Tag: David Cameron

Britain is leading the way in so-called “zero-hours” contracts that keep employees available but with no guarantee of work — and other countries are watching with interest. Trade unions are waging a bitter war against the contracts which some 1.4

(Reuters) – Nearly nine in 10 of the over four million Britons who backed the anti-EU UKIP party in this month’s European elections will vote for them again in national polls next year, potentially costing Prime Minister David Cameron vital

David Cameron’s Conservatives have been so weakened by their losses in the European Parliament that Tory MEPs may now be forced to sit in a political group with some of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s German opponents – leaving Cameron embarrassed after

London is pushing to become the Western capital for sharia finance in spite of the many potential ​dangers​. This past November, London hosted the 2013 World Islamic Economic Forum. Speaking at that event, Prime Minister David Cameron said: “I want

British Prime Minister David Cameron appears to have ditched the government’s controversial pledge to make spending 0.7 percent of GDP a legal requirement. Nick Clegg revealed that the promise, which had proved unpopular with many Conservatives will not appear in

Despite David Cameron’s bragging last year that he had forced the EU to contain its budget, the European Commission yesterday was back demanding a further €4.7bn (£3.8bn) of which Britain will have to pay around £500m. And while the demand

Brussels veterans are doing some eye-rolling at David Cameron’s claim he will be the one to stop the European Parliament’s favourite, Jean-Claude Juncker, from becoming the next president of the European Commission. Juncker may well be stopped – indeed, as

Britain is giving more than £30 million a year in benefits to families in other countries and, under European Union law, the government can do nothing about it. This means that families with hardly any connection to Britain can take

Conservative Party Leader David Cameron is trying to sabotage UKIP’s influence at the European Parliament, just days after trying to appear sympathetic to euroscepticism by telling the British people that their message at the polls was “received and understood.” Instead

Britain’s Sun newspaper has issued a ‘final warning’ to Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron following four years of Mr Cameron’s premiership, and continuing inability to curb UK immigration figures. The Murdoch-owned paper ran the headline, “We’re Seeing Red” with a

In an outburst somewhere between petulance and delusion, France’s economy and industry minister has said his country would be ready to “roll out the red carpet” for British investors if the UK voted to leave the EU. The socialist minister

Just days after losing his European Parliamentary seat, Martin Callanan has been tipped to be the next British appointment to the European Commission. The North-Easterner was leader of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) at the European Parliament until he

Two weeks ago on Breitbart London I took a look at what the European elections would mean for each party leader For Nigel Farage it was a case of win or die, and he won. David Cameron never had a

Even before the count started on Britain’s elections to the European Parliament, it appears David Cameron’s Conservative Party may have been trying to poach some of UKIP’s allies at the assembly. The eurosceptic Danish People’s Party (DPP), which tonight appears

Three Conservative MPs last night called for an electoral deal between their party and UKIP at the next General Election to prevent a split in the anti-EU right-wing vote. Douglas Carswell, Peter Bone and Jacob Rees-Mogg said that such a

The three main political parties of British politics faced a disappointing night at the local elections after the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) made gains right across the board. As results from 161 of the local authorities in Britain continue

1. UKIP are not just the “Conservative party in exile.” Some of their most significant winnings have been in the industrial north, in towns like Rotherham. Like Margaret Thatcher they have galvanised the working classes – see also their success

In what looks like a calculated outburst on the eve of the elections to the European Parliament, Nicholas Sarkozy, the former president of France, has called for half the powers of the European Union to be abolished and seized back

A British Member of the European Parliament has claimed that Prime Minister David Cameron warned Spain that if it did not stop bullying Gibraltar the UK would “make sure” Madrid did not get the 2020 Olympic Games.  According to the

Conservatives are facing embarrassment because their group may not be big enough to be recognised after the European elections on Thursday, according to the Independent. The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) were created when David Cameron pledged to walk out

For the Westminster elite it is just about the worst thing you can call someone; short of a paedophile or a murderer. “Nigel Farage is a racist,” said Labour MP David Lammy yesterday. Then came Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper:

An opinion poll out at the weekend could mean disappointment for the German socialist euro-fanatic Martin Schulz who wants to be the next president of the European Commission. A TNS poll reported in EU Observer shows that the centre-right parties

The Coalition has been branded a “zombie government” for taking an early break this week, apparently on the grounds of having insufficient new bills to debate. According to Shadow Commons leader Angela Eagle, it’s a sign that “this government hasn’t