Cameron and Obama pledge to defend free speech… “David Cameron and Barack Obama have vowed to defeat the “distorted ideology” of terrorism, ahead of talks in Washington. The UK and US leaders said they would not allow anyone to “muzzle free speech” after Islamist gunmen killed 17 people in terror attacks in Paris. They are […]
Cameron stands by ‘Snoopers Charter’ as Coalition row escalates… “The threat was taken extremely seriously amid growing concern that British jihadists are planning to copy the beheadings carried out in Iraq and Syria and broadcast over the internet. Counter-terror officers have allegedly picked up ‘chatter’ about abducting a serving soldier or police officer and filming […]
Cameron attacks Miliband for attempting to “weaponise” the NHS “The Prime Minister has accused Ed Miliband of ‘wriggling like an eel’ when pressed on whether he intended to use the NHS as a political weapon. In November, the BBC’s political editor Nick Robinson revealed: ‘A phrase the Labour leader uses in private is that he […]
Paris Aftermath 1) Javid: It’s ‘lazy’ to claim these terrorists have nothing to do with Islam ‘Culture Secretary Sajid Javid said there was ‘no getting away’ from the fact that the terrorists called themselves Muslims…Mr Javid said: ‘The lazy answer from people out there is to say that this had got nothing whatsoever to do […]
Leaders join solidarity march in Paris “Up to a million people – including dozens of world leaders – will converge on Paris on Sunday in a show of defiance and unity after terrorist attacks that left 17 people dead last week in the French capital. In what will be one of the most significant and […]
Osborne reconsiders ‘Snoopers Charter’ after Paris attacks “George Osborne has dropped his strongest hint yet that the Conservatives want to bring back the so-called Snooper’s Charter. The Chancellor pledged on BBC Breakfast to give the security services “all the resources and all the legislation” necessary to prevent a terrorist attack in the UK. It follows […]
Terror cells plotting UK landmark attacks “Al-Qaeda cells in Syria are plotting sophisticated terror attacks against airliners, transport systems and landmarks in Britain, the head of MI5 warned last night. Hundreds of British jihadists have returned from the war-torn country and some of those were intent on pursuing their ‘twisted ideology’ by carrying out lethal […]
Je Suis Charlie: The newspapers stand with Charlie Hebdo… ‘We believe passionately that if liberty is to mean anything, it must include the freedom to mock, offend or question the beliefs of others, within the limits of democratically decided law. On any other day, the Mail would feel only distaste for a French magazine with […]
EU migrant cap ditched ‘to appease Merkel’… “Plans for a cap on the number of European migrants coming to Britain were dropped by David Cameron just 48 hours before they were due to be unveiled after protests by Angela Merkel, Government sources say. The German Chancellor is in London today for talks with the Prime […]
Migration 1) European Commission set to reject Cameron’s jobs requirement “David Cameron is to be warned by the European commission that a central demand in his renegotiation of Britain’s EU membership terms is likely to be rejected as unacceptable on the grounds that it risks infringing the founding principle of the EU on the free […]
Election campaign 1) Osborne to publish analysis of Labour’s ‘black hole’ spending plans ‘The Chancellor will today publish a ‘dossier’ on Labour’s spending commitments for 2015/6. Sources say it will show Labour will run up a black hole of ‘many billions of pounds’ within months of taking office. And David Cameron yesterday said the recovery […]
We’ll do more to reform welfare and education, pledges Cameron… “The British economy will be a trickier fix, he acknowledges, and DIY Dave’s mantra is that only he has the tools to save us. … The Prime Minister knows that he has just 18 weeks until the General Election to drill home that message – […]
Europe 1) Hammond’s grand tour to build support for European reform… “David Cameron has ordered Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond to visit every European country before the election to build support for major reform of Brussels. The Prime Minister, who is to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel next week, wants Mr Hammond to hold talks with […]
New Tory election ad unveiled – but is it too safe? ‘If this poster is anything to go by, it’s going to be a long road to the next election. David Cameron’s opening advertising salvo of the campaign immediately ran into fire for being bland, ambiguous and, worse, for looking a little bit French. On […]
Cameron’s New Year Message: Stick to the plan “The UK faces “chaos” if it changes economic course in next May’s general election, David Cameron has warned. Supporting Labour would take the country backwards and jeopardise the recovery, the Conservative leader said in his new year message. Mr Cameron said the UK’s new year resolution should […]