Archive for February, 2007

What a waste of time and money

EDM 981
 
STATUE OF MARGARET THATCHER
26.02.2007
Hepburn, Stephen
That this House recalls the cruel and divisive reign of Margaret Thatcher and demands that the statue be removed from the Members’ Lobby until such time as its erection has been approved by a vote in the House.
Signatures( 4)

Labour Party

Cryer, Ann

Dismore, Andrew

Hepburn, Stephen […]

Blair not worried by polls

So, The President, sorry, The Prime Miniser isn’t worried about the recent polls that have given the Conservative Party a lead in excess of 10 points over Labour. He says that he remembers the 80s when this was happening to Maggie. (see story on BBC website)
Now, being a cynical sole, I can understand why he […]

The View From…

The first ‘The View From…’ post is online now and can be found here
It is written by PragueTory, a British Expat, Conservatives Abroad member, and political blogger living in Prague. He looks at how expats view politics from the Czech Republic.

Conservatives given 2nd big poll lead

Communicate Reasearch have given the Conservative Party their sencond big lead in the polls in the last week. In their poll for the Independent,  Communicate Research put the Conservatives on 40%, Labour on 29% and the Lib Dems on 17%. The Conservatives are up 6 points from last months poll which had them on 34%, […]

Conservatives Abroad on the BBC

An article on Francis Maude in Australia promoting the expat vote can be found here

Ruth Turner has been questioned by Police again

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6381961.stm

David Cameron on Radio 4’s You and Yours Show

David Cameron appeared on BBC Radio 4’s You and Yours Show this lunchtime. David Cameron answered people’s phone in questions on, amongst other subjects, single parents, and the environment.
You can listen again to the show here

The poll all Conservatives have been waiting for

The ICM poll published in todays Guardian newspaper gives the Conservative Party their highest poll rating since July 1992, just after John Major had been elected Prime Minister.
When asked which party they would back in a contest between Cameron, Brown and Mig, voters give the Tories a massive 13-point lead. The Conservatives on 42% (up […]

Conservatives launch campaign against ID cards

The Party today launched a ‘bad IDea’ campiagn against ID cards, which is alo focused agianst Gordon Brown.
Seems like a sensible campaign and policy to me (was tempted to say it was a good IDea *cringe*!)
You can read more about it here.

The New Look Blog

Today sees the launch of the new look Conservatives Abroad blog. Both the original blogs, the main Conservatives Abroad blog, and the Guest Blog remain, but are now joined by The View From… a blog which will give you the members a chance to write articles on politics/current affairs from where you are in the […]