The Independent (Free subscription) | 18/06/2008
Today David Davis takes the Chiltern Hundreds. We'll miss him. He's a very fine fellow. Great asset to his party in or out of Parliament. He's not a libertarian, by the way, and certainly not a liberal. He's a Constitutional Conservative. Likes history. Maybe he is history. But then who isn't, sooner or later, so good luck to him.
Benedict Brogan's political blog (Free subscription) | 16/06/2008
I pointed out last week that David Davis was still an MP. Expectation this morning was that he would take the Chiltern Hundreds about now to allow the Tories to move the writ this afternoon. But I hear from his...
Three Score Years And Ten (Free subscription) | 16/06/2008
Has David Davis yet applied for the Chiltern Hundreds (as a means of resigning from the Commons) and has it been granted to him under the seal of the Chancellor of the Exchequer? If these matters had been covered either on Thursday when he made his dramatic announcement or on Friday before the Commons went into its weekend break, then by now they should have been published in the Commons's "Votes...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 14/06/2008
Editorial: David Davis is about to swipe one of Tony Blair's jobs - but only if Alistair Darling lets him
Benedict Brogan's political blog (Free subscription) | 13/06/2008
As of 10 minutes ago, DD is still an MP. He hasn't applied for the Chiltern Hundreds, although I'm told that is in hand. On a technical point, he'll have to remember to resign his Crown appointment sharpish, otherwise he'll...
ElBlogador.co (Free subscription) | 13/06/2008
Despite being an arch anti-Tory myself, it is difficult not to have some regard for David Davis' decision to apply for Tony Blair's position as Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds, and subsequently then submit himself as a candiate for the ensuing bye-election. Some say it is an act of ego; others an act of principle. I would suggest that it's probably a bit of both. Let's not forget...
A Very British Dude (Free subscription) | 12/06/2008
In protest at the " monstrosity " of a law passed yesterday, David Davis has taken the Chiltern hundreds saying ...I will fight it, I will argue this by-election, against the slow strangulation of fundamental British freedoms by this government. Now, that may mean I've made my last speech to the House—it's possible. And of course that would be a matter of deep regret to me. But at least my electorate,...
British Blogs (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
Wednesday:BoJo the Clown has officially "taken the Chiltern Hundreds".That's actually just Parliamentary SLANG, the Parliamentary language for saying: "I quit". The Law (by which I mean the Act of Settlement) says that you cannot be an MP and hold an "office of profit" (of which there are two) working for Mrs the Queen. I know that the ACTUAL office of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds...
Semper Reformandum (Free subscription) | 15/04/2008
Grandson Tommy’s fifth birthday so we are off to the excellent open air zoo at Lympne in Kent. Lots of Rhinos, Gorillas and many others. On the way back we stop at the Chiltern Hundreds Inn Maidstone for no better reason than it was the the first food pub we saw after leaving [...]
10 Downing Street News (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: President of Uganda, Peter Mandelson, European spring council, enterprise agenda, child poverty, Energy companies, Commonwealth Day, Lord Goldsmith, budget, heathrow and weather
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
PRESIDENT Paul Kagame has reshuffled his cabinet ahead of the September parliamentary elections, it has emerged.
France24 (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
British lawmakers voted against the referendum on the EU Lisbon reform treaty defeating a bid by the Conservatives, who accuse Brown of breaking a commitment by his predecessor Tony Blair.
Climate Resistance (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
Our stance on the climate debate is often assumed - with approval or derision, depending on who's doing the assuming - to reflect a wider Conservative outlook. We wouldn't want people cough > to go around thinking that Climate Resistance is some sort of Conservative reply to Environmentalism. Because it isn't. Steve McIntyre made a similar point after that very amusing voting malarky at last year's...
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008
GORDON Brown was accused today of losing his bottle over Europe.
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 04/03/2008
Britain said on Tuesday it would support a ban on a tour next year by the Zimbabwe cricket team in protest at President Robert Mugabe's rule, but the decision was up to the sport's authorities. The BBC's Inside Sport said the government was looking at several options to stop next year's tour.
