Tag: David Cameron

Conservative MP Bob Neill has pledged to reintroduce a bill to parliament that would guarantee the UK a referendum on EU membership in 2017. The bill was first put forward last year and unanimously passed by the House of Commons,

The Conservative Party, and more notably Prime Minister David Cameron, is set to fall on the wrong side of German Chancellor Angela Merkel after it emerged that their European Parliamentary grouping has grown beyond control and allied with one of

Britain’s Labour Party is failing to make inroads into the marginal seats it needs to win the next election according to analysis by the sympathetic Fabian Society, reported in today’s Sun. Of the 106 seats needed to propel Ed Miliband to

The British Conservatives in the European Parliament have finalised the nomination of their candidate for the presidency of the European Parliament: a former Liberal Democrat, now Tory MEP who has mocked and insulted eurosceptics. Sajjad Karim, a Lancashire-born Muslim of

BEIJING, China – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will pay official visits to Britain and Greece from next Monday to Saturday, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said. Li, who is to attend an annual meeting with his British counterpart David Cameron,

After that meeting in Sweden, it looks like David Cameron can’t even win a battle in a phoney war. It turns out the prime minister didn’t even raise the issue of Jean-Claude Juncker at a meeting of the leaders of

Opponents of Scottish independence must match the emotion of the nationalist campaign in the 100 days left until the referendum, former British finance minister Alistair Darling said on Monday. Darling urged the “quiet but resolute majority” of Scots to play

Not for the first time a senior member of the Conservative party has demonstrated he does not understand how the European Union works. Worse, the Conservative in question, Andrew Lansley, the Leader of the Commons, is now favourite to be

With 100 days to go until Scotland votes on whether to leave the United Kingdom, Sky News has reported that the British government asked President Barack Obama to weigh into the debate.  At the G7 summit in Brussels last Friday the

How long do you think a white teacher would last in a British primary school if he were to tell his class of seven-year olds that all non-Christians were “filthy heathens”? Or if he referred to black people using the

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron said he wants snap inspections at schools in response to “deeply concerning” allegations of a plot by extremist Muslims to take over schools in the English city of Birmingham. In March an anonymous,

Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, has ruled herself out of becoming the president of the European Commission. Speaking in London yesterday at the presentation of the IMF’s annual assessment of the British economy, she said: “On

A report leaked to the British Tory press that Jean-Claude Juncker, the frontrunner to be the next president of the European Commission, was “dead drunk,” vulgar and aggressive in a meeting in 2007 when he was prime minister of Luxembourg raises

Andrew Lansley, the Leader of the House of Commons, has had his path cleared for an appointment to the European Commission by the Conservatives comfortable by-election win in Newark. Before the by-election the stumbling block to his appointment had been

Barack Obama has urged Scotland to remain a part of the United Kingdom, and also called for the UK to remain a part of the European Union, in an intervention that is likely to draw mixed responses within Britain. The

Despite losses in Britain and Poland, the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) look set to become the third largest group at the European Parliament.  Created by the British Conservative Party in the last parliamentary term it had been derided as

The Europhile favourite for the next President of the European Commission has arrogantly tweeted about his confidence this morning, claiming that he is sure to be the next Commission President. The move has already attracted opprobrium from media sources, as

A bunch of self-important luvvies has signed a letter calling for a moratorium on Britain’s barely nascent fracking industry. (H/T Bishop Hill) The list of contributors is like a Who’s Who from Hell. They include: Michael Mansfield QC – champagne

The European Commission has called for the British government to reband properties and increase council taxes. The call was amongst the Commission’s 2014 economic policy recommendations, which also said the government should use the higher tax revenue to cut the

The Conservatives are expected to win the Newark by-election on Thursday despite recent UKIP successes and surge in popularity. The poll conducted by Tory donor Lord Ashcroft suggests Robert Jenrick will hold the seat for the Conservatives with 42 percent

Grant Shapps may be replaced as Conservative Party Chairman according to the Independent. The paper has suggested that he may be replaced by Eric Pickles, a well-regarded former chairman.  Mr Pickles is currently Secretary of State for Communities and Local

Prime Minister David Cameron reportedly warned that Britain could leave the European Union if Jean-Claude Juncker becomes next president of the European Commission. Cameron is said to have issued the warning to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is backing Mr