John Rentoul (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Now that Vaclav Klaus has landed him in it, in a spirit of European solidarity and helpfulness, I offer the following advice to David Cameron, pictured working on his statement for tomorrow. Use these phrases in any order: World has moved on - realism - we were promised - Labour betrayal - never wanted it - will not let matters rest - very clear - no further powers - undertaking - any future attempts...
Bob Piper (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
David Herdson over at Political Betting writes a thoughtful piece about David Cameron's options post-Lisbon. One of the options that caught my eye was that the Tories could: accept that Lisbon is a done deal but argue that much of the scepticism towards the EU derives from the remoteness of the institutions and the lack of control people have over them. A proposal to elect the Commission from and...
UKIP (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
UKIP MEP Marta Andreasen is a panel guest on BBC Radio Four's Any Questions live from Cambridge University on Friday night. The topical debate programme , chaired by Jonathan Dimbleby, will be broadcast at 8pm and repeated pm Saturday at 1.10pm. Other guest include shadow business secretary Kenneth Clarke, Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Shirley Williams and former Lord Chancellor Charlie Falconer....
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Prime minister has written to Speaker John Bercow to say he sees no reason why peer ministers should not be held to account in Commons Gordon Brown wants Lord Mandelson to make history by becoming the first cabinet minister from the House of Lords to answer questions the dispatch box in the Commons. The prime minister has written to John Bercow, the Commons Speaker, to say he saw "no reason"...
icWales (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
Britain's economic recovery will be "feeble and fragile" and whoever wins the next election will need a full Parliament to nurse it back to health, shadow business secretary Kenneth Clarke has predicted.
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
Britain's economic recovery will be "feeble and fragile" and whoever wins the next election will need a full Parliament to nurse it back to health, shadow business secretary Kenneth Clarke has predicted.
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk - UK & world news (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
Britain's economic recovery will be "feeble and fragile" and whoever wins the next election will need a full Parliament to nurse it back to health, shadow business secretary Kenneth Clarke has predicted.
Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
Britain's economic recovery will be "feeble and fragile" and whoever wins the next election will need a full Parliament to nurse it back to health, shadow business secretary Kenneth Clarke has predicted.
Next Left (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
Gyles Brandreth's somewhat rambling interview in the Sunday Times does contain a little bit of politics: When David Cameron was a political adviser to Norman Lamont, and when Lamont was dropped by John Major, his special advisers were dropped as well. I thought it was a mistake to drop him, so I wrote a memo to the new chancellor, Kenneth Clarke. I said, we mustn’t lose this man, he is gold,...
British National Party (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
In a classic case of applying fuel to a fire, Conservative shadow business secretary Kenneth Clarke said on Wednesday that his party would not protect Royal Mail’s market -- which is the answer to the problem -- but rather dilute it further through privatisation.
Stockwell News (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
Local author Ross Davies tells me that his lively new history of Vauxhall, 76 pages of fascinating stories about the history of the area, complete with colour and black and white illustrations, will be out soon. "What many of Vauxhall's people have in common today, perhaps" says Ross, "is that they come here knowing little about their surroundings. If so, that's a shame as the annals...
Anthony Painter (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Climate change erupted onto the political stage this week with ferocious sparring between the two main parties on renewable energy. The Conservatives were severely hindered by comments made by their business spokesperson , Kenneth Clarke, that: "My view is that those few wild and open spaces that we have left in Britain should not be used for wind turbines." He was quickly put in his place...
Google News - Top Stories (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
BBC News Postal staff strike hits Scotland BBC News Thousands of postal workers in Scotland have walked out in support of a national strike over jobs, pay and modernisation. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said that 3382 workers were on strike in Scotland in centres in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, ... UK Postal Union Begins Two-Day National Strike Bloomberg U.K. Postal Workers Begin Nationwide Strike...
The Empire Chronicles (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Shadow Business Secretary Kenneth Clarke said that the Conservatives will privatise the Royal Mail if they win the next general election, the Daily Telegraph reports. Clarke said the company needed private capital and private management to bring them up to date and change them from being “old-fashioned”. He added that the Royal Mail were “broke” and their future had to involve...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Kenneth Clarke the shadow business secretary has said the Conservatives will privatise the Royal Mail if it wins the next general election.
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