Labour Matters (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
MEP Daniel Hannan who was only promoted to the Conservatives’ frontbench in Europe for the first time two months ago quit today to campaign for a referendum on Europe. Writing in his Daily Telegraph blog, the right-wing MEP who infamously called the NHS “a sixty year mistake”, wrote: “But there is nothing to prevent us having [...]
Musings from Medway (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
News has come to this blogger that the Conservative PPC for Rochester & Strood, our very own Mr Reckless is sporting a mysterious black eye. Wild rumours have veered from the sublime to the rediculous. A bust up with an over zealous Cameroon staffer at CCHQ over All Womens Selections ( Ed Llewellyn') ; indeed perhaps? An encounter with a Labour voter in Chatham whilst campaigning with Tracey...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Daniel Hannan, the outspoken Conservative MEP for South East England, quit the Conservative frontbench in the European parliament last night in protest at David Cameron's decision not to give Britain a referendum on Europe for at least four to five years if the Tories win the general election. Hannan, seen as the new younger leader of the Tory Eurosceptic cause, made the announcement...
The Talking Clock (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Dan Hannan, the Conservative front-bench MEP, has resigned from his role in the European Empire's chambers in protest at the latest developments in Conservative party policy. Dan - a man much liked by this blogger - explains his reasons in a blog post on the Daily Telegraph. We admire Dan Hannan immensely for his stance and we will support him to the hilt. Now, who else in the...
timrollpickering (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Two months ago the seemingly impossible happened. Daniel Hannan finally started to actually do something in the European Parliament when he became the Conservatives' front bench legal affairs spokesperson. It could never last. Hannan has spent all his political career as a shouter not a doer, rabble rousing rather than negotiating. (If ever one wanted an argument for restricting...
ffranc sais (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... in the Commons this afternoon to an urgent question put down by Christopher Grayling, his Conservative opposite number. He immediately established that there was not a Rizla between the respective policy positions. However, what Grayling most objected to was not Nutt's attempt to re-open the cannabis debate, but his earlier use of a homely analogy to put the dangers of Ecstasy in proportion....
Labour And Capital (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... away by any incoming government but generally the indications are that the mighty brains of the Conservative front bench (and Vince Cable) haven’t come up with anything better so they’re likely to run with this one. As a defined contribution scheme with less than 8% of earnings being invested, Personal Accounts are not going to provide for a luxurious retirement on the...
