The campaign to Save General Election Night gets a big boost today. After no fewer than 220 MPs signed the Early Day Motion on the matter in the last parliamentary session (making it the 20th most signed motion out of 2421), today I have news of polls of MPs and PPCs conducted by ComRes on […]
It's nice that New Labour haven't scrapped the splendid title Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Yesterday saw questions to the Chancellor and the Cabinet Office. Shadow Deputy Secretary of State for Wales David Jones asked about the impact of the recession on charity: "The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Kevin Brennan): The Charity Commission recently […]
It was International Development questions yesterday. Former Shadow Cabinet member Nigel Evans (right) posed a question on AIDS in Africa. This issue has been given prominence recently following the Pope's assertion that condoms could make the AIDS crisis worse. Mr Evans asked: "Antiretroviral drugs are rightly being made more affordable and generally more available, thanks to […]
Three MPs asked questions of the Foreign Office yesterday about Belarus, and they are all Conservatives. This was good to see. Gary Streeter, South West Devon MP and a former Shadow Cabinet member who has consistently supported human rights, posed the initial question: "What recent discussions he has had with the Government of Belarus on […]
As part of our Government worth having series we asked a few friends of ConservativeHome to offer 100 word thoughts on how the Conservatives might make some ground on foreign policy. Alan Mendoza, Executive Director of The Henry Jackson Society: With Labour heading down the route of international irrelevance, Conservatives should have the courage to […]