ConservativeHome's ToryDiary (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Many Eurosceptic MEPs are increasingly of the view that David Cameron will not take British Tories out of the EPP but will propose a new, strengthened ED sub-group as the way forward. Charles Tannock MEP was recently seen to pave...
EU Referendum (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
Judging by Charles Tannock's posting on CentreRight Blog, the Conservative Party has begun its withdrawal from that (second) promise to pull out of the EPP-ED. It is easy to dismiss the subject as being of little real importance in the whole question of Britain's membership of the EU. That would ignore Conservative grass-roots anger that the one and only promise David Cameron had made during his leadership...
ConservativeHome's ToryDiary (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
Just a day after Timothy Kirkhope returned to the leadership of the Tory MEPs and London MEP Charles Tannock has caused something of a stir with this post on CentreRight, in which he suggests that it would be better for...
BBC Blog - The Editors (Free subscription) | 16/10/2008
"It's a dose of realpolitik." That was the Tory MEP, Charles Tannock's description on The World Tonight on Monday of the European Union's decision to relax sanctions on Belarus and Uzbekistan. The EU Foreign Ministers said there had been improvements in human rights in both countries and so the EU should respond to encourage further change. This is despite what critics of both countries say are backward...
ConservativeHome (Free subscription) | 17/06/2008
ToryDiary: Unpaid defence bills must come before tax cuts, warns Fox First they introduce 24 hour drinking, now Labour launches campaign against binge drinking Charles Tannock MEP on Platform: MPs deserve a break – and don't deserve a pay cut...
ConservativeHome's YourPlatform (Free subscription) | 17/06/2008
Dr Charles Tannock, MEP for London and Conservative Foreign Affairs Spokesman in the European Parliament, argues that whilst MPs have less responsibility for legislation than MEPs we get our money's worth from them in other ways. I created a bit...
ConservativeHome's YourPlatform (Free subscription) | 13/05/2008
Last week Daniel Kawczynski MP wrote for these pages about the "fundamental flaws" of proportional representation. The 47th and final comment on Daniel's article was from Charles Tannock MEP, defending PR for European elections. We thought it deserved wider notice...
ConservativeHome's YourPlatform (Free subscription) | 22/02/2008
Peter Noordhoek, a member of the Christian Democratic Party in the Netherlands, makes the case for a more positive approach to Brussels. With much interest I read the article of Dr Charles Tannock MEP on ‘Why we need to take...
ConservativeHome (Free subscription) | 13/02/2008
Platform: Dr Charles Tannock MEP on why we need to take the European Parliament more seriously ToryDiary: Michael Fallon challenges George Osborne to cut the "unsustainable" growth in the size of the state This morning on CentreRight (comments now enabled!):...
ConservativeHome's Seats & Candidat (Free subscription) | 14/01/2008
Yesterday we noted MEP selections in N W England. We are also aware that Geoffrey van Orden and Robert Sturdy were toplisted in the Eastern region (Christopher Beazley is standing down) and Syed Kamall and Charles Tannock were toplisted in...
Britain and America (Free subscription) | 19/12/2007
A Conservative Member of the European Parliament and medical doctor, Charles Tannock has compared the United States' treatment of visitors from overseas with HIV and AIDS to that of repressive nations like Saudi Arabia. At the moment, in restrictions that...
PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | 18/12/2007
New regulations issued by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) which claim to offer a "streamlined," "categorical" waiver for HIV-positive people visiting the country have been criticised by an English Euro MP. London Conservative MEP Charles Tannock, a former NHS doctor, said the proposed arrangements amount to "double discrimination." He has raised the issue with senior EU officials after...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 13/12/2007
FACEBOOK has its critics but the Tory Euro MP for London Charles Tannock is a fan. "I have finally entered the digital age and signed up for Facebook," he says. "It's certainly a novel way of linking people with similar (political) interests and developing campaigns.
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 21/11/2007
European Parliament member Charles Tannock calls on Turkey to open the border with Armenia.
