By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter David Davis is the backbench Tory MP who gets the most mentions in national newspapers. He had 494 mentions this year. This compares to 23,771 for David Cameron, for example, and 10,051 for George Osborne. Chris Grayling (707), Damian Green (695) and Grant Shapps (654) are the three most reported […]
Martin Callanan is leader of the Tory MEPs. Of course, we were supposed to be feeling "isolated". That was according to the newspapers with a federalist leaning – and especially if you listened to the BBC. We were meant to be marginalised and misled too, but above all – "isolated". That was the buzzword on […]
By Joseph Willits Follow Joseph on Twitter In yesterday's Adjournment debate before the start of the Christmas recess, a mix of topics were raised by MPs. Chris Skidmore MP (Kingswood), who also wrote on ConservativeHome yesterday about making history a compulsory subject for under-16s, spoke of the study of history reaching a record low. Skidmore said that […]
By Joseph Willits Follow Joseph on Twitter Phillip Hammond, the Defence Secretary has said in the Commons yesterday that "all submariner roles will be open to women" in response to questions from Tory MPs Caroline Dinenage (Gosport) and Harriet Baldwin (West Worcestershire). Hammond was asked by the MPs what the role of women would be on submarines, including on […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. The voters of Feltham and Heston go to the polls today. Senior Conservatives are still heading to the seat in an effort to Get Out The Vote, including Iain Duncan Smith and Liam Fox. ConservativeHome wishes good luck to the candidate, Mark Bowen, and encourages residents of the seat […]
Conservative candidate in the Feltham & Heston by-election, Mark Bowen, has written to Labour's Seema Malhotra highlighting that Cameron's veto of the EU treaty has a lot of support among traditional Labour supporters. He also asks her whether she is with the British people or the Labour party to deal with the economic crisis: Dear […]
By Joseph Willits Follow Joseph on Twitter At PMQs today, David Cameron was asked about the decision by all Liberal Democrat MPs to collectively defy a three-line whip, and abstain from voting on a motion defending Cameron's EU treay veto. Although Cameron didn't elaborate further on the Liberal Democrat position, he did express his gratitude to the […]
By Joseph Willits Follow Joseph on Twitter Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, James Brokenshire MP, has answered questions from four Tory MPs about the Government's plans to combat metal theft. Brokenshire said that "the Home Office is discussing with other Departments what legislative changes are necessary to assist enforcement agencies and deter offenders". Some of the measures […]
David Cameron addressed the House of Commons about his decision to veto the EU Treaty. Here is his statement in full: With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on last week’s European Council. I went to Brussels with one objective: to protect Britain’s national interest. And that is what I did. Let […]
By Joseph Willits Follow Joseph on Twitter Tory MP Nick de Bois has disputed claims that Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, blamed the X Factor, amongst other things, for causing the summer's nationwide riots. Speaking on Sky News yesterday, Enfield MP de Bois, said that Duncan Smith was not "trying to say the X-Factor is […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. The Conservative campaign in the Feltham and Heston by-election is putting out new leaflets this weekend. The first leaflet (pdf available here) details the government's policies for pensioners, listing free eye tests, free prescriptions, free bus passes, free TV licences for the over-75s, and the Winter Fuel Payment as benefits the […]
By Joseph Willits Follow Joseph on Twitter Last night in Parliament, a motion tabled by Dominic Raab MP (Esher and Walton), demanding a review of the 2003 extradition treaty between the UK and US, was agreed without a vote. Raab was clear in that the tabled motion was "not about abolishing extradition, which is vital to international efforts […]
Friday 8.45am John Redwood MP blogs: "Orderly but rapid break up would be the least cost option. It would liberate the countries allowed out, and permit them to adjust their competitiveness by a devaluation which would be swift and easier to sell than large wage cuts. There is no foundation to the proposition that the […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. We reported more than a year ago that the United Kingdom would receive a 73rd MEP as part of the European Parliament's changes to various countries' representation as a result of the Lisbon Treaty. Today, Anthea McIntyre was officially named as the new Conservative MEP for the West Midlands region, which […]