Tag: Tory

A journalist for the Daily Mail who is “proud of his own civil partnership”, has argued that the same-sex marriage legislation which came into force in the United Kingdom today does “not advance the cause of equality”.  Andrew Pierce said

David Cameron has said that, to his “regret”, he is unable to relax the ban on hunting with hounds during this parliament. He told MPs yesterday that the coalition had been unable to agree on an amendment that would allow

Amidst the soap opera of Boris vs George vs Theresa and Gove, it would appear that a fervent debate is taking place in the Conservative Party as to the future of its leadership, in the event of the party not

The BBC is no stranger to accusations of left-wing political bias but Newsnight’s new Economics Correspondent may be the most controversial appointment yet. Predictably, Duncan Weldon is a former Labour adviser, who currently works at the Trades’ Union Congress, but

The campaign for greater press regulation in Britain has suffered a devastating, possibly fatal blow with the release to the Guardian of a list of the celebrities who are lending their support to the Leveson Royal Charter proposal. “Wankers. Faarsands

I like Owen Jones. Sure, he’s cocky and mouthy, and I don’t think I agree with a word he orates about economics, politics or social justice. But, just like the late insurgent Bob Crow – who also had no time

Just as Lord Tebbit was telling me last night that the Conservative Party chairmanship was being mishandled… the Conservative Party chairmanship was being mishandled. The reactions to Grant Shapps and Tory HQ’s patronising post-budget graphic have covered all the satirical

Labour leader Ed Miliband was mad at today’s Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs). He was ‘John McEnroe mad’ – and there was general unhappiness with Putin’s Crimea annexation and the way mental health services are treated in the NHS.  On Putin,

On today’s BBC Daily Politics programme, europhile Tory MP Laura Sandys claimed that her party leader, Prime Minister David Cameron, was a ‘Euro-Realist’.  Sandys’s remarks may be taken with a pinch of salt given that she called Prime Minister Thatcher

The BBC’s appointment of a Labour candidate as the new economics editor of its flagship politics show has provoked genuine anger in the Conservative Party. Sources at Tory HQ reacted not with faux outrage but actual bewilderment at how a

Liberal Democrat party big hitters and activists put on their best socks and sandals and came together this weekend to attempt to build momentum for the May European elections. Their conference was dominated by a man who wasn’t even there…

Former Conservative Party chairman Norman Tebbit has called for his party to make pact with the UK Independence Party. Speaking to the Times, the party grandee said that the Conservatives should stop “abusing” former voters who have gone over to

It was in the Brooklyn GOP Radio party on Saturday night that the Brits and Europeans who ventured to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) really made their mark. Okay that’s probably not fair, since Daniel Hannan, Syed Kamall and others

The former deputy speaker of Britain’s House of Commons, Nigel Evans MP, stands accused a string of sexual assaults over a ten year period. The former Conservative Member of Parliament strenuously denies the allegations, but the prosecution has laid out

I tend to disagree with most of the reasons people put forward for why they don’t like UKIP. The party is racist, they say. Yes of course it has far too many members with horrible views, but I do think

Labour MP Joan Walley is urging a raid on the balance sheets of UK businesses that hold fossil fuels, according to a document seen by Breitbart London today. In a speech due to be delivered in the City of London

An opinion poll reported in today’s Daily Mail reveals new information about the average UK voter. It shatters the view of UKIP as a party purely for disaffected Tories, with supporters more likely to be working class retirees from the Midlands. The

This weekend the Labour Party held its so-called ‘special conference’, organised to give delegates a vote on a series of reforms concerning the party’s relationship with trade unions. Members travelled from across the country to the conference hall in East

The former UK Defence Secretary and senior Conservative party figure Dr. Liam Fox has urged Prime Minister David Cameron to ditch his unachievable pledge to lower net migration into the UK.  Fox – speaking after new figures revealed the government’s

UK Independence Party Treasurer Stuart Wheeler has revealed that seven sitting Conservative MPs have met with him to talk about defecting. In an interview with the Telegraph, Mr Wheeler said that he wrote to nine Eurosceptic MPs, asking each of

A long-standing billionaire donor to the Conservative Party was yesterday confirmed to have ceased his backing for David Cameron’s party after the Tories championed the same-sex marriage bill in July last year. Hedge fund owner Sir Michael Hintze is said

Nothing illustrates the utter delusion of the Conservative Party more than their recent bid to re-brand as the “workers’ party”.  Having finally realised that chasing green-loving hipsters in the name of Cameroonism wasn’t a winner, the Tories have launched a