Great BritainGreat Britain much more than just another country264Great Britain2010-09-03T02:39:37polly iticalbarry.david.adams@googlemail.comLabour Party NewsJim Knight's response to Cameron's proposals on benefit fraud2010-09-03T02:38:55Responding to David Cameron's proposals on benefit fraud Jim Knight, Shadow Minister for Welfare Reform, said: The Labour Government halved welfare fraud over the past decade and it's right that this should remain a priority. f7988461c40e1f0c1b1212ef393a0e8cLabour Party NewsMore unanswered questions from Liam Fox - Bob Ainsworth2010-09-03T02:38:55Bob Ainsworth MP, Labour’ Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, has responded to Liam Fox’ speech today on cuts to the Armed Services at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors saying:“Today we had more unanswered questions from Liam Fox. He still can’ tell us how our nuclear deterrent will be paid for – but maybe that’ unsurprising as George Osborne seems to be calling all the shots.e5fdf5fad7dd6d4ff61c39888770c82dLabour Party NewsClegg's commitment to openness was empty rhetoric - Straw2010-09-03T02:38:55Shadow Justice Secretary, Jack Straw MP, responding to the Political and Constitutional Reform Select Committee’ damning criticism of Nick Clegg’ refusal to allow adequate scrutiny of his political reform Bills, said: ldquo;This correspondence is further evidence that Nick Clegg’ pre-election commitment to increased openness and accountability was just empty rhetoric. There is a sharp contrast between the way he is handling these major pieces of constitutional legislation and the way in which Labour in government handled equivalent legislation. 54ccec5f93722c7ec7f026e9bb7f0cc3Labour Party NewsCoalition's U-turn on prison parties - Straw2010-09-03T02:38:55Responding to the coalition's u-turn today on prison parties, Jack Straw MP, Labour's Shadow Justice Secretary said: This is chaotic stuff and very early in the government's term. 2cc1af2c8e425b62650d4604f27593caLabour Party NewsResults of Labour’s approach to supporting the recovery2010-09-03T02:38:55Alistair Darling MP, Labour's Shadow Chancellor said:"Today figures show the results of the Labour Government’ approach to supporting the recovery. 782320e3d3d0dcb2e33d31858a66ea3fLabour Party NewsHuge risks the Government is running with the economy - McFadden2010-09-03T02:38:55Shadow Business Secretary, Pat McFadden MP, responding to the latest survey of business attitudes from the Federation of Small Businesses said: "This survey shows the huge risks the Government is running with the economy. 05aeaa592c02d41c2746a749fb8d9fbaLabour Party News"Home Secretary demonstrates a lack of understanding" - Johnson2010-09-03T02:38:55Labour's Shadow Home Secretary, Alan Johnson MP, responding to Theresa May's speech said:
"The Home Secretary demonstrates a lack of understanding about the powers already available to the police. An Anti-Social Behaviour Order is one of a series of different powers available to the police and is used when other punitive measures have failed.f100a82930d4b7db41e3fe894bdc31b3Labour Party NewsDarling responds to Osborne's Claims2010-09-03T02:38:55Labour's Shadow Chancellor Alistair Darling responded to George Osborne's claims today that the government’ economic policy is 'fair' and 'progressive'. 2d105643094ad6e9abe857d3bf51afe8Labour Party News"David Cameron owes the public an apology today" - Khan2010-09-03T02:38:55Shadow Transport Secretary Sadiq Khan MP, responding to reports of the Coalition’ plan to raise the free bus pass age earlier than planned, said:“David Cameron owes the public an apology today. His mock outrage during the General Election campaign has been shown up as a cynical and misleading act, and his manifesto commitment to protecting concessionary fares as a sham. b75eaa77824f1a24fc69416818e32f8fLabour Party NewsUnlikely civil society will become "bigger" with large public spending cuts - Jowell2010-09-03T02:38:55Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office Tessa Jowell MP, in response to David Cameron’ speech on the big society, said:“The content of today's speech is simply a brass-necked rebranding of programmes already put in place by a Labour Government.0522cc84ea2c9548c57248dfc172a069News » Daniel HannanFive reasons why the EU is more unpopular than ever2010-09-02T15:55:53According to Eurobarometer, the EU is at a record low in approval ratings. Fewer than half of its citizens regard it as “a good thing” and only 42 per cent have confidence in its institutions. The President of the European Commission, José Manuel Durrão Barroso, is in no doubt as to whose fault this is:
