Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Well, well, well. Here’s a thing. The news from David Cameron and Reg Empey in tomorrow’s Daily Telegraph is that the Conservative Party and the Ulster Unionist Party have agreed to set up “a joint working group to explore the possibilities of a closer cooperation leading to the creation of a new political and electoral force in Northern Ireland”. Slugger understands that although the decision was...
Cranmer (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
And why not? The Conservative Party has various diverse fora dedicated to Conservative Christians, Conservative Jews, Conservative Muslims, Conservative Hindus (no Sikhs) and Conservative Jedi. Not to mention the various cults of inter alia Bruges, Animal Welfare, Way Forward and Rural Action. It is the very task of a political party in a liberal democracy to forge links across a very broad spectrum...
Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
I have no doubt the socialists will have a field day with this. If 11 members of the Saskatchewan Party caucus belong to the federal Conservative Party, to what federal party or parties do the remaining Sask Party MLAs belong to? It should be pointed out that none of the Sask Party MLAs belong to the [...]
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | yesterday
A 100-strong Conservative Party delegation, including Tory parliamentarian Andrew Mitchell and Tory parliamentary hopeful, Harriett Baldwin, are expected to arrive Saturday in Rwanda to work as volunteers on a range of social projects in the country, APA learned on Wednesday. According to the British embassy in Kigali, the delegation will, among their activities, teach English and [...]
Buckdog (Free subscription) | yesterday
"I think we have a good working relationship and it bodes well for us. If anybody's going to cut somebody some slack they're going to cut us slack and I think it will do us more favours than the other way around." Don Morgan Justice Minister of Saskatchewan (and card carrying member of Stephen Harper's Conservative Party of Canada) Think back a couple of weeks when I told you how the Government of...
The Last Ditch (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Link: Labour have failed to control binge drinking - News Story - Conservative Party. I was a member of the Conservative Party for years. I led my University's Conservative association to control of our student union. I have an instinctive...
David Llewellyn (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Full coverage of the US Elections 2008 The revelation that 28 out of 91 Tory MPs responding to a survey want Barack Obama to win the US presidency is alarming testimony to the political illiteracy of the contemporary Conservative Party. Obama's voting record earned him the title of most liberal US senator in 2007, a dubious honour held by John Kerry in 2003. The Tories, in their lemming-lik...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
THE Conservative Party is in talks with the Ulster Unionists about joining forces to create a new political movement in Northern Ireland.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
THE Conservative Party is in talks with the Ulster Unionists about joining forces to create a new political movement in Northern Ireland.
Tangled Blog (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Did you read that the Conservative Party has been holding secret talks with the Ulster Unionist Party in an effort to restore a link shattered 30 years ago? Under the new arrangement, Ulster Unionist MPs would take the Tory whip and be offered posts in any future government. It would pave the way for the Conservatives to fight seats in Northern Ireland for the first time since the early days of the...
icWales (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
The Conservative Party is in talks with the Ulster Unionists about joining forces to create a new political movement in Northern Ireland.
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
The Conservative Party is in talks with the Ulster Unionists about joining forces to create a new political movement in Northern Ireland.
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
The Conservative Party is in talks with the Ulster Unionists about joining forces to create a new political movement in Northern Ireland.
Tim Worstall (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Whether it’s the UUP that he should be merging with is one thing: David Cameron is to launch the biggest shake-up of the Conservative Party for decades as part of a bold plan to win support across the whole of the United Kingdom. The Tories are to forge a new party [...]
A Pint of Unionist Lite (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Very happy to read this and I make no apologies for printing it in full : Joint Statement by David Cameron MP, Leader of the Conservative Party & Sir Reg Empey MLA, Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party. This is the full text of a statement that was published in the Daily Telegraph today, July 24th, 2008. "Northern Ireland is a better place today than it was a decade ago. There are grounds for confidence...
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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...
