possibility of a Plebgate conspiracy, but left it at that 1.45pm Local government: Academy schools are […]
9pm LeftWatch: Labour's 100 top target seats 6.30pm MPsETC: Is Grant Shapps Gandalf in disguise? He announces candidate selections for 14 new seats 2.30pm Local Government: Hammersmith and Fulham cutting Council Tax by 3% 2pm WATCH: Cameron – "The only little red pests I pursue these days are in this House" 1.30pm ToryDiary: PMQs – […]
7.30pm Local government: A 3.5% Council Tax rise? Let the people of Rochdale decide 6pm MPsETC: 2020 Group of Conservative MPs offer radical policy agenda 4pm Andrew Lilico on Comment: With the Met Office now predicting no rise in global temperatures for 20 years, isn't it time to give up trying to prevent climate change? […]
8.45pm WATCH: Lord Strathclyde tells Channel 4 that he doesn't get on with all LibDems but the Coalition is achieving a great deal 6pm Adam Afriyie MP on Comment: This is what a hi-tech, prosperous and Conservative Britain could look like 5.15pm Local government: Despite Sir Stephen Bubb's blubbing the Big Society is getting stronger […]
5pm ToryDiary: Boris is (again) GQ's most influential man in Britain (and nine other things you need to know about its list of top 100 men) 3.45pm Sunday video bonanza: I loathe marriage, gay actor Rupert Everett tells David Cameron Some UKIP members are "pretty odd people", claims Cameron In previous parliaments the LDs have […]
6pm Martin Parsons on Comment: In 2012, sharia enforcement continued to spread around the world 3.30pm ToryDiary: Will Jeremy Hunt and Andy Burnham break (organic, non-fattening, nutritionally-balanced) bread together? 12.30pm ThinkTankCentral: The Centre for Social Justice warns that the Government’s child benefit plans are “another blow to marriage” ToryDiary: Chris Grayling is right to raise one of the key […]
5pm Catherine Marcus on Comment: No, Laurie Penny, the head of Hastings Police knows what she’s talking about 3pm WATCH: David Cameron explains his "friends and family test" for the NHS 2pm ToryDiary: Osborne should say that the child benefit restriction is temporary 1.15pm LeftWatch: Three problems with Ed Balls’s new welfare proposal 11.30am Robert Halfon MP on Comment: […]
6.30pm LeftWatch: Over on @LabourList, @LabourPaul has a go at "the colossal snobbery of those who sneer at Tesco" 2.30pm MPsETC: Shock, horror: CCHQ and Mark Pritchard agree about ethnic minority candidates 11am Local Government: Westminster Council proposes docking benefits from the fat 9.45am ToryDiary: If Cameron pledges an In/Out referendum, says Daniel Hannan, peace […]
6pm Martin Parsons on Comment: Is a new threat to peace emerging in Afghanistan? 5.30pm Local government: Boris cuts Council Tax again 4.15pm Local government: Will Twigg apologise to Beccles Free School? 3.30pm MPsETC: Should we list views as well as buildings? John Penrose MP thinks we should. Noon MajorityConservatism: Peter Kellner of YouGov describes […]
8pm ToryDiary: In summary, here are the ten Picks Of 2012 as chosen by readers… 2pm International: America's (or France's or Britain's) public finances won't be solved by increasing taxes on the rich. Everyone will have to make sacrifices. 12.30pm ToryDiary: The Scrap of 2012, notes Pete Hoskin, was between the parliamentary Conservative Party and […]
ConservativeHome wishes all readers a very Happy 2013. May it be peaceful and prosperous. Normal service will resume tomorrow morning but don't expect newslinks at 9am. They won't appear until mid-morning but we have a powerful piece from Lord Lexden on Ted Heath and Britain's forty year old membership of the EU that you won't […]
6.15pm David T Breaker on Comment: Britain's cult-like worship of the NHS must end 5.30pm ToryDiary: Owen Paterson is ConHome readers' One To Watch in 2013 2pm Majority Conservatism: Paul Goodman suggests four (perhaps five) reasons why Cameron cannot win a majority in 2015 Noon Paul Goodman has been playing a new version of Monopoly […]
Midnight ToryDiary: Cameron uses his new year message to note progress on borrowing, education and jobs 6.30pm ToryDiary: It's time to threaten the Lib Dems with Mutually Assured Destruction Noon Gavin Barwell MP on Comment: What can Conservatives do to increase our support among black and minority ethnic communities? ToryDiary: Will EU leaders renegotiate? If […]
4.30pm ToryDiary: Nick Clegg is the 'Yellow B**tard of 2012' 3.30pm WATCH: Nick Clegg promises to "anchor" Coalition "in centre ground" in his New Year video message 2pm WATCH: The Iron Lady rejects suggestions that she should abandon the recapture of the Falkland Islands Noon VIDEO: Ed Miliband's New Year message begins with stories of […]
8.30pm International: The Republicans likely to be hurt most if America falls off its "fiscal cliff" 2.15pm WATCH: BBC chooses "I know it's hard to remember the people we used to be" as background lyrics for Cameron/Clegg video review Equalities minister Jo Swinson MP encourages lifestyle magazines to stop promoting miracle diets and the idea […]