The 15 Conservative MPs who backed the Grieve amendment
The proposal was defeated by 321 to 301 votes.
The proposal was defeated by 321 to 301 votes.
Freeman joins the rebellion. But the amendment fell by 321 to 298.
The Speaker defied all precedent to allow an amendment which forces the Prime Minister to present the Commons with a ‘Plan B’ much sooner than planned.
The Government is suggesting that it will make little difference in practical terms – but opposed it for symbolic and political reasons.
The former Universities Minister suggests that Number Ten “is talking to people across the house to know what the lie of the land is”.
In today’s Brexit debate, the former Universities Minister explains why he resigned and won’t be supporting May’s deal.
The use of Party funds for this exercise is proving divisive. It encourages the public to challenge the stance taken by many Conservative MPs.
It has secured an overwhelming dominance. Until or unless this changes, the Right may win elections – but to limited effect.
This week, the Party has a chance to turn Brexit, a trouble-plagued leadership, and directional uncertainly from problems into an opportunity.
From schools at one end to the job market at the other, many of the driving forces behind the campus mental health crisis aren’t vice-chancellors’ to solve.
Joseph knew the importance a Conservative ‘counter-ideology’ to the intellectual ratchet of socialism.
“Where lectures are missed at this vital time, as you said exam time, I would want some of those lectures made up during non-strike time.”
To maximise damage, the UCU is prohibiting striking lecturers from teaching the academic material lost on a strike day, on an alternative non-strike day.
Boles isn’t as well known as the star of our Moggcast, but he is well-briefed, independent-minded and can make waves.
His tour of universities raises memories of another – that of by Keith Joseph, whose hundreth birthday would have fallen this week. It needs a modern equivalent.