Sex allegations 1) May announces a wide enquiry into abuse failure… “Britain faces a day of reckoning over an institutional failure to protect children from abuse. Public bodies from the police to parliament, and spanning schools, churches and the BBC, will be subjected to a sweeping independent inquiry into how paedophiles were allowed to act […]
Europe 1): Cameron explains how his European policy will succeed “Jean-Claude Juncker…spoke in his campaign of his readiness to address the concerns of the United Kingdom…If…we can agree that we are not heading, at different speeds, to the same place – as some have assumed up to now – then there is business we can […]
Defensive briefing 1) How Cameron threw Van Rompuy out of Number 10… “Van Rompuy was summarily led to the Downing Street door after the men clashed in the ornate White Room over Mr Cameron’s claim former Luxembourg Prime Minister Juncker’s appointment spells disaster for Britain – and Europe. Tempers flared at Mr Cameron’s determination to […]
1) President Juncker: Britain “closer to leaving EU” “Britain has moved a step closer to leaving the European Union after David Cameron declared “war” on Brussels over the nomination of Jean-Claude Juncker. Keeping Britain in the EU “has got harder”, the Prime Minister said, after he was outvoted by 26 to two in his attempt […]
Cameron heads for defeat on Juncker’s appointment… “Britain’s failure to block the appointment of Jean-Claude Juncker began a ‘blame game’ in earnest last night, with Anglo-German relations described as the ‘dialogue of the deaf’ and signs of a bloody tussle in Whitehall to avoid responsibility. Barring a last-minute coup, Britain is heading for defeat today […]
Cameron loses allies over his bid to block Juncker “David Cameron’s bid to block Jean-Claude Juncker becoming the next European Commission president looks set to fail after his allies changed tack. German Chancellor Angela Merkel had given the British prime minister hope after agreeing to a vote on the issue if there was no consensus. […]
Hacking trial 1) Cameron produces his Coulson apology “The Prime Minister delivered a ‘full and frank apology’ for hiring Coulson as his director of communications in 2007, just months after he had resigned as editor of the News of the World over an earlier hacking scandal. Mr Cameron employed Coulson against clear advice from senior […]
“He f****d it up.” Warsaw’s jibe at Cameron over the EU “David Cameron’s bid to renegotiate Britain’s relationship with the EU has been ridiculed by Poland’s Foreign Secretary in explosive private recordings leaked to the country’s media. … Radek Sikorski, who was in the infamous Bullingdon Club with Boris Johnson at university in Oxford, accused […]
HS3: New east-west high speed rail link needed for the north says Osborne “A new high-speed rail link in the north of England connecting Manchester and Leeds could help to create an economic area to rival London, Chancellor George Osborne is to say. A “northern powerhouse” is needed as London’s dominance is “not healthy” for […]
Iraq 1) Cabinet split over military action “Senior ministers are at odds over whether to back US airstrikes against the militant group Isis amid disagreements about the extent to which British national interests are under threat. … Hawks say Britain will have to allow American warplanes to use bases in Britain to launch attacks and believe […]
‘Relentlessly negative’ BBC is the greater foe to welfare reform than Labour, claims IDS “Mr Duncan Smith claimed the corporation had run five negative stories this week alone about sickness and disability benefits, and ‘ignored’ a major announcement on an extension of his flagship new universal credit. ‘Who is the biggest opponent of welfare reform? […]
Tories urge Lib Dems to end coalition early “Tory MPs are secretly urging Lib Dems to help them bring the coalition to an early end as new polling suggests that Nick Clegg’s party is losing ground against the Conservatives in key seats…A study of 17 seats where the Lib Dems and the Tories are the […]
Did Merkel let Cameron down over Juncker? “The German leader promised Britain’s PM she would help him block the Euro-fanatic from becoming the next commission president. But she was forced to U-turn on the agreement after coming under huge pressure from German MPs in Berlin who accused her of sucking up to Britain. Mr Cameron […]
Cameron: Militants in Iraq and Syria pose a grave threat to Britain “Militants in Iraq and Syria pose the gravest threat to Britain today, David Cameron has warned. … The Prime Minister said the police service and spy agencies have been ordered to focus their efforts on the Islamic insurgents, particularly those returning to Britain. … […]
Iraq crisis leads to reopened Iran talks (and embassies) ‘The United States is set to open historic talks with its arch-enemy Iran as it tries to halt the unravelling of Iraq amid mounting evidence of atrocities…William Hague will today add to the sense of a diplomatic breakthrough between the West and the Islamic republic by […]