By Lord Popat of Harrow and Shailesh Vara Member of Parliament for Northwest Cambridgeshire. On 4th August 1972 Idi Amin, the Ugandan President who had seized power in a coup just over a year earlier, announced that he had had a dream, in which God had told him to expel the Asian. Amin issued a decree ordering […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Yesterday on ConservativeHome Ruth Lea questioned the continuation of UK aid to India. Her sceptical position is shared by most Britons. By 60% to 14% voters told YouGov that aid spending should be switched to countries with greater needs. In a letter to The Telegraph Tory MPs Bob Blackman, William […]
By Jonathan Isaby There has recently been an influx of new Conservative peers into the House of Lords, and yesterday Baroness Stowell wrote here about her initial experiences on the red benches. It has been remiss of me not to note their maiden speeches as they have delivered them, but my attention has been drawn […]
By Lord Popat of Harrow and Shailesh Vara Member of Parliament for Northwest Cambridgeshire. On 4th August 1972 Idi Amin, the Ugandan President who had seized power in a coup just over a year earlier, announced that he had had a dream, in which God had told him to expel the Asian. Amin issued a decree ordering […]