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'Where Are They?'

'Where Are They?' Jon Craig November 19, 2009 3:16 PM Recommend post (0) Now I know this is not a new complaint. But the scandal of the near-empty benches in the Commons during the first two days of the debate on the Queen's Speech is worth raising ...

From JON CRAIG, Sky News,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Denis MacShane,  Newsweek,  Evening Standard,  Ed Balls

Dividing Lines: On Expenses

Dividing Lines: On Expenses Jon Craig November 18, 2009 5:08 PM Recommend post (0) So was David Cameron right when he taunted Gordon Brown over the missing legislation on MPs' expenses in the Queen's Speech? Very much so, on the evidence of ...

From JON CRAIG, Sky News,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Gordon Brown,  David Cameron,  Harriet Harman,  Frank Dobson,  Emily Thornberry

March 25 Election?

March 25 Election? Jon Craig November 11, 2009 10:26 PM Recommend post (0) A very senior Conservative tells me he has put his Tory troops on alert for a general election on March 25 next year. He believes there's a 30 per cent chance of an election on ...

From JON CRAIG, Sky News,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Gordon Brown,  Alistair Darling

A Leak And A Cutting

A Leak And A Cutting Jon Craig November 11, 2009 5:24 PM Recommend post (0) A young man from Tory HQ has just walked into the Sky News Westminster office and handed me a top secret document. It says "Protected - Funding Policy" and "Skills Investment ...

From JON CRAIG, Sky News,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Peter Mandelson,  David Cameron,  Gordon Brown,  Alistair Darling

Gordon The Rock Star?

Gordon The Rock Star? Jon Craig November 09, 2009 7:44 PM Recommend post (0) Standing in a chilly Downing Street waiting to address the nation on "Birogate" during the Martin Stanford show, I couldn't believe what I was hearing in my earpiece. It ...

From JON CRAIG, Sky News,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Gordon Brown,  Bruce Springsteen,  UK Conservative Party,  David Cameron

Mandy: I'm Staying Put

Here’s one for the conspiracy theorists among you. The theory has being doing the rounds in the Tea Room and bars of the Palace of Westminster since David Miliband’s emergence as a strong contender for the new post of EU Foreign Minister. Here, for ...

From JON CRAIG, Sky News,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: David Miliband,  Peter Mandelson

Ethics Man

I know very little about Sir Ian Kennedy. But I can confirm that he is to chair the new Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. That's the body that in future will police MPs' expenses, replacing the discredited Commons Fees Office. And I ...

From JON CRAIG, Sky News,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Gordon Brown,  Harriet Harman,  Alan Milburn,  National Health Service,  Joe Six-Pack

Euro-Pickled

Who's in a bigger pickle now the Czech president has signed the Lisbon Treaty: David Cameron or Tony Blair? The answer is that the former Prime Minister and the Tory leader who likes to be called the "heir to Blair" are both in a sticky spot right now. ...

From JON CRAIG, Sky News,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Gordon Brown,  David Cameron,  Tony Blair,  William Hague,  UK Conservative Party

Tory Women: One In, One Out?

Amid the hilarious soap opera of South West Norfolk - a tale of loathing and backstabbing in the shires - comes some good news for David Cameron in his battle to get more women elected as Tory MPs. Conservatives in Devizes, where that old toff and ...

From JON CRAIG, Sky News,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: David Cameron,  Mark Field,  Michael Ancram,  George Osborne,  Mike Jackson

Attack Dog Bitten

Attack Dog Bitten Jon Craig October 28, 2009 11:28 PM Recommend post (0) Tony McNulty is the Labour attack dog bitten by the expenses scandal. It was the Mail on Sunday, not the Daily Telegraph, that exposed him, for claiming £60,000 for a "second home" ...

From JON CRAIG, Sky News,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Tony McNulty,  House of Commons,  Fulham,  Greg Hands,  David Curry

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