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Posts Tagged: Sir George Young MP

From Reggie to Dessie: My Pale, Male and Stale plan to interview prospective leadership candidates

Of course our efforts at Rochester weren’t helped by the glitches in the new CCHQ computer “Darth Vader”.

By Reggie | 26 November 2014 | 2 comments

Interview: Andrew Tyrie – “These are tax cuts being offered before the headroom for them is available”

The Chairman of the Treasury Select Committee on the effects of ring-fencing; his opposition to HS2, and why the Scots should keep the proceeds of North Sea Oil.

By Andrew Gimson | 23 October 2014 | 9 comments

Profile: John Bercow, one of the best Speakers of modern times, but also by far the rudest

The case for Bercow as a great reformer tends to be obscured by his astonishingly bad manners.

By Andrew Gimson | 4 September 2014 | 23 comments

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Cameron the martinet cracks down hard on indiscipline

While new women smiled on the Treasury Bench, scattered about the Chamber were ex-ministers who imagined they could afford to think for themselves.

By Andrew Gimson | 16 July 2014 | 24 comments

Kit Malthouse selected for North West Hampshire

The Deputy Mayor of London was picked last night to succeed Sir George Young.

By Mark Wallace | 4 July 2014 | 4 comments

Iain Dale

Iain Dale: Let’s send pro-reform, bone-dry Theresa Villiers to Brussels

Plus: The shuffle I want. Brown flops. Why on earth do Conservative Governments pour millions into Liverpool? And: In memory of Andy Wilson.

By Iain Dale | 13 June 2014 | 48 comments

Team Osborne – feared, admired, and sometimes enraging for other Conservatives

As the Chancellor prepares to deliver his Mansion House speech, here are the people who have stood by him ever since 2005

By Andrew Gimson | 12 June 2014 | 17 comments

Selections open in Thirsk and Malton and North West Hampshire

Applications are now open to succeed Anne McIntosh and Sir George Young.

By Mark Wallace | 14 May 2014 | 14 comments

Iain Dale: Cameron in China – pass the sick bag

Also: Could Mitchell return as Chief Whip? Why I despair of the Party’s internet strategy. How to write CVs. Why I must be mad. And finally: don’t say “If you like”.

By Iain Dale | 6 December 2013 | 89 comments

Sir George Young to retire in 2015. Will Greg Hands take over as Chief Whip before then?

The Deputy Chief Whip is a former PPS to George Osborne, and previously served as a member of his front bench team.

By Paul Goodman | 1 December 2013 | 14 comments

Reshuffle speculation, what reshuffle speculation?

By Mark WallaceFollow Mark on Twitter. It's a measure of how uncertain politics can be that on my grid of events likely… Read more »

1 September 2013

Who’s to blame? Cameron, the Whips, or both?

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. Conservative MPs I spoke to yesterday were excoriating about the shambles of the recall… Read more »

30 August 2013

We’re governed less by professional politicians than we think

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. The combination of Eastleigh and Italy have between them unleashed a tidal wave of… Read more »

By Paul Goodman | 2 March 2013

Theresa May, Andrea Leadsom, Liz Truss, Charles Walker and Jesse Norman amongst the stars of the Spectator Parliamentarian of the Year awards

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Below are the winners of the different categories of the Spectator's Parliamentarian of the… Read more »

21 November 2012

Andrew Lansley and Sir George Young take office with light legislative schedule

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Parliament is properly back, and Conservative MPs can now get used to Andrew Lansley,… Read more »

22 October 2012

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