Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
The Indo report that the new EU President Herman Van Rompuy wishes to level new EU wide taxes to raise money directly for the EU . “The financing of the welfare state, irrespective of the social reform we implement, will require new resources,” he said. “The possibility of financial levies at European level needs to be seriously reviewed.” Europe has a much older population...
Andy Peacock (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Labour peer Baroness Ashton has been selected as the EU’s high representative of foreign affairs and security, diplomats say. Baroness Ashton, currently EU Trade Commissioner, was chosen for the new post by the leaders of the EU’s 27 member states at a meeting in Brussels. Gordon Brown backed her for the role after accepting Tony Blair could not become European Council president. Before...
RecessMonkey (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Poor old Timothy Kirkhope. Can things get worse for him? He was a successful Tory Member of John Major’s government when he lost the Keith Joseph’s safe seat in Leeds North East. This year, he was looking forward to leading the new Group in the European Parliament formed by the euro-sceptic Tories, but he had [...]
Archbishop Cranmer (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
A most curious juxtaposition. The article on the EU Politix site which recounts the sorry tale of former UKIP MEP Tom Wise, who was today jailed for defrauding the taxpayer of £39,000, actually carries a picture of leading Conservative MEP, Timothy Kirkhope. And Mr Kirkhope's picture also features prominently on the The EU Parliament main page (which will doubtless disappear overnight). Cranmer...
Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
I think if I were Timothy Kirkhope MEP I might be phoning m'Learned Friend tonight... This is from the Parliament.com website which is covering the jailing of former UKIP MEP Tom Wise. Unfortunately they have used a picture of Tory MEP Timothy Kirkhope to illustrate the story. They do quote him at the end of the story, to be fair, but you'd have thought a picture of Tom Wise might be more appropriate...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Your leader (31 October) misrepresents Conservative policy towards the EU. It is incorrect to say that Conservative party has "refus[ed] to co-operate even with European politicians with whom it ought to agree". We have made clear that we intend to remain on close terms with our centre-right colleagues and we will work together in the many areas where we agree. One of our group's first acts...
Tory Outcast (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Posting has been a little absent this week but I'm back and concentrating on the pressing issue of the day: President Blair. So many arguments have been thrown back and forth. There are far too many to list here so I shall restrict myself to half a dozen that I think raise the most interesting questions: Timothy Kirkhope made an interesting case for a more low key President. The Telegraph pointed out...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Tony Blair would be a disaster as President of the European Council writes Timothy Kirkhope MEP.
Calling England (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
This morning the theme was 'International & Security Issues' and the speakers were: William Hague (Shadow Foreign Secretary) Timothy Kirkhope (leader of the Cons in the European Parliament - Deputy Chair of the new grouping of the European Conservatives & Reformists) Andrew Mitchell (Shadow International Development Secretary) Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones (Shadow Security Minister) Liam Fox...
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 04/10/2009
By Walid Phares On Tuesday, September 22, 2009, Members of the US Congress, Members of European Parliament and a Member of the Canadian Parliament signed an historic document condemning Iran’s continued human rights abuses. This document was signed at the second Trans-Atlantic Group on Counter Terrorism, or TAG, summit hosted by TAG co-chairs US Representative Sue Myrick (NC-09) and Member of...
Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 04/10/2009
For the third year the Daily Telegraph is publishing a Top 100 People on the Right list . A few weeks ago I chaired a panel which consisted of three Telegraph journalists, two Tory MPs and three political commentators which drew up the list. Here's the first part, running from 51 to 100. You can read the short biogs HERE on the Telegraph site. The second figure denotes the position last year. 50 66...
Tory Bear (Free subscription) | 21/09/2009
If TB were Timothy Kirkhope he would be pretty pissed off with Open Europe who really should have known better than to tell their thousands of email subscribers he'd had the whip removed in their weekly bulletin : Sent: 16 September 2009 11:38 Subject: Open Europe press summary: 16 September 2009 Timothy Kirkhope MEP expelled from Conservative Party The BBC reports that Timothy Kirkhope MEP has been...
Britannia Radio (Free subscription) | 16/09/2009
Open Europe PLEASE DISREGARD PREVIOUS PRESS SUMMARY - AND NOTE CORRECTION OF TIMOTHY KIRKHOPE'S NAME TO EDWARD MCMILLAN-SCOTT. WE APOLOGISE FOR THIS ERROR. Europe Swedish Secretary of State for Europe: EU can function without Lisbon Treaty An article on EurActiv featuring an interview with the Swedish Secretary of State for Europe, Maria Asenius, has a headline that reads "EU
Valleys Mam (Free subscription) | 22/08/2009
So the temperamental Tories want Sky News political editor Adam Boulton to be sacked for describing Daniel Hannan as “an arrogant right-winger in love with the sound of his own voice”. The impetuous MEP has been shooting his rather big mouth off again.Time to shut him up David C methinks. Daniel Hannan is in trouble, remember when he became a YouTube star earlier this year for his attack...
Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 14/08/2009
1. Liam Murray asks if we would be any better than the Americans. 2. Liberal England thinks a LibDem think tanks is about to suggest privatising the NHS. 3. Ridley Grove takes Timothy Kirkhope MEP to task. 4. Party Lines has been eating out at the Gay Hussar. 5. Guido says high pay attracts the wrong kind of MP. 6. English Parliament Online on a national day for England. If you're not doing anything...
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