Liberal Burblings (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Baroness Buscombe. Not someone I had heard of when I woke up on 16th November. Then an interview with her on Today assailed my ears. A rude awakening. She’s chair of the Press Complaints Commission. The last Chair of that body, Sir Christopher Meyer, managed to deal quite smoothly with the role; but, then again, he was a [...]
The Lone Voice (Free subscription) | yesterday
From the unveiling of a portrait of Mrs Thatcher. Gordon Brown has banned television cameras from the unveiling of a portrait of Margaret Thatcher in Downing Street amid suspicions he is terrified of unflattering comparisons of their records. Baroness Thatcher will effectively stage her own No 10 reunion when the painting by distinguished Royal artist Richard Stone is displayed in public for the first...
Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
A TORY peer has paid nearly £1.5m for the only double Victoria Cross awarded during the first world war.
The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
Baroness Buscombe is terribly sorry when we meet. Since agreeing to an interview in May, a month into her role as chairman of the Press Complaints Commission, her schedule has forced her to postpone countless times. But when we inform her we're running a piece with or without her input, she is in our office foyer within 24 hours, a bouquet of expensive bags and scarves.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
The "ultimate" gallantry medal - the only double Victoria Cross from the Great War - has been bought by Tory peer Lord Ashcroft for a world record price of nearly £1.5 million.
Britannia Radio (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
This is quite a remarkable speech made by Lord Howell. I think he’s right! Christina ================================ CONSERVATIVE HOME 20.11.09 Lord Howell: "The UK is beginning to look like a failed nation" The Shadow Deputy Leader of the Lords, Lord Howell of Guildford, gave a pretty robust yet dispiriting assessment of the state of the UK as the Upper House debated the Queen's Speech...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The Electoral Commission is accused of dragging its feet over a probe into donations to the Tories by the company of Lord Ashcroft.
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
LORD TEBBIT, 78, served in the RAF before becoming a Conservative MP. A trusted ally of Margaret Thatcher, he held a string of high-profile government posts in the Eighties. The Game Cook by Norman Tebbit (JR Books, £14.99) is out now
Online Journalism Blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Following recent coverage of the PCC’s Baroness Buscombe’s Independent interview where she possibly mooted the idea of the PCC regulating blogs, I thought I would share some correspondence I had with the PCC recently over the same issue. In a nutshell: blogs can already choose to operate under the PCC anyway. I asked Simon Yip of the PCC whether a hyperlocal blog could opt in to the PCC...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Tory leader wows website beloved of modern mothers and declares oatcakes (with butter and cheese) as his favourite biscuit By the time the Tory leader logged on to mumsnet with the words " Hello, this is David Cameron signing in ," there were already more than 250 questions waiting for him. Only one or two of them appeared to be about biscuits. The mumsnet live chat has been a staple of...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
He never ceased to be conscious that his political roots lay deep in Ulster Unionism. While giving fervent support to the Conservatives after moving to Manchester, he remained a faithful member of the local association in his native North Belfast as the party’s electoral fortunes plunged in the 1990s with the remorseless rise of Ian Paisley. Steinberg supported the radical steps towards partnership...
The Church Mouse (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The story that the new chairman of the Press Complaints Commission was considering extending the organisation's remit to include the regulation of blogs caused quite a stir. Pretty much every blogger who posted it was outraged at the idea, and added in a fair amount of mockery that the remit would need to include discussion boards and comments threads as well to have any meaning whatsoever. Liberal...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Former Tory minister has shown the value of politician's skills in running sports It is fashionable to condemn politicians out of hand these days - and after the moat, duck-house and claims-for-non-existent-mortgages horror show, several MPs have groaned that they are now universally regarded as "the lowest of the low." That is probably taking self-pity too far, but they are right that in...
Edward's Ramblings (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
I went along to the Chamber and found out that the Government had run up the white flag over Lord Waddington’s free speech amendment on the Coroner’s and Justice Bill. This is a great victory for free speech which in a democracy should be paramount. In the evening I debated at the Oxford Union alongside the Bishop of Winchester and Jonathon Aitken. At a well attended debate we won by ten...
Radio 4 - Today (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The Conservative party have criticised the Queens speech, accusing the government of using it as a "Labour press release on Palace parchment". The party condemned the government for failing to include legislation to tackle MPs' expenses and NHS reform, and Tory peer Lord Strathclyde has threatened to block the proposed bills. David Cameron, leader of the Conservative party, discusses his...
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