Parliament WILL vote on the bailouts after all
On Tuesday, the House of Commons will divide on a motion requiring the government not to participate in any more eurozone bailouts, and challenging the legality of Britain's existing liabilities (see...
View ArticleForty-eight MPs vote to stop the bailouts
Here, as promised, is the full list of the 30 Conservative, 15 Labour and 3 DUP Members of Parliament who supported Mark Reckless's attempt to terminate Britain's involvement in the eurozone bailouts...
View ArticleThis government simply hasn't a clue about 'Climate Change'
Last night I was rude to a Minister of the Crown. His name's Greg Barker, he's the Minister for Climate Change, and – or so he tried to allege in a flabby speech to the Conservative Future (formerly...
View ArticleThe Tory Right will use a referendum vote to tell David Cameron what it...
William Hague's appearance on Andrew Marr will have done nothing to reassure the Tory Right that its concerns are being catered for in Cabinet, now that Liam Fox has gone. As John Redwood argues so...
View ArticleSir John Major advises David Cameron on foreign policy. Does he tell him the...
I have explained often enough on my blog and elsewhere why I was a supporter of the ideals of European unity and integration sixty years ago, and how experience led me to change my mind. So while I...
View ArticleFor the last time, there are no net spending cuts
The economic facts have now become wholly decoupled from the dominant media narrative. Most people believe – because most journalists tell them – that public spending is falling sharply, that debt is...
View ArticleThe Tory Right is trying to make David Cameron commit political suicide – again
One day a politician is going to stand up after a bad midterm election defeat and say “I don’t get it. I haven’t a clue what happened. But I tell you what, I’m buggered if I’m going to listen. Screw...
View ArticleA Doomed Marriage: Britain and Europe
What impact will the euro debacle have on EU? How did so many people get it so wrong? Why does the project carry on when its rationale has collapsed? Why does Britain seem to get a worse deal than...
View ArticleMPs have remembered what they're there for – that's the real significance of...
'The issue of Europe has come back to haunt the Conservative Party' was how the News at Ten introduced the story of that Parliament had demanded a cut in the EU budget. 'The bastards are back', was...
View ArticleAndy Burnham wants to ban Frosties. Is this Labour's monkey tennis moment?
Andy Burnham, the shadow health secretary, has called for a ban on sugary cereals like Frosties. As policies go, this feels akin to Alan Partridge’s suggestion of “monkey tennis” for a TV programme –...
View ArticleJohn Redwood was the greatest Downing Street policy chief ever
The release of documents for 1984 under the 30-year rule has been the occasion for plenty of cheap headlines about the late prime minister over her visits from the hairdresser and the alleged failure...
View ArticleLook out – even the irreconcilables are on side
From my Morning Briefing: subscribe here Tory high command was initially circumspect about Lord Ashcroft's poll giving the Conservatives a lead on Monday night. They were cautious about investing too...
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