We [...]66aff2087a187bd2806c4dff4761f3a2thetorydiaryDoes it matter that only three of the 23 Cabinet ministers have been councillors?2010-09-02T15:46:211d6ab393e2eea0ab6701c7f8046b94d4thetorydiaryWilliam Hague given vote of confidence by Tory members2010-09-02T14:47:0134d8e475d4166baee80874e28e1abc7fNews » Daniel HannanDid Alastair Campbell ghost Tony Blair's book?2010-09-02T10:48:52My friend Bingo Williams draws my attention to a hilarious Mills-&-Boon passage in Tony Blair’s memoirs, in which he describes the night he decided to contest the Labour leadership. Perhaps Alastair Campbell, once a writer of soft porn, helped with the drafting:
That night she cradled me in her arms and soothed me; told me what I [...]c9ff57f01a684cef2f3e6e487271d0fcthetorydiaryConservativeHome's September survey is live2010-09-02T10:39:49d51f7548c9a11d443d292bb67cc00061Party Lines BlogRegional round-up2010-09-02T10:12:51Total Politics because knowledge is power Home Magazine Blogs YouTube Daily Politico Subscriptions Internships Editorial Board The Team About Contact Shop Political Speeches Political Blogs Political Quotes Interview : Leader of Hammersmith and Fulham Council Top 50 Scottish blogs by Asa Bennett Regional round-up September 2nd , 2010 Lancashire County Council has unveiled a cuts package that could hit jobs in Lancashire children’s homes and young people’s services . Conservative leaders at County Hall claim they have tried to minimise the impact on frontline operations , following reductions in government grants totalling 22m . But opposition councillors insist the most vulnerable will be hit hardest by the raft of spending . cuts Stoke-on-Trent City councillor Dave Sutton , who announced594f5f54dfcf8dfdc30c3923d8a56898thetorydiaryThe Coalition will drift Leftwards unless the Right organises2010-09-02T07:56:11ff31cf1506c3bae3a3b568daa679863fthetorydiaryNew York Times reopens tabloid hacking claims allegedly involving Downing Street Communications Director2010-09-02T07:44:373eed55d4dc949e04909df7864f363b74thetorydiaryHow blue is the Coalition? Part Three: Public Services2010-09-02T06:30:461600bdf59b58a2d85705f2cb7152b16cAn English Shooters BlogShooting tonight2010-09-01T20:25:43Down the club with Little Miss English Shooter, what a nice evening. Sent from my HTCac2600b4b71c4f85037063125061ac6cAn English Shooters BlogHTC Peep is down2010-09-01T11:49:15So while I have a cool phone the twitter application is down, it looks like it is being reported all over the web as an issue with the program PEEP and http://www.mikesouthby.co.uk/2010/09/htc-peep-not-working-this-is-why/ so come on HTC get a wiggle on and fix this.170e038a20fb35ea7261f763333432fbNews » Daniel HannanGreenland to Greenpeace: your hunger for publicity is putting our lives at risk2010-09-01T10:15:55Those ingrate Inuit! They just don’t appreciate all the efforts that middle class Greenies are making on their behalf!
The prime minister of Greenland – a socialist, no less – has attacked Greenpeace for sabotaging an Arctic exploration rig. Kuupik Kleist is plainly not a politician given to circumlocution:
The cabinet regards Greenpeace’s action as very serious [...]0517aef0d4745fa021ff99b21f86e685thetorydiaryHow blue is the Coalition? Part Two: Home and Constitutional Affairs2010-09-01T06:33:49468e74c4fef4b2b875ddf417f47bdf39News » Daniel HannanAt midnight, I became older than Homer Simpson2010-09-01T00:01:25I mention it simply because it allows me to post a link to one of my favourite clips:
cd83bf10e0b5285f71e490fcc966e127thetorydiary142 schools to convert to Academy status in first wave of Gove reforms2010-08-31T23:03:06151f5bafbb164e26ae9389bfd49095d1News » Daniel HannanGuess what Edward Heath's worst subject at school was2010-08-31T07:11:09I’ve often wondered whether Britain would have joined the EEC but for Edward Heath. Our membership was the product of despair. We joined at our lowest ebb, in the days of the three-day week, double-digit inflation, constant strikes and power cuts. It’s hard to imagine the Marketeers carrying Parliament, let alone winning a referendum, ten [...]1e76f23080800d45fac767a05bbb774cthetorydiaryHow blue is the Coalition? Part One: The economy2010-08-31T06:08:28c68797e547bc39ba22a70f6cf1ecf884thetorydiary'Scotifying' the Scottish Tories2010-08-30T19:14:41599090fbfebc6a08ece29025a7555f8ethetorydiaryCoalition must offer "light at the end of the tunnel" to taxpayers2010-08-30T07:28:06417670ae70a1d2ab4ea792f191a527c5News » Daniel HannanExtra spending on overseas aid does nothing to appease the mega-charities-cum-lobbyists2010-08-30T04:22:47Two departments, as the whole country knows, are excused the general cost-cutting necessitated by Labour’s deficit: health and international aid.
