70 MPs sign up for EU referendum
By Harry PhibbsFollow Harry on Twitter The BBC's Norman Smith tweets that 70 MPs have so far signed the amendment to… Read more »
MEP selections start with Scotland
The process of selection (or re-selection in many cases) of candidates for the 2014 European Parliament elections has begun. Most… Read more »
She’s back! But the Whips stress that the restored Nadine Dorries has apologised. And there’s talk of her being set “targets”
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. Coffee House's Isabel Hardman has the news of Nadine Dorries's return, and has penned… Read more »
Jacob Rees-Mogg becomes the first Tory MP to back a Conservative-UKIP pact
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. In today's Daily Telegraph, the Moggster asks: "Is it, therefore, now time to make… Read more »
Nadine Dorries ready to appeal to 1922 Committee and overturn her suspension from parliamentary party
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter There has been lots of speculation over recent days about the future of Nadine… Read more »
Lord Lawson becomes the first former Chancellor to call for Britain to quit the EU
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. My take on the EU is that a renegotiation push is unlikely to result… Read more »
The ’22’s choice to head Downing Street’s Policy Unit was Peter Lilley
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. I'm also told that Downing Street's original plan was to have junior Ministers taking… Read more »
No, Adam Afriyie won’t be the next Conservative leader. However…
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. A very senior Downing Street insider told me earlier this week that it, CCHQ,… Read more »
Martin Callanan MEP: Praise for Margaret Thatcher… in the European Parliament
Martin Callanan MEP is Chairman of the European Conservatives. This is his monthly letter to ConHome readers. Follow the ECR Group… Read more »
How Thatcher’s name is being used as a code for loyalty
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. David Cameron spoke yesterday evening at a vast party of the Parliamentary Party (largely)… Read more »
Alun Cairns MP wins London Marathon
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. There's was legend in my family that the Jewish Chronicle once reported a race… Read more »
Conservative parliamentarians react to Margaret Thatcher’s funeral
1.45pm: A selection of the comments made after the funeral: 10.45am: The streets outside St Paul's are crowded, the congregation… Read more »
Gove on Thatcher’s record and legacy: “Social bonds need to be nurtured more carefully”
by Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. George Osborne was first off the blocks to commemorate Margaret Thatcher, doing so in… Read more »
Karen Allen chosen as Conservative candidate for South Shields byelection
By Harry PhibbsFollow Harry on Twitter Congratulations to Karen Allen who has been chosen as the Conservative candidate in the South… Read more »
Thatcher tributes: The chamber to watch today is the Lords, not the Commons
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. I look into my glass, And view my wasting skin, And say, "Would God… Read more »