In May 2012, major Conservative donor and LGBT activist Ivan Massow wrote an article making the case that the Conservative Party had nothing to fear in discarding social conservatism, because its advocates in the party had nowhere else to go.
David Cameron has let it be known to the sympathetic media that “he’s very clear, he doesn’t want to another Coalition” come the next parliamentary term. Just how seriously should we take this claim? About as seriously as we would
The Conservative Party is engaging in yet another major rebranding exercise, just one election cycle after David Cameron’s ‘detoxification’ strategy failed to win the party a majority in 2010. Today, Grant Shapps delivers a speech alongside Sir John Major, echoing
The UK Labour Party’s favourite attack line against the Conservatives at the moment is not dissimilar to the Democrats’ usual anti-Republican line: the suggestion that the Tories have a “problem” with women. At Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) earlier this month,
Britain has six “fully Islamic” banking organisations and government minsters are attempting to attract even more Sharia-compliant finance initiatives to the UK. The announcement over the six “wholly Sharia compliant banks” came last October, but a new push to attract
Living in a Labour area is demonstrably bad for your wallet, your education, and means you’re more likely to be on benefits, a data analysis has revealed. Lee Jenkins at the libertarian Backbencher blog has run a basic analysis of
Lord Deben, the well-known Tory green, has said that Christians cannot support the UK Independence Party. Responding to a piece by Rev. Sam Norton on why he supports UKIP, Lord Deben said that it was “impossible to understand a clergyman
The decision by David Cameron to block the right of constituencies to recall their MPs in cases of wrongdoing has been much debated in the UK over the past week. It echoes a feeling that has been building about Parliament
On the 22nd of April, a Cambridgeshire man will stand in court to face a five-year prison term over which he will have no legal defence. In an era where burglars, rapists and even murderers often escape with lesser sentences,
Hillary Clinton’s recent advice to women in public life was to “Grow skin like a rhinoceros,” claiming it as a lesson she took from role models, Eleanor Roosevelt. The former First Lady and potential 2016 nominee also talked about the need
In just a few days, voters in Wythenshawe and Sale East, in the North West of England, will go to the polls in a by-election to decide who they want as their Member of Parliament following the death of Labour representative
In an otherwise excellent piece for the Trending Central website, my good friend and colleague Alex Wickham states that had the UK Conservative Party “swallowed their pride” in 2012 and allowed for democratic reforms of Britain’s upper chamber to pass,
United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron wants to stop providing benefits to immigrants who do not speak English. He wants to cut the country’s welfare expenditures. The Prime Minister reportedly wants to stop printing welfare literature in foreign languages and
By SANDY COHENAP Entertainment WriterLOS ANGELESLAX is the international hub for stars in and out of Hollywood, and a few celebrities were among the travelers caught up in the chaos following the deadly shooting at the airport Friday morning. With
The legalisation of gay marriage is poised for approval by MPs on Tuesday after David Cameron headed off another Conservative rebellion. The opposition Labour Party helped him see off a “wrecking amendment” which had threatened his gay marriage bill. Tory
Prime Minister David Cameron faces further dissent from within the ranks of his Conservative Party as a bill to legalise gay marriage returns to Parliament Monday. Cameron faces a setback in the House of Commons, if the Labour Party joins
Prime Minister David Cameron could face a fresh Conservative rebellion over Europe on Wednesday if a parliamentary motion over an EU referendum is debated. Eurosceptic MP John Baron has introduced a non-binding motion expressing “regret” that last week’s Queen’s Speech,
It’s not surprising that Occupy and Anonymous Movements are celebrating the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. The official Anonymous news feed @YourAnonNews wasted no time in posting several vulgar photo-memes mocking the death of Thatcher. Occupy Bristol
In response to The “Downton Abbey” phenomenon: I don’t watch Downton Abbey so I am really out of my depth here, but I imagine conservatives watch it for almost the same reasons liberals watch it: It’s an interesting situation and
The British Broadcasting Corporation will get its third chief in two months with Lord Tony Hall appointed BBC director-general by the BBC Trust. Lord Hall will take his place as the head of one of the world’s largest broadcasting services
It’s been a bad year for Britain’s state owned broadcaster, the BBC. First came revelations that Jimmy Savile, one of the Beeb’s most famous and flamboyant past personalities, had spent decades sexually abusing teen girls. Now, the broadcast network’s new
For those on the ground in Charlotte, it is becoming clear just what the Democratic National Convention 2012 is: the most astroturfed political event in recent memory. First, Breitbart News reported that the Democrats could be using trick photography to
By JIM VERTUNOAP Sports WriterAUSTIN, TexasThe U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said Thursday night it will strip Lance Armstrong of his unprecedented seven Tour de France titles after he declared he was finished fighting the drug charges that threaten his legacy as
Controversial Reverend Jeremiah Wright was in Washington DC Sunday morning to deliver a sermon for the 100th Anniversary of the Florida Avenue Baptist Church. Breitbart News was in attendance. Reverend Wright, Obama’s former spiritual advisor, gained notoriety in 2008 when
The sixth annual G.I. Film Festival wrapped this weekend with a group of outstanding films that pulled heartstrings and helped us understand the motivations and sacrifices of American men and women who go off to war. “From Philadelphia to Fallujah,” conceived
