And another thing... (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
I’M A BIT suspicious of the spin the Tories have managed to attach to the so-called “leaked” email sent by mistake to Philip Hammond MP’s office by Harriet Harman. According to Iain Dale, Harriet says in the memo: “the meeting will discuss considerations in advance of the Speakers (sic) statement on Police action and Parliament.” The duplicitous [...]
Man in a Shed (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
Earlier this week I heard three of our politicians ( Yvette Cooper, Philip Hammond and Vince Cable) being interviewed by Jeremy Paxman. Paxo asked if there was any limit on our borrowing. All three evaded in their answer ( there motives I imagine as Yvette Cooper - to avoid admitting the potential disaster we are heading to, Philip Hammond - to avoid the what will you cut follow on question, and Vince...
ConservativeHome's ToryDiary (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
The Conservative Party's clearest statement on Labour's plan to impose a 45p income tax band on those earning over £150,000 was made by our Number 2 Treasury spokesman, Philip Hammond. This is what he said (as recorded by Coffee House):“Clearly...
"ROGUE GUNNER" (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
In a Commons written reply to Tory treasury spokesman Philip Hammond, junior minister Kevan Jones said that an annual £5,000 provision for festive decorations had now been removed. Read It Here (RG) It is a well known fact that the moon is made of cheese and this decision has nothing to do with the fact that the MOD doesn’t want to offend any ethnic minorities that may work for the MOD? How many more...
Chris Paul: Labour of Love (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
Unlike Fraser Kemp, GOO, Dave Cameron, Iain Dale and countless others who comment rather carelessly on the Economy the Tory shadowy first secretary Philip Hammond presumably does have at least a smidge of Economics in his PPE Degree? But is a smidge really enough? Last night on Newsnight he was I felt shown up as yet another Tory lightweight by presenter Paxman and brainbox Ruth Kelly, who after two...
Man in a Shed (Free subscription) | 16/11/2008
The more I see of Philip Hammond on TV the more I like him. Unlike the banal generalisations, assertions and absence of verifiable or even comprehensible argument that characterise the spin as speech of Labour politicians - especially Gordon Brown - Mr Hammond lays the position out clearly and in terms people can understand. He is reasonable, and reasoned. I'm hoping he'll get plenty of air time in...
Man in a Shed (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
I've been alarmed by the initial Conservative responses today to the news on interest rates and the question on if they will be passed on. I don't see George Osborne insistence that the government make the banks pass on the cut as something that should ever have come from the mouth of a Conservative politician. But Philip Hammond on Newsnight just 10 minutes ago was a revelation. He knew his facts,...
西儒 ─ The Western Confucian (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
"From having talks with Blackwater to trying to fly unmanned aerial vehicles over Darfur, the war-hungry celebrities and activists of the Save Darfur lobby have taken leave of their senses," says Philip Hammond — Darfur: the dangers of celebrity imperialism . Charley Reese said it best — None of Our Business : To George Clooney and the other Americans who demonstrated and demanded that the U.S. intervene...
IT consultant's blog (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
Whitehall has binned £273m-worth public sector IT projects over the last five years. This was revealed in series of parliamentary written answers to shadow chief secretary to the treasury Philip Hammond. The £273m figure included: £149.4m of projects axed by the Department for Work and Pensions, including the Benefits Processing Replacement Programme (BPRP), run by IBM and PA Consulting and the retirement...
The Herald (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Sketch: The Tory representatives are crowded around the Teletubby green BBC exhibition stand on one of the conference walkways. On-screen, and just a few metres down the hall, Andrew Neil is interviewing Philip Hammond, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
Labourhome (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Philip Hammond, shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, shocks Jenni Russell Here's the intro from her article in the Guardian : It didn't take long to start feeling enraged at this conference. Twenty minutes, in fact – the time it took Philip Hammond, shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, to talk his leisurely way through the problems facing Britain's economy, and conclude that the City of London...
Conservative Party (Free subscription) | 20/09/2008
Philip Hammond has criticised Gordon Brown after new figures revealed families are £572 a year worse off.
Conservative Party (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Philip Hammond has stressed the need for a "long-term economic recovery plan" after more bad economic news.
Labour Matters (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
With the Conservatives publicly flirting with promises of tax and service cuts in the newspapers today, some might question the wisdom of attacking Gordon Brown for not having an “economic recovery plan”. But that’s precisely what the shadow chief secretary to the treasury, Philip Hammond, has done today in a Conservative Party press release entitled [...]
Conservative Party (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
Philip Hammond has warned that families are having to "put their lives on hold" because of the freeze in the housing market.
