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All-female lists are un-Conservative

David Cameron has challenged the membership of the Conservative party before to take on positions that may have been unthinkable in years gone by – and, in the main, he has taken the party with him. But his decision to announce, while giving evidence ...

From JONATHAN ISABY, Comment Is Free,  21 Oct 2009
Related Topics: David Cameron,  Ann Widdecombe

Ministers study prostitution in Holland

They are there to observe Holland's notoriously liberal approach to prostitution as part of the Government's review into the law in this area. But the Home Office press notice informing us of the trip has a rather unfortunate headline: "Tackling demand ...

From JONATHAN ISABY, The Telegraph,  20 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Home Office

Dominic Grieve's speech next Monday

Full coverage of UK Politics I learn that Dominic Grieve — David Davis’s successor as shadow home secretary — will speak at the meeting officially adopting him as the Tory candidate next Monday. But still no word on when David Cameron will fulfil his ...

From JONATHAN ISABY, The Telegraph,  20 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Dominic Grieve,  David Davis,  David Cameron

David Davis resignation is a pain for the media

Existing guidelines on covering such contests dictate that the BBC, ITN and Sky give equal air-time to the candidates from the three main parties, whilst acknowledging the also-rans appearing on the ballot paper. But what happens when two of the three ...

From JONATHAN ISABY, The Telegraph,  20 Jun 2008

Jim Murphy talks about his corporal punishment days

John McFall — chairman of the award-winning Treasury Select Committee — was deputy headteacher at Glasgow’s Bellarmine Secondary School in the 1980s and, as Murphy recalled, “he used to give me the belt”." “I kept him under control,” McFall confirmed ...

From JONATHAN ISABY, The Telegraph,  20 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Jim Murphy,  John McFall

House Magazine's parliamentary awards

Back in April, the shortlist for the awards was announced and I blogged about it here.  I also decided - in error, I should perhaps now conclude - to explicitly state who I thought ought to win in each of the nine contested categories. Last night I ...

From JONATHAN ISABY, The Telegraph,  19 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Kenneth Clarke,  Tony Blair,  William Hague,  Jim Murphy,  Vincent Cable

Andy Burnham’s controversial comments

Interviewed in Progress magazine, he expresses curiosity at how an exponent of capital punishment has been having “late-night, hand-wringing, heart-melting phone calls with [Liberty director] Shami Chakrabarti”. “We are very disappointed in this ...

From JONATHAN ISABY, The Telegraph,  19 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Andy Burnham,  Shami Chakrabarti,  James Welch,  Gordon Brown

Conservatives 'unite to support excellent schools'

Remember how last summer the Conservative Party endured a (self-imposed) torrid few weeks after it declared war on grammar schools? The most significant casualty of that war was Greater Manchester’s only Tory MP, Graham Brady, who resigned from the ...

From JONATHAN ISABY, The Telegraph,  18 Jun 2008
Related Topics: UK Conservative Party,  Graham Brady,  Michael Gove

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From JONATHAN ISABY, The Telegraph,  18 Jun 2008

Less interest in Tory party conference?

Full coverage of UK politics The Tories are expecting the biggest attendance in a long time at their party conference in Birmingham this year. Yet according to a leaked email from the organisers, the 3,000 capacity hall at the International Convention ...

From JONATHAN ISABY, The Telegraph,  18 Jun 2008
Related Topics: UK Conservative Party

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