Noon ToryDiary: Happy Christmas to all readers. We return on 27th December. ToryDiary: 2011 was the Year of The Right Rehman Chishti MP on Comment: What more can countries of origin, communities and Governments do to combat the evil of Honour Violence? John Bald on Local government: Restoring rigour to the exam system ThinkTankCentral: The […]
5pm Teatime newslinks including David Cameron's "no surrender" message to the Falklands, Nick Clegg's plan to take the lead at the next European summit, and the latest on the Eurozone crisis 2.30pm Local Government: Council by-election results from this week 2.15pm ToryDiary: The Coalition's twenty biggest achievements in 2011 12.30pm WATCH: World leaders including David Cameron and […]
5pm Teatime newslinks with the latest on economic growth, David Cameron's message to Tory MPs, and unrest in the Middle East 4.45pm WATCH: Tim Loughton: "We are trying to overhaul the whole way adoption happens in this country" 3pm MPsETC: Chris Heaton-Harris MP uses 60 adjectives to condemn building of wind farm 1.30pm Columnist Andrew Lilico: The term […]
8.30pm LISTEN: Peter Bone MP talks to Radio 4 about who would become PM if Cameron was (God forbid) killed Noon ConHomeUSA: Today's top Republican and American political news 11.15am MPsETC: History, Europe, family and needs of business feature in Christmas adjournment debate ToryDiary: Top chum Pickles isn't the unions' friend over pensions (or Danny Alexander's either) […]
6.30pm ToryDiary: What should we ask in the end-December ConservativeHome survey? 5pm: Today's teatime newslinks – including Cameron's surprise trip to Afghanistan, Danny Alexander's statement of public sector pensions negotiations, and discussions over the police's right to use firearms. 4,45pm WATCH: Sayeeda Warsi wishes Conservative Future a very happy Christmas, thanking them for all their hard work […]
6.30pm Local government: Cumbria now set for Council Tax freeze 6pm WATCH: Osborne: "We need new banks to enter the market to provide consumers and businesses with more choice" 5.15pm Michael Robb on Comment: Vickers banking reforms could make 2012 a very tough year 5pm: Today's teatime newslinks – including the German FM's speech to build bridges with […]
9.15pm WATCH: Nick Clegg explains why he opposes a married couples allowance 6.45pm WATCH: Cable says John Vickers' recipe for more banking competition will be accepted "in full" (but not quite yet)… while Boris warns Government against killing the goose 6pm ToryDiary: Conservatives worry about Clegg's increasingly petulant reaction to EU veto 4pm Tim Montgomerie […]
9.15pm ToryDiary: Tories take 6% lead in new ICM poll Updated 10pm with YouGov results – a 3% lead for Labour 8pm WATCH: The Government secures higher quotas for fishing fleets from Brussels 5.30pm MPsETC: Nick Gibb condemns a "destructive perception of what success means" for young people in debate on financial education 4pm WATCH: Johann Lamont elected Scottish Labour […]
7.30pm ToryDiary: David Cameron: "We are a Christian country and we should not be afraid to say so" 5pm ToryDiary: Experimenting with a new approach to comments 5pm Teatime newslinks, featuring David Cameron's speech on the King James Bible, reaction to the Feltham and Heston by-election, and French attacks on the British economy 4.30pm ToryDiary: Sir […]
7.30pm Columnist Bruce Anderson: There is only one important group of happy politicians in Europe – British Conservative MPs 6.30pm WATCH: Philip Hammond: 13,500 military personnel will assist civilian security staff during the Olympic games 5pm Teatime newslinks featuring the Feltham and Heston by-election, Ed Miliband's personal qualities, and the latest from the Eurozone crisis 3.45pm WATCH: David […]
6.30pm WATCH: Grant Shapps: Scrapping the 50p tax rate has to be prioritised in this current economic climate 5pm: Today's teatime newslinks – including reaction to this afternoon's PMQs – a damning response to Miliband's performance, more on relations inside the Coalition, and from Europe. 4.30pm MPsETC: Tory candidate in Feltham & Heston asks Labour's one: […]
9.30pm WATCH: Mary Portas has "given us the blueprint" on how we can save our high streets, says Cameron 7.30pm MPsETC: Changes to the scrap metal industry, and a new taskforce to deal with the problem of metal theft will be implemented says James Brokenshire 5.30pm MPsETC: Julian Brazier calls on Government to take tougher action to […]
7pm WATCH: British EU treaty safeguards were "modest, reasonable and relevant" says Cameron Clegg, who wasn't at the Parliamentary EU treaty debate, says "the coaliton agreement is here to stay on Europe" 6pm ToryDiary: Cameron wins plaudits from his backbenchers, but where was Clegg? 6pm: Today's teatime newslinks – including today's Parliamentary debate on Cameron's EU […]
9.30pm ToryDiary: Chris Huhne's “Lord, make me chaste – but not yet" agreement 6pm ToryDiary: The three things Cameron should do next on Europe 5.15pm WATCH: "We’re not marginalised" in Europe after EU Treaty veto, says William Hague 3.30pm Cameron Watt on Comment: The under-occupation penalty in the Welfare Reform Bill won't tackle benefit dependency, and could […]
9.30pm ToryDiary: 62% say Cameron was right to use the veto. Only 19% disagree. 6.15pm ToryDiary: By two-to-one Tory members think €uro should break up in orderly way 5.30pm WATCH: Lib Dem MEP Chris Davies: "I think David Cameron has let us down very, very badly" 3.45pm MPsETC: Tory MPs react to Cameron's EU veto (Rolling Blog) Lord Heseltine […]