Could the British Conservatives have better friends than Australia’s Liberals?
The Australian Liberals have sent the above email to their supporters in Australia urging them to encourage their British friends… Read more »
“Europe’s left is failing to gain from capitalism’s crisis”
In an interesting article for the FT, John Lloyd argues that the Left is not benefiting from the so-called ‘crisis… Read more »
Merkel and Berlusconi enjoy strong domestic support
Some key numbers from the latest ComRes survey of European opinion: French Right set to increase number of MEPs: "While… Read more »
Harper and Cameron hold first meeting
Stephen Harper may have missed the G20 photograph but his first meeting with Tory leader was captured on camera. The… Read more »
Stephen Harper talks to Sky News about the G20 summit
Pointing to Canada’s successful system of banking regulation, Mr Harper rejects an international system of regulation. He says that individual… Read more »
A trilemma for the world’s Right
Blog by Peter Cuthbertson. "Suppose that a government can have any two of the following things, but not all three:… | 5 comments
Berlusconi’s new People of Freedom party aims to dominate Italian politics
Yesterday's Times reported Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's ambition to create a party of the Right for Italy that is… Read more »
Czech Prime MInister Topolanek brands Obama’s fiscal stimulus as “the way to hell”
The policy of fiscal stimulus hasn't had a good week in the European Parliament. The attack on Gordon Brown's position… Read more »
Stephen Harper: There’s more to conservatism than freedom
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper used a speech to 300 conservative movement activists to argue that private enterprise cannot be… Read more »
Malcolm Turnbull projects a more human image as he faces renewed leadership speculation
In this seven minute video the Liberal leader discusses his upbringing with his single father, meeting and marrying his wife,… Read more »
“The problem is not global warming but the ideology which uses or misuses it — it has gradually turned into the most efficient vehicle for advocating extensive government intervention into all fields of life and for suppressing human freedom.”
The Czech President was speaking in New York at a conference of climate change sceptics. Talking about existing methods of… Read more »
‘In foreign policy you have to stick by your friends’
In an interview for the Wall Street Journal last week, Stephen Harper set out the essence of his minority government’s… Read more »
“There is actually a limit to what governments can do.”
John Key, New Zealand’s new Prime Minister, is riding high in the polls. His National Party is scoring 56% in… Read more »
The state of European opinion
ComRes have begun to circulate a very interesting guide to public opinion across Europe. Here are some of the learnings… Read more »
Sarkozy continues to dizzy French politics
In recent weeks Nicolas Sarkozy has worried free marketeers for his efforts to protect the French car industry. The Wall… Read more »