By Mark WallaceFollow Mark on Twitter. Yesterday, the results were announced of the ballot ranking candidates for next year's European elections (ConHome was, of course, first to the news and the full lists were published here). There are two questions that arise from the process, (aside from the absurd rule by which candidates are forbidden from campaigning): […]
AFC Bluebirds is a five-a-side team made up of players from across Westminster. The team are proudly sponsored by Conservative Home. Follow them on Twitter. This match report is written by Chris Rees (pictured below). Follow Chris on Twitter. Silly season began this week with Parliament entering recess, but the Conservative Home sponsored Bluebirds and […]
By Mark WallaceFollow Mark on Twitter. Today the results of the selection ballots for next year's European elections are announced, and candidates learn if they made the list and if so in which position. Our congratulations to those who have succeeded and commiserations to those who did not do as well as they had hoped. We've been […]
By Mark WallaceFollow Mark on Twitter. Annoyingly, the term "Taliban" has gained currency as a vague political insult – often, I suspect, used by those who lack the gumption to call anyone a Nazi. One example of the tendency comes from Vince Cable this morning, discussing the Bank of England. Another comes from a Conservative MEP – […]
By Mark WallaceFollow Mark on Twitter. By now, all Conservative party members should have received their ballot papers for the selection of MEP candidates to stand in next year's European Parliament elections. We've covered various of the regional shortlists over the last few weeks, but for the record here is the full list of all the candidates […]
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. I feel as though I've been a member of the Conservative Party for a long time…but Brian Binley has been one since the year before I was born. And it is with sadness that I report the announcement this afternoon that the MP for Northampton South and member of […]
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter By way of an addendum to my post yesterday, it’s worth noting that both Graham Brady and Bernard Jenkin have today suggested that the Coalition breaks up next year. Speaking to the Sunday Telegraph, Brady says: “It makes sense to plan an exit well in advance of a 2015 election. […]
By Mark WallaceFollow Mark on Twitter. A short snippet from Hansard yesterday catches my attention. Local Government minister Brandon Lewis was taking questions on the new DCLG plan to reward members of staff for identifying savings in the department: Bill Esterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government: (1) when he instituted a scheme […]
Hudson Roe is the captain of AFC Bluebirds, a five-a-side team made up of players from across Westminster. The team are proudly sponsored by Conservative Home. Follow them on Twitter. Demon Eyes 4 – 1 Bluebirds Temperatures exceeded 30 degrees on Saturday. It was in these conditions that a team that had not played 11-a-side football […]
Hudson Roe is the captain of AFC Bluebirds, a five-a-side team made up of players from across Westminster. The team are proudly sponsored by Conservative Home. Follow them on Twitter. We’re ready for our biggest challenge yet, Bluebirds take on the Labour Party’s Demon Eyes* today. As has been written in our previous match reports […]
By Harry PhibbsFollow Harry on Twitter One of the more amusing constitutional legacies of Tony Blair's modernisation programme as Prime Minster is that we have byelections for hereditary peers. A campaign is under way for one at the moment. The death of Lord Reay means a byelection for a replacement hereditary peer will take place on […]
AFC Bluebirds is a five-a-side team made up of players from across Westminster. The team are proudly sponsored by Conservative Home. Follow them on Twitter. After two wins last week, the Conservative Home-sponsored Bluebirds and Twobirds teams were looking to continue their fine form into this week. Twobirds won against decent opposition in the first, […]
Martin Callanan MEP is Chairman of the European Conservatives. This is his monthly letter to ConHome readers. Follow the ECR Group on Twitter. Croatia Our final plenary session before the summer began with a ceremony to mark the entry of Croatia into the EU as its 28th Member. For the ECR Group, the moment also marked […]
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. I've no doubt that the pager message will have gone out to Conservative MPs to tweet – but the praise for the Home Secretary below will none the less be genuine. …and finally… Good judgement call by the Shadow Home Secretary.
Eric Pickles doesn't mind jokes about his weight. At least, if he makes them himself. Or if he's making them about other people. Or if they're made by people he gets along with.