Don’t bind my hands
In the 1997 general election, Conservative party leader John Major was reduced to pleading with his candidates who wanted to rule out, for ever, British membership of the euro. In […]
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Conservatives
Increasingly presidential
The Conservatives have proposed that anyone who takes over as prime minister during a parliament should be required to call a general election within six months. (Read a report on
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Britain, Europe and the general election
By Richard Laming Today’s conference has been looking at the Europe policies of the different political parties. I will speak about the Liberal Democrats’ policies in a moment but I
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David Cameron and Zhou Enlai
By Brendan Donnelly The new Conservative policy on the Lisbon treaty and the European Union more generally, announced last week by David Cameron, is a distinctly ambiguous one. This may
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Six pledges by David Cameron
The speech by Conservative leader David Cameron yesterday dropped the previous commitment to a referendum on the Lisbon treaty and replaced it with six pledges that he aims to achieve
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Making assumptions about other countries
Now that the Irish have proved that they remain the nation of Molly Bloom, the eyes of Europe return to the Conservative party. Tory front bencher Michael Gove was on
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No conspiracy: just the facts
The political gossip columns are delighting in the suggestion in Adam Boulton’s new book that Peter Mandelson’s return to government last summer was all part of a conspiracy. (Read the
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A hollow statement of British foreign policy
Conservative shadow foreign secretary William Hague is one of the best orators in British politics. His attacks on Labour figures such as Tony Blair and Peter Mandelson have always been
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Credit where it’s due
The Conservatives have now formed their new group in the European Parliament, having left the EPP to found the European Conservatives and Reformists, ECR. David Cameron has kept his campaign
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26 and a half members
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 11 June 2009 It is hard to analyse the European election results so soon after they have been announced. Judgements might be influenced by the
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