I agree with Adrian Sanders and 22 Conservative MPs
Yesterday in Parliament Adrian Sanders and 22 Conservative MPs voted to reduce the maximum number of ministers allowed in the Commons. … Read the full post »
John Major (Conservative Party) was Prime Minister 1990-1997, succeeding Margaret Thatcher before losing to Tony Blair in the 1997 general election.
Yesterday in Parliament Adrian Sanders and 22 Conservative MPs voted to reduce the maximum number of ministers allowed in the Commons. … Read the full post »
William Lamb, second Viscount Melbourne, was at the centre of Whig social circles. The second son of Peniston Lamb, first Viscount Melbourne, he followed a normal early life for sons of Whig magnates. … Read the full post »
It’s a fair bet that much of the media coverage of Liberal Democrat conference will be of the form ‘THEY’RE DOOMED!’. … Read the full post »
A footnote to my piece earlier this week about Richard Grayson’s pamphlet, looking at what Jonathan Calder and David Boyle have also said. … Read the full post »
Europe is one of the policy areas where the instincts of the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties are furthest apart. … Read the full post »
A controversial Islamic group sparked a row in Britain Saturday after announcing plans for a march to commemorate civilians killed in the Afghanistan war through a town known for honouring dead soldiers. … Read the full post »
At the weekend I threw in another reason why Gordon Brown is very unlikely to call a general election before May. … Read the full post »
Once bad economic news has broken your reputation, economic recovery is not sufficient to put it back together again – as the Conservatives found out in 1997. … Read the full post »
The BBC had been pressing for political broadcasts to be used during the 1950 election, but initially met hostility from politicians. The very first political broadcast, either PEB or PPB, was eventually seen on 15 October 1951. … Read the full post »
March 1997: John Major is Prime Minister and there’s a Parliamentary by-election in the Conservative-held seat of Wirral South. … Read the full post »