Posts Tagged With: Conservatives
Coalition accused of abusing parliament
Labour says it will fight any effort to use special procedures to reverse Lords’ votes on cutting benefits to disabled peopleThe government was warned on Thursday that it is running the risk of abusing parliament in its attempts to reverse a triple def… Continue reading
An independent Scotland might have to join euro, says George Osborne
The chancellor contradicts statement by the Scottish first minister, Alex Salmond, that Scotland would keep the poundGeorge Osborne made his first public intervention in the debate on Scottish independence when he told the Scottish people that they mig… Continue reading
Politics Weekly podcast: David Cameron v Alex Salmond
The prime minister, David Cameron, announced this week that any referendum on Scottish independence must take place in the next 18 months and feature only one simple question: stay in the UK on present terms, or leave.But the leader of the Scottish Nat… Continue reading
Fear and Lothian – the Scottish independence questions start | Simon Hoggart’s Sketch
What the Scots hate are posh, arrogant, public school-educated Englishmen who know what’s best. Let’s put George Osborne in chargeThe first prime minister’s questions of 2012, and the main topic was Scottish independence. We will hear of little else fo… Continue reading
Alistair Darling and Charles Kennedy lined up for Scottish pro-union drive
Labour and Liberal Democrats hope David Cameron will take lower profile as main parties plan focus on economyAlistair Darling, Charles Kennedy and the former Tory leader in Scotland, Annabel Goldie, are being lined up as the main faces of the pro-union… Continue reading
UK ‘should tell Vladimir Putin he is not welcome at Olympics’
MPs call for Russian prime minister to be told he is not wanted at London games unless Russia improves human rights recordBritain should tell Vladimir Putin that he is not welcome at the London Olympics unless Russia makes meaningful efforts to improve… Continue reading
Boundary changes: the first map of the UK’s new constituencies
How would the UK have looked if the 2010 election had been fought with the new constituencies? Would your MP still have a seat? See the map for yourselfSimon RogersJames Ball
Welsh constituency rejig proposals slammed as ‘diabolical’
Most radical redrawing of region’s political map in 70 years will reduce Wales’s influence at Westminster, Labour saysProposals for the most radical re-drawing of the Welsh political map for almost 70 years have been criticised by Labour and nationalis… Continue reading
‘Devo max’ would make Scotland fiscally responsible – why does Cameron oppose it? | Simon Jenkins
Only a tribalistic craving for central control explains the prime minister’s urge to defend the UK against Scottish autonomyHere we go again. Ireland gone. Scotland going. Next is Wales, and then where? Cornwall? The Isle of Wight? There is no kno… Continue reading »