Scotland 1) The Queen speaks out: ‘Think very carefully’ ‘The Queen yesterday issued an extraordinary call for caution in the Scottish independence referendum, urging Scots to consider ‘carefully’ whether they want to leave the United Kingdom. In the strongest indication yet that Her Majesty wants the Union to stay together, she told a member of […]
Cameron condemns the murder of Haines “The murder of David Haines was an ‘act of pure evil’, David Cameron has said after the release of a video appearing to show the UK hostage’s beheading. The 44-year-old aid worker, from Perth, was kidnapped in Syria in 2013. He was being held by Islamic State militants who […]
The Union 1) Separatist Sillars promises “day of reckoning” for pro-Union businesses “SNP grandee Jim Sillars lashed out after a host of banks, finance firms, supermarkets and retail giants warned of the dangers of independence, in the case of a ‘Yes’ vote on Thursday. Mr Sillars retaliated by saying that oil giant BP would be […]
Scotland Decides 1) Its women swing against Salmond “Only six days before Scotland’s referendum, a YouGov poll for The Times found that 52 per cent of voters wanted to remain a part of the UK, excluding “don’t knows” and non-voters, while 48 per cent said that they would choose independence. This is a reversal of […]
Scotland 1) Cameron: Don’t destroy the Union to kick ‘effing Tories’… ‘David Cameron has pledged to stay on as Prime Minister if Scotland becomes independent but urged voters not to break up the union just to give the “effing Tories a kick”. In an passionate address in Edinburgh, Mr Cameron said that he will remain […]
Scotland 1) “Our Union is precious.” Cameron’s appeal to Scottish voters… “When the world wanted representation, we gave them democracy. When they wanted progress, we had the Scottish enlightenment and the industrial revolution. … When slavery bound innocent people, we abolished it; when fascism threatened freedom, we defeated it. A hundred years ago, our boys […]
Scotland 1) Brown to the rescue? “Gordon Brown will spearhead Labour’s last-ditch campaign to save the union as a new poll confirmed that the yes and no camps are neck and neck before next week’s referendum on Scottish independence. The latest poll, by TNS, added to the mood of urgency and anxiety for Labour and […]
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Poll puts Scotland’s Yes campaign in the lead “Scotland is on course to vote for independence, according to a shock new poll that today puts Alex Salmond’s ‘yes’ campaign in the lead for the first time. … The YouGov survey for The Sunday Times shows that the nationalists have taken a two-point lead and are […]
NATO 1) Destroying ISIL will be three year project “Britain could become involved in three years of military conflict with Islamist terrorists, it was warned. The timescale was suggested by John Kerry, the US secretary of state, on the final day of the Nato summit in Wales as the UK pledged to stand alongside the […]
Air strikes against jihadists could begin “within weeks” “David Cameron last night indicated British involvement in air strikes against jihadists in Syria and Iraq could begin within weeks. … As senior Tories said there was ‘overwhelming’ support for the UK to join military action, the Prime Minister spoke publicly for the first time about striking […]
Iraq 1) “We will not be cowed” “David Cameron today vowed the country ‘will not be cowed’ by threats from ISIS extremists to murder a British hostage – and vowed to fight back until the terrorist group was ‘squeezed out of existence’. … The Prime Minister told a sombre House of Commons of his ‘shock and […]
ISIS murder hostage, and threaten Briton; ‘Don’t appease Putin’; Tories plan Clacton primary – and more.
Grassroots vision for conservatism in the ConservativeHome manifesto “Britain must reclaim control over its borders from Europe and introduce tough immigration controls, a leading Conservative grassroots organisation is demanding. The plan, outlined in ConservativeHome’s pre-election manifesto, is supported by YouGov polling, which indicates that seven out of ten voters want free movement within the EU […]