PMQs Richard Cressey Although usually focus of this blog would be on Brown vs. Cameron, this weeks opening question by Tony Baldry brought up the Prime Ministers comments to the Chilcot Inquiry last month concerning defence budget rises. The forced what will probably dominate the headlines in terms of Browns response. The Prime Minister had [...]
Cameron’s lack luster
After the messages of thanks to the soldiers and families of soldiers that have died this week as well as Michael Foot, PMQs this week, as usual, kicked off a couple of backbench questions solidly answered by Mr Brown. The Prime Minister came across well, by not sounding dismissive of issues raised by backbenchers on [...]
There is a £34bn black hole in Conservative spending commitments, according to Alistair Darling.
David Vaiani 29/1/10 When David Cameron opened up the process for selecting Tory Members of Parliament, and invited people who had never before considered going into politics, his intention was to change the image of the party in order to make it more broadly acceptable to the electorate. By convincing more ordinary people to become [...]
Cameron floats his idea of Prison ships.
Jenny Riddell 25/1/10 Well, it’s an interesting idea, this Tory dream. In fact, it summons up romantic images of the classic 1973 film ‘Papillon’ . A personal all time favorite. Cameron’s floating prison proposal is an imaginative attempt to tackle the unpopular early release scheme. Apparently, 75,000 inmates have been released early since Gordon Brown came to [...]
Are the Tories a one-man band?
David Vaiani 8/01/10 Shortly after the 1997 landslide, Tony Benn commented that New Labour was the smallest political party in history. What he meant was that although the party had once been run by a broad coalition of MPs, party officials and trade union representatives, New Labour was merely the creation and personal plaything of Tony Blair and his [...]
