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Posts Tagged: Charles Walker MP

A Conservative leader can afford to take on his left or his right – but not the 1922 Committee’s Executive

The Brady amendment is part of the developing story of a clash between leaders and backbenchers over Party management, culture and MPs’ status.

By Paul Goodman | 30 September 2020 | 33 comments

This curious contest for the Chairmanship of the 1922 Committee

Conservative backbenchers must choose today between two candidates who at first glance at least have much in common.

By Paul Goodman | 20 January 2020 | 22 comments

Exclusive: Walker resigns from the Party Board, amid rising tensions over centralised candidate selection

The Vice-Chairman of the ’22 served on the Board for nine years, and recently oversaw the leadership contest, so his departure is a surprise.

By Mark Wallace | 29 October 2019 | 40 comments

The next Speaker. Will MPs be guided by party or by prejudice?

If they want a more old-fashioned product, they may go for Lindsay Hoyle. If someone more like the present incumbent, for Harriet Harman.

By Paul Goodman | 10 September 2019 | 127 comments

Mark Wallace’s leadership sketch: Johnson keeps it brief, and leaves his fans wanting more

The result was as expected, and the winner kept his comments tight and spare. But there’s a job at the Brit Awards awaiting Cheryl Gillan.

By Mark Wallace | 23 July 2019 | 13 comments

The timetable for the Parliamentary stage of the Conservative leadership election

Nominations close, 17.00, Monday June 10th. First ballot on Thursday 13th June, from 10am to 12pm.

By Paul Goodman | 4 June 2019 | 62 comments

Hunt declares, Brady stands down as Chairman of the 1922 Committee

The Farnham Herald reports that the Foreign Secretary “announced his candidature to a packed audience at his ‘political update’ talk at the festival at 11am

By Paul Goodman | 24 May 2019 | 85 comments

Brady will not be supervising the leadership contest – which suggests he will be a candidate himself

Brandon Lewis has ruled himself out. The new Prime Minister should be chosen by the end of July.

By Harry Phibbs | 24 May 2019 | 80 comments

Robert Halfon: My constituents are against us shelling out £39 billion for nothing. Anyway, are we really obliged to pay?

If all this is correct, the EEA route seems to me a sensible way forward if Parliament can’t agree on a deal.

By Robert Halfon MP | 5 December 2018 | 39 comments

Chris White: Why it’s time radically to reform the Private Members’ Bill system

In the wake of the row over an anti-upskirting bill and Chris Chope’s objection, we re-run the author’s 2016 piece calling on the Government to act.

By Chris White | 17 June 2018 | 19 comments

Our panel’s Conservative Parliamentarian of the year is… can you guess?

There was only ever going to be one winner – and Rees Mogg duly powers in with over 70 per cent of the vote.

By Paul Goodman | 28 December 2017 | 148 comments

Clifton-Brown, Jenrick and Walker elected to the Conservative Party Board

Two incumbents were re-elected by Tory MPs, and Jenrick joins the Board for the first time.

By Mark Wallace | 12 July 2017 | 41 comments

Brady returned unopposed as 1922 Executive Committee Chairman

The Parliamentary Party has just been through two divisive experiences, and there was evidently no appetite for a third.

By Paul Goodman | 6 September 2016 | 3 comments

Chris White: Why it’s time radically to reform the Private Members’ Bill system

The current procedures are unsustainable, unbalanced and undemocratic.

By Chris White | 24 April 2016 | 5 comments

The Chancellor scores some points on the Tory backbenches

While many MPs are aggrieved at the Government’s EU campaign, Osborne offered them some relief from unpopular financial scrutiny.

By Mark Wallace | 20 April 2016 | 7 comments

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