Not that these exemptions have generated much goodwill in the affected sectors. Here, for example, is a churlish piece by John Hilary, Executive Director of War on Want. Apparently, international aid agencies are upset because ministers, [...]ec2aaf50cb6e15d499b98a366c052af6News » Daniel HannanDo open primaries favour plutocrats and extremists?2010-08-29T14:39:24Open primaries are the best idea in contemporary politics. They shift power from party hierarchs to voters, from Whips to backbenchers and from ministers to Parliament. They serve to make legislatures more diverse and legislators more independent. I know, I know: you’ve heard it all before. This blog has been single-minded – tiresome, you might [...]14670c5b5f821fc95ec5a8a6b7d2d150thetorydiaryNHS Direct... The Gurkhas... Crossrail... The cuts get real2010-08-29T07:57:03cc63b5752ae5bf71641a8936c834e710News » Daniel HannanIs it 'dirty tricks' to register a domain name that an opponent might want?2010-08-28T19:29:28
The answer, it seems, depends on whether it’s you or your opponent doing the registering.
The excellent Dizzy Thinks posts here on the double standard of two Labour bloggers, Sunny Hundal (no surprise) and Will Straw (of whom we expect better). His short piece is well worth reading, even if you don’t usually follow hyperlinks.
Dizzy asks: [...]3fe638c8bf41c9308f1486b35d3d8988thetorydiaryJeremy Hunt: the BBC "has to live on the same planet as everyone else".2010-08-28T17:19:58fc11beac487615e3b36673b6398c08fethetorydiaryFirst photos of Florence Cameron released2010-08-28T13:12:022af2951a1460330f15900eb82f52449cthetorydiaryCrispin Blunt decides "to come to terms with his homosexuality" and separates from his wife2010-08-27T15:00:059d7421c9925bc683a23f2813677f7e2athetorydiaryBeing Prime Minister means taking risks2010-08-27T07:44:30badad4f9093e34d4ea7122395db43366thetorydiaryWin a pair of tickets to see Yes, Prime Minister on stage in London!2010-08-27T05:07:23076f8cf27481968e4897cf2696e7ccd6News » Daniel HannanOther budgets face cuts, but our contributions to the EU have risen to £2 million an hour2010-08-26T20:05:22The Telegraph reports today that, while Brussels is urging its members to trim their spending, it wants to increase its own budget. No surprise there, then.
