Tag: David Cameron

Following accusations that Europe’s new executive commission is “mostly being men from right-wing parties”, the new President of Europe has warned member nations to reconsider their commissioner nominations. Female commissioners would take top priority for the more prestigious jobs such

Nigel Farage has been formally selected as UKIP candidate for South Thanet in the 2015 General Election. The appointment ends months of waiting, which was caused because UKIP insisted on selecting after they knew who the Conservative candidate was, and

The Christian faith is being pushed out of public life, former attorney general Rt Hon Dominic Grieve has said, adding “Clearly it happens at a level of local power… In my view it’s very undesirable.” In an interview with The

Non-white voters now make up more than half of the first-time voters in some of the Conservative Party’s key targets, according to a data study from elections expert Ian Warren. This will make it harder for David Cameron to win

British director and actor Richard Attenborough has died aged 90 after a long illness, BBC news reported. Attenborough, who appeared in movies such as Brighton Rock, The Great Escape and Jurassic Park, in a career spanning six decades, died on

Writing in The Spectator this week, associate editor Damian Thompson has slammed Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron for silencing “the only minister who understands Islamism”. Rt. Hon. Michael Gove MP, who was removed from his position as Secretary of State for Education

North Sea oil has been at the centre of fierce debate over Scotland’s future ahead of an independence vote next month, with both sides wrangling over the outlook for the region’s treasure trove of black gold. Around 42 billion barrels

Westminster blog The Conservative Woman has run a scathing op-ed on Tory leadership hopeful and Mayor of London Boris Johnson, claiming that he would spell the end of the Conservative Party as we know it. Addressing the apparent pact of

Perhaps the most worrying aspect of the new manifesto from UKIP – Britain’s Tea Party – is the debt it owes to its most bitter ideological opponents, David Cameron and Nick Clegg. From the simperingly centrist, faux-Tory Prime Minister, it

British Prime Minister David Cameron broke off his holiday for meetings Wednesday on the threat posed by Islamic State jihadists following the “shocking and depraved” apparent beheading of US journalist James Foley. Cameron was returning to his Downing Street office

UKIP leader Nigel Farage has called on Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron to take a stand on the Islamic State and strip UK nationals who are fighting abroad of their citizenship and cancel passports using the little-known Foreign Enlistment Act

What exactly is a “moderate jihadist”? Is it someone who tweets photographs of severed heads but fights shy of getting his hands bloody? Someone who inclines towards enslaving captured women and children rather than burying them alive? One who only

The Conservatives could lose 500,000 votes at the 2015 General Election according to Philip Bowern, Rural Affairs Editor of the Western Morning Mail.  Bowern argues that David Cameron is uniquely placed to understand how important the issue is in the

Nigel Farage may be winning over the man in the street with his pub-loving image, but the sources of Ukip’s funds inhabit far more elevated circles, as Anne McElvoy discovers. The Right Moves The host is a generous party donor,

On Sunday we gave you 5 reasons why David Cameron’s op-ed in the Sunday Telegraph was ‘nonsense’ citing that the British Prime Minister was not prepared to take the tough decisions over Iraq. Yesterday, the Telegraph’s own Con Coughlin put

Britain is stepping up its role in Iraq beyond a humanitarian mission and the involvement is set to last months, Defence Minister Michael Fallon said in comments published Monday. “This is not simply a humanitarian mission,” Fallon said in comments

British Prime Minister David Cameron had an op-ed in the Sunday Telegraph today spelling out why he thinks ‘ISIS is bad, mmkay‘? At first glance it looks like a pretty solid stand against the barbarians marauding across the Levant. But in reality, much

Debt, North Sea oil and the pound sterling are just some of the economic issues pitting Edinburgh against London ahead of Scotland’s independence referendum in one month’s time. First Minister Alex Salmond, the nationalist leader, insists Scotland must receive a

While President Obama works on his golf swing, British Prime Minister David Cameron has cut his summer holiday short to preside over an emergency crisis meeting about the Islamic State in Iraq. Perhaps Cameron’s mind has been concentrated by stories

Australia has carried out its first airdrop to refugees in northern Iraq, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Thursday, joining a growing international effort to deliver humanitarian assistance. The cargo included 150 boxes of high energy biscuits and 340 boxes of

Despite talk of a complete reassessment of the scope and scale of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) when it’s Royal Charter expires next year, the corporation is still sending some 100,000 threatening letters to households every day, according to the

Former British Prime Minister Sir John Major has praised immigrants, saying they exhibit a “very conservative instinct” by coming to Britain to improve their families’ lives. He added that he admired their “guts and drive” in traveling thousands of miles

White Dee, the woman made famous by a Channel 4 Television Show about benefit claimants in Birmingham, is to speak at Conservative Party Conference on Welfare Reform, according to the Daily Mail. Deirdre “Dee” Kelly is being hailed by the

Overshadowed by the noisy departure of Baroness Warsi, another recently liberated Conservative is causing problems for his former boss, albeit in a slightly more subtle manner. While Warsi’s weapon of choice was the Sunday Times front page, Owen Paterson’s chosen