Posts Tagged Conservative Party
Helmer’s Bad Heir Day
Posted by Natalie Hamill in European Union on 01/02/2012
By Lucy Hatton
A political stalemate has emerged in Brussels between the UK Conservative Party and one of its more outspoken members, Roger Helmer MEP, over the succession of the latter’s seat in the European Parliament (EP).
“Should I Stay or Should I Go”
Posted by Stephen Clarke in Politics on 26/04/2011
This weekend Chris Huhne voiced serious criticisms of the Chancellor and the Conservative party in light of the ‘No to AV’ campaign’s recent claims about the cost and benefit for radical parties of the AV electoral system. Perhaps most significant could be the fact that he ‘refused to rule out resigning as energy secretary over the tensions’. Huhne’s outburst came on the same day that the Independent on Sunday ran an interview with Nick Clegg where the Deputy Prime Minister in effect described the Tories, as opponents of AV, as a ‘nasty right wing clique’. Although political rhetoric can be misleading, the coalition government seems to be on the verge of splitting at the seams.
All that glitters can’t be sold
Posted by Laura Brereton in Health on 06/07/2009
By Daniel Isenberg
Every policy has costs and benefits alike, and in today’s world of tight purse strings, worth is often determined on the basis of financial outcome. The political narrative is dominated by debates over ‘spend or cut’, ‘waste or value’. Whilst the Conservatives are placing themselves firmly in the corner of financial prudence with a policy of fiscal retrenchment, this raises two concurrent questions about the latest rumours escaping CCHQ about Tory policy on electronic health records:
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‘Make Britain Great Again’-How the Tories could loosen Britain’s ties with Brussels (as well as those within the party)
Posted by David Conway in European Union on 29/09/2008
In an interview held with the The Sunday Times yesterday, former Tory leader William Hague emphasized that, should the Tories win power in 2009 or 2010, a ‘Conservative government could still hold a referendum on Europe, even if the Lisbon Treaty had already been ratified.’ Considering a national ballot on Britain’s EU membership may seem a rather bold and possibly even clever move (if as stated in the article’s comment section the Tories are to ‘make Britain Great again’) – if only there was nothing else on that agenda, writes Judith Gollata.