Q&A: Conservative EU policy
BBC News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
A guide to the Conservative Party's new policy on Europe - and why it is causing controversy.
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Greg Lewis: The Friday Rush: For conservatives, $400 million buys defeat at the ballot box
Media Matters for America (Free subscription) | yesterday
If you're a masochist, like me, then I know exactly where you were last Sunday morning: in front of your television, eyes fixed to Rush Limbaugh's 30-minute tee-ball interview, courtesy of Fox News Sunday and Chris Wallace. If you're a regular listener of The Rush Limbaugh Show -- or, better yet, a regular reader of Media Matters' Limbaugh Wire -- then you probably recognized that every morsel Limbaugh...
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Now is the time for the Conservatives to grow up regarding Europe
Julian’s musings (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
My latest post for LabourHome addresses the issue of the Conservative Party’s attitude to Europe: http://www.labourhome.org/?p=8280
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Duffy demonstrates the new Conservative party psyche
Impolitical (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Just want to add my two cents to the television event of the week for the political junkies of the nation. This was not a substantive event, the information presented in the Stoffer study was worthy of noting, yes. But the larger interest here arising out of Duffy's presentation is one that has to do with the morphed Conservative psyche, I would submit. In two ways. First, there's the spectacle of...
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Because conservative governments are better for the economy, right?
Bowie's Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Harper one year later: over half a million jobs have vanished OTTAWA - As the Canadian economy shed a net 43,000 jobs in October, Liberal Finance Critic John McCallum criticized Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s “don’t worry be happy” attitude in the early phases of the recession. “A little over a year ago, Stephen Harper promised Canadians that if they re-elected him Prime...
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Canadian Conservatives keep lead over Liberals
People Daily (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Canada's ruling Conservative Party has maintained its double-digit lead over major rival the Liberal Party, according to a new poll released Thursday. The weekly EKOS poll put the Conservatives at 37.4 percent, compared with the Liberals at 26.8 percent. Both parties are back at the support levels they got during last year's election. The two parties were once locked in a dead heat during the summer,...
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After Hoffman, Rubio Is Likely Conservatives' Next Challenge
RealClearPolitics (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The defeat of Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman in New York's 23rd district isn't likely to change conservatives' plans to turn their attention quickly to Florida's GOP Senate primary. The Club for Growth's endorsement of former state Speaker Marco Rubio (R) now seems inevitable, since he has positioned himself as the conservative insurgent against Gov. Charlie Crist (R), whom Rubio defines as...
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Very Big Week in Welsh Politics.
A View from Rural Wales (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
I do not believe that many commentators on Welsh politics have acknowledged the significance of David Cameron's statement last Friday that a Conservative Government led by him would not veto a formal request for a referendum on extra powers for the National Assembly for Wales. The 6th of November, 2009 was a very big day for Welsh politics. Since it delivered one of the main objectives behind my decision...
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Aghast Mail bemoans birth of 'European superstate' | Peter Preston
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
CRY UMM! for England, David and St George. For when the cranky conservative president in Prague put his signature to the Lisbon treaty last week, Britain's Eurosceptic press didn't know what to do. The Express had a ritual rant, of course, but it doesn't count. The real question was what the Sun, Telegraph and Mail would say. Answer: nothing very convincing. The Telegraph contrived to lead on other...
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Offensive Language?
Liberal Conspiracy (Free subscription) | yesterday
Its been yet another one of those in weeks in which the use of ‘offensive’ language has been making headlines in both the press and with at least one prominent blogger. The story that captured the media’s attention was, of course, Pierre Lellouche’s description of the Conservative Party’s attitude towards the European Union: “They have one line [...]
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Time To Connect The Dots
Far and Wide (Free subscription) | yesterday
The first step in defeating a government, undermine their credibility. The notion of an out of control Conservative Party, showing complete disregard for taxpayer money, is something that will resonate, particularly if examples are PLENTIFUL. If I could offer one piece of humble advice, the Liberals should consider attack ads, revolving around the narrative of partisan self promotion, using OUR money....
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China in your hand
They're Joking. Aren't they? (Free subscription) | yesterday
Over at Conservative Ho they’ve been busier than Carol Decker’s drycleaners in whitewashing David Cameron’s betrayal of his ‘cast iron pledge’ to hold a referendum of the Lisbon Treaty if it was in force by the time he was elected Provincial Governor. This: " Today , I will give this cast-iron guarantee: if I become PM a Conservative government will hold a referendum...
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Election decisions
Stigweard1 Muses (Free subscription) | yesterday
I'm an instinctive Conservative voter but come the next general election I'm not sure yet who I'll vote for. I've never voted Labour and I am unlikely ever to do so. Similarly, I've never voted Lib Dem either and don't propose to start doing so. But neither am I yet certain I'll vote Conservative. While I support many of their current policies I am more than a little disappointed that we won't get...
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Agricola’s Winners and Losers for 2009
Bearing Drift (Free subscription) | yesterday
Now not only is this a debut post, but this is also the best breakdown of winners and losers you’re going to read all week. Trust me — this’ll be good stuff! LOSERS: The Washington Post — Bloggers and the MSM have had a tense relationship from the beginning. The Washington Post, once a bastion of information, is now less than tabloid in it’s quality or expectations. The...
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Gosport Tories
Working Class Tory (Free subscription) | yesterday
Conservative party members in the constituency of Gosport are apparently angry that their potential candidate will not be a local. Gosport is the seat of Sir Peter Viggers , or "duck island man" as the media would have him. Fair enough, Sir Peter was born in Gosport and grew up there, and has been the MP for more than thirty years. But an MP does not need to be local. It helps, but it should...
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UK Startups are Prey for Rip Off Artists Disguised as Angel Groups & Financiers, says Doug Richard
school for startups | 01/11/2009
(London, UK) In preparing to speak at an 18 November "Find, Pitch and Close: The Art of Securing Investment" event to be held at the Royal Institution in London, Dragons Den investor and serial entrepreneur, Doug Richard has been researching start up and small business funding options in the UK. He has begun sharing his insights into the industry with visitors to his blog at www.schoolforstartups.co.uk...
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A Political Assassination in the Making
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...