By Mark WallaceFollow Mark on Twitter Following Scotland's selections last week, the North West and London have now carried out the first stage of selecting candidates for next year's European elections. Readers may need a reminder of the slightly obscure process: first the regional electoral college choose the shortlist. If sitting MEPs are reapproved at this stage […]
9.15pm International: "Britain’s scepticism, its non-conformism and its liberalism were always the engine for Europe. Nothing is final. What is needed today is a German-British axis. It is now a question of Europe’s future, not its past" – Die Welt. Reaction abroad to Cameron's Europe speech. 6pm ToryDiary: Who deserves most credit for today's Cameron speech? […]
Midnight ToryDiary: Cameron's historic pledge to Britain — Vote Conservative and you'll get an In/Out referendum on Europe 10pm MPsETC: Derek Thomas selected to contest St Ives in 2015 6.30pm Andrew Lilico on Comment: Mid-term splits don't lose elections, but wrong policies and strategies do 4.30pm WATCH: A defence cuts double-bill… Mark Francois says that defence […]
7pm WATCH: Will Boris Johnson re-enter the Commons before 2015? "That's not going to happen" 4pm WATCH: Jack Straw: There is no way to prevent massacres, but tighter gun control laws certainly reduce the risk 1.45pm ToryDiary: CCHQ launches attack ad in marginal constituencies contrasting "hardworking families" with "people who don't work" 12.15pm ToryDiary: Now Boris wants a European […]
6.30pm WATCH: A Daily Politics discussion about next week's police commissioner elections 4.45pm ToryDiary: What do you think of our new font? 4.15pm MPsETC: 29th November is by-election Super Thursday 2pm WATCH: Today's PMQs in full 1.30pm ToryDiary: Nick Clegg stands in for David Cameron at PMQs, still hates Labour 1pm WATCH: Speaking from Jordan, David Cameron congratulates […]
8.15pm WATCH: Obama: We've Got the Votes to Win 8pm MPsETC Conservative MPs react to the Dorries suspension 7pm ToryDiary: Could Nadine Dorries now force a by-election – and, if so, who would she support? 5pm MPsETC: CCHQ announces first ten of forty target seat selections 3.15pm WATCH: Romney casts his vote 2pm MPsETC: The […]
Carl Thomson is a public affairs consultant and commentator on Russian and East European affairs. He was the Conservative Party parliamentary candidate for Glasgow East at the 2005 General Election. “Everyone knows the Soviet Union didn’t occupy Eastern Europe. We liberated it. Anyone who tells you otherwise is lying”. It crossed my mind that millions […]
7.30pm WATCH Dramatic shots of Athens riots 6.15pm ThinkTankCentral: New Chairman of Policy Exchange is Daniel Finkelstein 6pm JP Floru on Comment: An inside job – NHS special interests decide UK health policy 4.15pm LeftWatch: Ed Miliband will be answering your questions on Twitter at 5pm via #askEdM 3.30pm Greg Hands MP on Comment is […]
5.45pm WATCH: William Hague says that while Nato has saved thousands of lives in Libya, it should be sorry for accidentally killing rebels 4pm On Comment: Daniel Hamilton of BigBrotherWatch calls on Theresa May to think again on the Passenger Name Records Database: "A government elected on a promise to scale back the database state […]
by Paul Goodman Big Brother Watch has condemned figures showing that some six million cases council tax and parking fine cases have been passed to bailiffs as "truly shocking". The details are contained in a new report from the organisation called "Who's knocking on your door?" and based on Freedom of Information Requests. Daniel Hamilton, […]
9pm ToryDiary: Landmark polling from Lord Ashcroft reveals massive gap between governed and governing on crime 8.45pm ToryDiary: Cameron condemns "wicked and cowardly" murder of Ulster policeman 6.45pm WATCH: One of a series of Foreign Office films about EU civil servants at work 6.15pm Gazette: Brynle Williams, Welsh AM and fuel protestor, dies 4.45pm Local […]
7.45pm ToryDiary: On the actual AV ballot paper question, the No campaign gains a poll lead for the first time 5.45pm Dr Matthew Goodwin on Comment: Muslims and their attitudes in Modern Britain 4.15pm Daniel Hamilton on Comment: BBC local radio stations – allow advertising to help them survive 2.30pm Roger Helmer MEP on Comment: […]
7.30pm WATCH: George Osborne hints at cut in fuel tax as he promises he is listening to families' concerns 6.15pm WATCH: Ed Miliband claims the Coalition Government is "assaulting everybody on lower and middles incomes" 6pm ToryDiary: Half of Tory Associations don't respond to new member requests 5.45pm Seats and Candidates: A by-election is now […]
6pm WATCH: Caroline Spelman's dignified statement on forests to the Commons this afternoon 5.30pm Parliament update: Tory MPs welcome the U-turn on forests as they lambast Labour's record of hypocrisy on the issue 5pm Nadhim Zahawi MP on Comment: Regulation, Reward and Re-Skilling are the three Rs of growth for Ministers 4.30pm Latest on Comment: […]
Emil Agazade is Head of Media at the European Azerbaijan Society. Daniel Hamilton’s blog singled out Azerbaijan for some pretty harsh criticism. That criticism – and that singling out – reflects the stance and actions of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Nobody is pretending that Azerbaijan is a perfect democracy. But then again, does […]