David Cameron

(10) Vote Conservative... because of David Cameron

ConservativeHome's ToryDiary (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

As party leader, David Cameron is responsible for all the policies in this ten part series but I'd like to add one other big idea that may be the most revolutionary legacy of any government he leads. We have seen how transparency has forced massive change in politics. In particular, it has produced massive downward pressure on the cost of politics as taxpayers have seen how their money is often misused....

No need to give reasons: a letter from David Cameron

Next Left (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

Last week I posted - alas, somewhat tetchily - about the recent debate in the House of Lords on the proposal to allow civil partnership ceremonies to be performed on religious premises. The proposal, put forward as an amendment to the Equality Bill, was purely permissive, designed to allow religious groups (e.g., Liberal Judaism, Quakerism) who favour such ceremonies to carry them out but leaving other...

David Cameron accused of hypocrisy over opposition to electoral reform

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

Conservatives should support referendum to introduce the alternative vote method because that is the system they use for their own internal party elections, say Lib Dems David Cameron was accused of hypocrisy ahead of today's Commons vote on a referendum on electoral reform because Tory MPs will oppose a system they use in internal party elections. Chris Huhne, the Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman,...

David Cameron loves the Alternative Vote

Events dear boy, events (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

Oh, such fun. It has come to the attention of Michael Crick, via Campaign for Conservative Democracy, that “the Tories actually use a similar preferential voting system, a variation on AV, for all their candidate selections and elections of party leaders”. As Crick explains: If the Conservatives had used "first past the post" in 2005, then David Davis would have won. Standby for...

• How 'AV' made Cameron Tory leader - Talk about Newsnight

Cameron: I’ll allow people to write laws

Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

David Cameron has promised to give power back to the people by letting Britons write their own laws – as long as parliament agrees with them.

David Cameron launches attack on Gordon Brown as polls spell trouble

Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago

David Cameron launched a poisonous attack on Gordon Brown yesterday as poll panic spread in the Tory Party.

The Ukrainian novelist who's foretold David Cameron for PM

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

Andrey Kurkov has a good track record when it comes to second-guessing political developments His opinion poll lead is shrinking, but David Cameron can rest assured: he's going to be the next prime minister of Great Britain. So says the Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov, whose novel T he President's Last Love , published in 2004, has proved ­startlingly prophetic. Its fictional President Bunin is...

Cameron's NHS vision 'two-faced'

icWales (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

Labour has sought to throw the general election campaign spotlight on to the "reality" of David Cameron's "rhetoric" on the NHS.

• Cameron's NHS vision 'two-faced' - Liverpool Echo.co.uk
• UK & World News: Cameron's NHS vision 'two-faced' - Liverpool Echo.co.uk
• See the 4 articles on the same subject

David Cameron blames Gordon Brown for expenses scandal as Labour kicks out three MPs

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago

DAVID Cameron has launched a highly personal attack on Gordon Brown, claiming the Prime Minister is the "road block" to political reform.

David Cameron blames Gordon Brown for expenses scandal as Labour kicks out three MPs

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago

DAVID Cameron has launched a highly personal attack on Gordon Brown, claiming the Prime Minister is the "road block" to political reform.

Cameron turns fire on lobbyists but calms attack on Brown over MPs

Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday

Former ministers would be barred for two years from lobbying government for the private sector, under proposals announced by David Cameron yesterday.

• David Cameron vows to tackle 'secret corporate lobbying' - The Guardian

David Cameron promises two-year lobbying ban and pension penalties for former ministers

The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday

Tory leader said a Conservative government would amend the guidelines to limit the ability of retired ministers to influence government policy Former ministers will lose their pension rights if they fail to abide by rules planned by the Tories that will ban them from taking on lobbying jobs within two years of leaving government, David Cameron said today. Warning that the £2bn lobbying industry...

David Cameron makes hijab joke to gay magazine

PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

Conservative leader David Cameron had to backtrack over a joke he made in an interview with popular gay magazine Attitude. In an hour long interview with the Tory leader, tipped to become Britain’s next Prime Minister, Cameron was questioned about being inclusive of minority groups.

(3) Vote Conservative... because of Chris Grayling

ConservativeHome's ToryDiary (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

Chris Grayling is determined to press ahead with the plan for directly elected police chiefs. In the most important manifestation of David Cameron's localist agenda the police will be forced to pay much greater attention to the concerns of different communities. Also within Grayling's brief we can expect a multi-pronged reversal of Labour's policy of uncontrolled immigration. David Cameron has promised...

David Cameron must reject Thatcherite apologies for inequality

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

The Tories can truly confront inequality by focusing on the disparities that exist within institutions and localities, writes Max Wind-Cowie.

A Political Assassination in the Making

news rage uk | 20/04/2008

Political assassination is always an interesting thing to watch. I remembered seeing it happen to Thatcher and its effects made long lasting and deep, near fatal wounds on the conservative party. They never recovered even after Major won a general election after Thatcher's departure and it is only now, 18 years after her departure that they are beginning to look like a united party again. The...