January 31, 2008
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TweetSleaze has been firmly off the agenda at Prime Minister’s Questions for the last two weeks. “If you mention Hain, I’ll mention Osbourne…If You mention Conway, I’ll drag up Hain, Alexander etc” has led to a sort of stalemate situation. … Continue reading
January 30, 2008
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TweetA couple of remarkable, if perhaps predictable, developments in the US Presidential Race: You have to feel for John Edwards. He has soldiered on despite, or perhaps because of, his wife Elizabeth’s illness. He is what English people might call … Continue reading
January 30, 2008
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TweetUPDATE: The Mail has an article entitled: “£1.5m: The extraordinary amount Tory MP Derek Conway’s family earned from the taxpayer (after bonuses)” The press really get their teeth into the Conway family today. The Mail tops the list in my … Continue reading
January 30, 2008
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TweetUPDATE: The Mail has an article entitled: “£1.5m: The extraordinary amount Tory MP Derek Conway’s family earned from the taxpayer (after bonuses)” The press really get their teeth into the Conway family today. The Mail tops the list in my … Continue reading
January 29, 2008
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TweetGarth Crooks – a gem / / The Royal Today / / Stinger beer / / Nigel Slater recipe success at last Tweet This Post Tweet
January 29, 2008
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TweetOne could be forgiven for wondering where the Tories stand on crime these days. The BBC reports: Shadow minister Nigel Waterson has been questioned by police after allegations he assaulted two teenage children. The MP for Eastbourne, was arrested after … Continue reading
January 29, 2008
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TweetA photo of a very under-stated campaigning event via : UK Daily Pundit Tweet This Post Tweet
January 29, 2008
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TweetI see Tories such as James Cleverley trying to say how tough the Tories are on sleaze, based on the Conway episode: Once the Standards & Privileges Committee made their report Derek made an immediate apology. He didn’t squirm, he … Continue reading
January 29, 2008
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TweetGiving credit where credit is due, I welcome David Cameron’s decision to withdraw the Tory whip from Derek Conway. The BBC reported prominently that Duncan Borrowman had reported Conway to the police, and the Mail report this morning about Conway’s … Continue reading
January 29, 2008
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TweetHere: The next time David Cameron rises at PMQs to attack sleaze within the Government Labour MPs will only have to shout ‘Derek Conway’ back at him to blunt his attack. Unlike Brown Mr Cameron did not dither. He needed … Continue reading
January 29, 2008
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Tweet It’s great to know that Freddie Conway has had such a good time at Newcastle University – “loving every minute”…he says on his Bebo page. Tweet This Post Tweet
January 29, 2008
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Tweet It’s great to know that Freddie Conway has had such a good time at Newcastle University – “loving every minute”…he says on his Bebo page. Tweet This Post Tweet
January 28, 2008
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TweetJames Graham has quite rightly contrasted the Alan Johnson donor furore with the case of Derek Conway. I also note that Duncan Borrowman has written to Scotland Yard to investigate the latter MP. Having worked tangentially with a series of … Continue reading
January 28, 2008
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TweetThe Beta version of Tory Blogs is coming on here. It is very welcome. I used to use a thing called Right Wing blogs, which aggregated most of the Tory blogs. But it went belly up a year or so … Continue reading
January 28, 2008
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Tweet A Polish pub (above) has been opened today on Reading’s Oxford Road. The building used to be an Irish pub when it was the “Battle Inn”. Now it is the “Gospoda“. Good luck to Lucas Celmer and Margaret Majszak, … Continue reading
January 28, 2008
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TweetJames Graham has quite rightly contrasted the Alan Johnson donor furore with the case of Derek Conway. I also note that Duncan Borrowman has written to Scotland Yard to investigate the latter MP. Having worked tangentially with a series of … Continue reading
January 28, 2008
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TweetThe stream of praise for Nick Clegg on the Spectator’s Coffee House blog continues. Indeed, the author of these pieces, Fraser Nelson admits he has been accused of having a “love-in” with Nick Clegg: Nick Clegg continues to say the … Continue reading