Liberal Burblings (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
I’ve got six or seven people in the Shadow Cabinet capable of working in the government. The rest are useless. So said David Cameron, apparently. Flight to Inverness are still available from the BA website.
Steve Beasant Liberal Democrat (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
According to the Telegraph online David Cameron is planning a New Year’s reshuffle, and it could be a “night of the long knifes” – similar to the savage Cabinet reshuffle when Harold MacMillan axed a number of his senior team in 1962. The Tory leader is seeking to boost the quality of his shadow ministerial team [...]
Boulton (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
The Tories allowed television cameras into a meeting of their shadow cabinet this afternoon where they discussed the letter Jacqui Smith had written to shadow home secretary Dominic Grieve denying any prior knowledge of Damian Green's arrest. Given the seriousness with which David Cameron's Conservatives have taken the investigation into one of their frontbenchers, the shadow ministers' response to...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
David Cameron is planning to approach the Conservative Party's experienced "big hitters" about returning to the Tory frontbench in a New Year reshuffle The Daily Telegraph has learnt.
Boulton (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
The Tories allowed television cameras into a meeting of their shadow cabinet this afternoon where they discussed the letter Jacqui Smith had written to shadow home secretary Dominic Grieve denying any prior knowledge of Damian Green's arrest. Given the seriousness with which David Cameron's Conservatives have taken the investigation into one of their frontbenchers, the shadow ministers' response to...
Jonathan Wallace (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Along comes another rumour to send them running back to the trenches. And this time, it's David Cameron expressing unhappiness with his band of merry wanderers. According to the Whip in The Sun: Now senior Tories are aghast at rumours that David Cameron was rubbishing them during a private dinner recently. He is said to have told a pal: “I’ve got six or seven people in the Shadow Cabinet capable
Liberal Democrat Voice (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
A bit ironic, given the timing, but the Spectator blog, Coffee House has this: Cameron should fix the shadow cabinet while the sun is shining. Tucked away in the Whip column of The Sun is this item: “Now senior Tories are aghast at rumours that David Cameron was rubbishing them during a private dinner recently. [...] Related posts: David Cameron to reshuffle Tory Shadow Cabinet today… …according to...
PoliGazette (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
Tory leader David Cameron stepped up his attacks against Prime Minister and Labor leader Gordon Brown in recent weeks, after several controversies involving Labor leaders broke out. After shadow immigration minister Damian Green was arrested, Cameron urged the Prime Minister to speak out against the arrest which he deems purely political. Writing in News of the World [...]
The UK Daily Pundit (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
Of all people David Davis should know better than to the arrest of his colleague Damian Green to the sort of treatment meted out to opposition politicians in Zimbabwe. Spot the difference between MDC leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, after being detained by Zimbabwean police, and Damian Green after being detained by British police. of Wales Online puts the hyperbole coming out of the Tory camp into context:...
Liberal Democrat Voice (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
Do the Conservatives oppose a third runway at Heathrow, or not? Iain Dale has this: There is growing disquiet among Tory MPs, and the Shadow Cabinet, about Theresa Villiers witchhunt against BAA. The Shadow Transport Secretary issued a press release yesterday headlined PROMISES FROM BAA CAN’T BE TRUSTED. The release went on to accuse BAA of breaking [...]
Kiwiblog (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
A huge uproar has occurred in the United Kingdom with the Shadow Immigration Minister, Damian Green, arrested over his use of leaked information that embarrasses the Government. David Davis, the former shadow home secretary, described the move as “somewhere between an astonishing error of judgment and judicial intimidation”. “Damian Green was doing his job, he was holding [...]
Daily Mail News (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
David Cameron today led a furious outcry at the arrest and detention for nine hours of the Conservative shadow immigration minister Damian Green.
euronews24 (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
The Conservatives confirmed that Mr Green, the MP for Ashford in Kent, was held but not charged.It is understood the arrest was in connection with alleged leaked information relating to media stories about immigration.Tory leader David Cameron was s
Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
There is growing disquiet among Tory MPs, and the Shadow Cabinet, about Theresa Villiers witchhunt against BAA. The Shadow Transport Secretary issued a press release yesterday headlined PROMISES FROM BAA CAN'T BE TRUSTED. The release went on to accuse BAA of breaking all its promises on a third runway. BAA are right to admit that they have lost the trust of Parliamentarians and local communities over...
ConservativeHome (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Nick Wood on Platform: If Tories allow Brown to win the next election they should retire to a monastery Bob McCartney on Local Government: Let councils open new grammar schools WATCH: Tory Bear's "trance remix" of George Osborne's brilliant response...
