Posts Tagged David Cameron
No one puts David in the corner!
Posted by Natalie Hamill in European Union on 09/12/2011
The UK woke up reeling from the astonishing news that Prime Minister David Cameron has walked out of an EU Summit and effectively removed the UK from EU treaty negotiations: treaty negotiations which were aimed at ‘salvaging’ the Eurozone. Not just making headlines in the UK; it seems David Cameron’s decision has captured attention across the globe. Of all the angles being examined, two are particularly striking – the apparent shock that David Cameron has followed through and done exactly as he said he would, and whether such a brash move has damaged the UK’s international standing and its ability to negotiate with its EU neighbours.
Full-Court Press
Posted by Carolina Bracken in Civil Liberty, Crime, Human Rights, Politics on 02/09/2011
Over past weeks, both David Cameron and Nick Clegg have written candidly about the “misrepresentation of human rights”, with the Deputy PM in particular bemoaning how those in power have “belittled the relevance of rights at home”. Their ambitions to “get a grip” on this distortion are essential and to be welcomed, as the media and public bodies continue to pollute the rights discourse with inaccuracies, errors and fallacious propaganda.
EU’ve Got Mail
Posted by Carolina Bracken in European Union on 10/08/2011
Buried amidst the media flurry sparked the recent riots, a seemingly inconsequential nugget of news has slipped largely undetected beneath the public radar.
Help me rich guy, you’re my only hope
Posted by David Merlin-Jones in Economics, Politics, Tax and Spend on 07/03/2011
David Cameron made a speech yesterday claiming the only route left for economic growth is via entrepreneurs and ‘go getters’. It’s rather disconcerting to begin with that this is now officially ‘the only strategy’, but the plan will lead nowhere unless the Government is prepared to put its money where its mouth is and create the conditions these entrepreneurs need. For this, there is one key manoeuvre: reduce income tax.
Pictured, not your average entrepreneur
All you need is love?
Posted by Stephen Clarke in Politics, Social Cohesion, Social Security, Tax and Spend on 14/02/2011
It is perhaps fitting that on Valentine’s Day David Cameron attempted to stoke up love for the Big Society in the face of recent criticism. It is perhaps doubly fitting because the success of the Big Society may depend upon love, or largely altruistic feelings, in the short term at least.
D-Day
Posted by David Merlin-Jones in Civil Liberty, Education, Politics on 09/12/2010
Students are hitting the streets again today, for the climax of protests against the tuition fee hike. Despite their cries, you can bet good money that the Bill will pass, with some estimating a decent seized majority of 20-40 in favour of the fees rise. In light of this inevitability, what is the legacy of these protests and what do they mean for the Liberal Democrats? As far as most of the protestors are concerned, the Lib Dems’ U-turn is a political betrayal and as a result future voters may develop an unhealthy case of premature cynicism.
