Ryan Henson: Bosnians love Britain

They are grateful for The Beatles, parliamentary democracy, fair play and Manchester United.

Tory allies win a huge victory in Poland’s elections

Law and Justice now holds the Parliament and the Presidency – so much for critics who dismissed the ECR as a “lunatic fringe”.

Terry Barnes: Don’t rule out Trump winning the Presidency

The President is also de facto leader of much of the world, and the current Republican front runner presents a truly frightening prospect.

‘Ken Clarke would have been the Tories’ McCain’

Last week our sister blog BritainAndAmerica looked at the similarities between John McCain and David Cameron. Steve Richards of The… Read more »

Cameron to call for preachers of hate to be banned from the UK

ConservativeHome has been given an advance copy of what David Cameron will say at the first meeting of the CDU-Conservative… Read more »

Obamacons

Tories that support Obama.  What should they be called?  Obamacons? There are plenty of them about… An aide to George… Read more »

Never give up!

That’s the lesson from a remarkable story from downunder.  Australian Liberal MP Fran Bailey demanded a recount after she was… Read more »

Democrat or Republican?

Who would you vote for if you were entitled to participate in American elections? The case for the Republicans: The… Read more »

Brendan Nelson is new leader of Australian Liberals

I know you all want to talk about Labour’s funding problems but forgive me… Brendan Nelson is the new leader… Read more »

The John Howard years are over

Labor’s Kevin Rudd has won a big victory downunder.  The John Howard years are over. Here are my instant reactions:… Read more »

David Cameron to visit Bush in Washington

The Times’ Francis Elliott is reporting that David Cameron and William Hague will visit Washington next week and the Conservative… Read more »

Don’t risk it, Australia

This is the latest election video from downunder.  It warns that a vote for Labor’s Kevin Rudd will endanger all… Read more »

Your favourite right-of-centre/ conservative (and elected) leader in the world today is… John Howard

In the October ConservativeHome survey of 1,206 Conservative Party members, 53% voted for John Howard as their favourite centre right… Read more »

Is Germany shifting leftwards under Merkel?

I’m in a Starbucks looking up at Cologne Cathedral.  About to head to the airport and return home to London…. Read more »

Cameron meets John Key

David Cameron has met up with New Zealand National Party leader John Key. It’s actually the third time they’ve met,… Read more »