Euro-integrationists are fond of likening the EU to a bicycle that must keep moving forward (though I’ve always felt that a ravening shark would make a better simile). But they [...]e292f039c488f495dd6171b2e7578a4eNews » Daniel Hannan'Fairness' has now come to mean 'more state spending'2010-08-25T19:55:42Neil O’Brien has already done a superb job of demolishing the claim that the last Budget was unfair to the poor. (The BBC, like The Guardian, told us that these claims came from a report by the “respected” Institute for Fiscal Studies, neglecting to mention that the report had been commissioned by a Left-wing pressure [...]4a6ca0a66f9c53e1e0ac376c66ba356dThe Wardman WireNick Clegg and a Labradoodle: Long lost twins2010-08-23T11:39:11: iPhone Mobile The Wardman Wire Politics and Life Subscribe Subscribe by email Portal Blog News Politics Local International Religion Media Legal Review Tutorial Browse : Home All WW Comment Internet Technical Labour Lib-Con 2010 Coalition LibDem Lookalikes Nick Clegg and a Labradoodle : Long lost twins Nick Clegg and a Labradoodle : Long lost twins By Matt Wardman August 23, 2010 The LibCon coalition is going through it’s first real what is Nick for and is he a Cameron poodle pressure spot , after what I think has been a very good start . They are tackling the difficult questions , while the Labour leadership contenders are floating on a pink the national finances were not in a mess and we were a competent government cloud out of their own . imagination Dr Pack may not thank me for thisaa5434cf94e479b73395c98a8d810e1dAn English Shooters BlogFrom the country to the party2010-08-19T23:37:14So today we are told that the Labour party are ‘on the verge of bankruptcy’ , if they can not look after thair own finances should we be too surprised at the state of the finances of the country? So how long until they are bailed out by the unions? Back to the 80’s any one.3e48b35f058f6ade81a9e7a36953f157An English Shooters BlogWell, did you evah2010-08-11T22:26:49Well time for some tunes I think, tonight I will give you Iggy Pop & Deborah Harry.9b31d1965296e18a89ef83fb1912eba5An English Shooters BlogBig brother gets a little smaller2010-08-06T07:42:35Way back in January 2009 a database went on-line called ContactPoint giving access to 400,000 people to information about every child in the UK they included name, address, date of birth, GP and school. No parent was able to have their child’s information removed from the database regardless of the lack of any wrong doing on their [...]cdb3ec35b3e5acdf668cfa7623728811An English Shooters BlogThe NRA guidence to the committee2010-08-05T21:56:14The NRA have published some guidance for us shooters in our submissions to the Committee Firearms Control Inquiry that this with the BASC guidance and get going. http://www.nra.org.uk/common/asp/content/content.asp?site=NRA&id=830ebe1fce0e52336a975656812ec111d1eAn English Shooters BlogIt’s not a communist state.2010-08-05T21:42:47 This is a fantastic little rant titled: David Mellor’s airport rage click and enjoy.db48a33857584e98913769f5cb94d3bfAn English Shooters BlogHome Affairs Committee firearms review2010-08-04T22:03:23So the shooters of the UK have only a few days remaining to submit any ideas they have to the Home Affairs Committee firearms review. It has been reported in the last couple of days who is charging the committee and it is Labour’s Keith Vaz, and after looking at his voting record I think [...]5cb7d44b85758cb22eb5e5910008d0a9An English Shooters BlogQuote of the day2010-07-20T17:15:20Bookmark this category The new Government are looking to make the tax system a little more simple according to the BBC. The quote of the day for me is from the BBC report: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-10691779 Mr Osborne said his "dream" was "that people might actually understand the tax laws which they were being asked [...]8ce3d7c0ab12f2f8f736e25ed07b958aThe Wardman WireCrime at lowest level – the figures must be wrong, Labour were in power not the Tories! Time to shift the goalpost.2010-07-15T17:26:53, . iPhone Mobile The Wardman Wire Politics and Life Subscribe Subscribe by email Portal Blog News Politics Local International Religion Media Legal Review Tutorial Browse : Home All WW Columns Politics Decoded Crime at lowest level the figures must be wrong , Labour were in power not the Tories Time to shift the goalpost . Crime at lowest level the figures must be wrong , Labour were in power not the Tories Time to shift the . goalpost By Garbo July 15, 2010 Politics Decoded Spring 2010 by Garbo Bullygate exposes the poor spin operators at Tory HQ once again : Politics Decoded by Garbo Is Labour making a comeback Politics Decoded by Garbo Are the Tories bored of playing it safe or bored of losing Politics Decoded by Garbo Under-estimating the Labour party by Garbo Brown should call a8bf57c5d8e23991e4918fdf5d181593bThe Wardman WireNick Clegg – “What mandate did they have, I didn’t vote for them?”2010-07-15T09:47:40Post from: The Wardman WireNick Clegg – “What mandate did they have, I didn’t vote for them?”
Post from: The Wardman WireNick Clegg – “What mandate did they have, I didn’t vote for them?”</a018db3b2155d56152a914d2157f36db9thetorydiary17Labour Party News10News » Daniel Hannan10An English Shooters Blog9The Wardman Wire3Party Lines Blog1