Cory Bernardi withdraws from European Young Conservatives’ conference
After making controversial remarks about same-sex marriage an Australian parliamentarian, Cory Bernardi, has withdrawn from a conference in Oxford, where… Read more »
Lord Ashcroft’s Republican Convention diary day four: Thursday
Throughout this week Lord Ashcroft has been submitting a diary from Tampa, Florida where the Republicans met to nominate Mitt… Read more »
Lord Ashcroft’s Republican Convention diary day three: Wednesday
Throughout this week Lord Ashcroft will be submitting a diary from Tampa, Florida where the Republicans are meeting to nominate… Read more »
Lord Ashcroft’s Republican Convention diary day two: Tuesday
Throughout this week Lord Ashcroft will be submitting a diary from Tampa, Florida where the Republicans are meeting to nominate… Read more »
Lord Ashcroft begins a diary from the Republican Convention in Florida
Throughout this week Lord Ashcroft will be submitting a diary from Tampa, Florida where the Republicans are meeting to nominate… Read more »
Mitt Romney’s big throw of the dice, as he picks bold reformer Paul Ryan as his running mate
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Recent opinion polls had suggested that at this very early stage of the presential run-in… Read more »
Strong government, ‘the little guy’, long-termism and honesty suggested as four themes for future of US conservatism
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter The Financial Times has been running an interesting series on the future of American conservatism…. Read more »
New Zealand’s John Key sets out his practical conservatism, emphasising family, school and work
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter The international governing politician who David Cameron is closest to is New Zealand's 51 year… Read more »
Dennis Lennox: The Supreme Court did its job, now it’s up to the people to decide the fate of Obamacare
Dennis Lennox is a newspaper columnist for The Morning Sun, a daily newspaper in the U.S. state of Michigan. He… Read more »
Greek elections rolling blog/open thread
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter 9.45pm When push comes to shove, the Greek people voted for austerity and sanity…. Read more »
A US Governor balances the books without raising taxes, by reforming public sector unions… and wins re-election
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter There are two important US-related pieces of news overnight. First is that another very senior… Read more »
Is Europe voting against austerity or is Europe voting against tax rises?
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Another election result and another bad result for the incumbent. Angela Merkel's CDU won just… Read more »
Marina Yannakoudakis MEP: The lesson of the French and Greek elections is that the Fiscal Compact is defending the indefensible
Marina Yannakoudakis is a Member of the European Parliament for London. Follow Marina on Twitter. I recently took part in… Read more »
Austerity-sceptic Hollande wins in France — and anti-austerity parties gain in Greece
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter. BIFF! France has elected a Socialist president on a massive turnout (81.5% certainly shames… Read more »
Canada stands up for sensible environmental policies and rejects unilateral economic disarmament
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter Several Anglosphere counties are in the process of implementing climate change policies that mean… Read more »