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209. Tory members feel closest to the politics of Margaret Thatcher and Boris Johnson The Tory Diary

In another ToryDiary this morning I note that the Tory grassroots are much more satisfied with David Cameron's leadership after his popular decision to veto the EU Treaty. We also asked members to rate fifteen politicians on a scale of minus five (furthest from their political views) to plus five (closest to their views). The results reveal...
URL: http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thetorydiary/2011/12/tory-members-feel-closest-to-the-politics-of-margaret-thatcher-and-boris-johnson.html - 56KB - 28 Dec 2011
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210. How the Left went bad Left Watch

If I had to name half-a-dozen moral failures of the Labour years my choices would be...Borrowing during the good years so that the cupboard was bare when the rainy years arrived and leaving huge debts for the next generation;Creating a complex, demotivating welfare system that trapped people on benefits and discriminated against the two parent family;Allowing uncontrolled immigration that didn't discriminate between the skills of migrants so depressing the wages and opportunities of Britain's working class communities;A grade inflation in schools and a neglect of vocational education that means many young people are under-equipped to prosper in a competitive world;
URL: http://conservativehome.blogs.com/leftwatch/2012/09/how-the-left-went-bad.html - 47KB - 15 Sep 2012
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211. Bruce Anderson: Put Abu Qatada on a plane and send him to Jordan. If that provokes a political...

It was one of Mrs Thatcher's favourite phrases. When she started banging on about it yet again, her entourage would inwardly smile, and groan. They had heard it all before. But she was right, as so often. The phrase was "the rule of law" and no civilised society can function...
URL: http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thecolumnists/2012/01/bruce-anderson-put-abu-qatada-on-a-plane-and-send-him-to-jordan-if-that-provokes-a-political-crisis-.html - 27KB - 20 Jan 2012
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212. Lambeth Labour face further questions over taxpayer-funded propaganda Left Watch

Lambeth Council - whose high taxes I have the misfortune of paying - have a long track record of propaganda at taxpayers' expense. In the past they have run poster campaigns making political attacks on austerity and welfare reform, and published costly newspapers attacking the Government, all the while complaining that they don't have enough money for actual services.This time, they've sunk even lower - which by the standards displayed so far is pretty low indeed. A new series of leaflets and posters seeks to scaremonger about changes to the fire service - presenting as a news headline a completely fabricated story about children dying in a Lambeth school fire.
URL: http://conservativehome.blogs.com/leftwatch/2013/06/by-mark-wallacefollowmarkon-twitter-lambeth-council-whose-high-rates-i-have-the-misfortune-of-paying-have-a-long-trac.html - 55KB - 23 Jun 2013
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213. The climate of fear that has poisoned our schools: Ousted teacher exposes how the tyranny of...

Had I blamed our broken education system on lack of funds, institutional racism or the challenge of private education, I would have been the darling of the Left.
URL: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1336016/The-climate-fear-poisoned-schools-Ousted-teacher-exposes-tyranny-liberalism-betrayed-generation-children.html - 77KB - 06 Dec 2010
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214. One in three will end up paying higher rate tax, Office for Budget Responsibility analysis suggests

One in three workers will be a higher rate taxpayer within two decades as the 40p band becomes the “norm” for millions of the middle class, the official economic forecaster has suggested.More than 10 million people will have been dragged over the higher rate threshold by 2033, twice as many as at present, according to an analysis by the Office for Budget Responsibility.They are likely to include growing numbers of teachers, senior nurses and others who would not traditionally be regarded as high earners.The figures, published in response to a request by The Telegraph, will increase pressure on David Cameron to pledge to raise the threshold in the Conservative manifesto next year.
URL: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/tax/10987326/One-in-three-will-end-up-paying-higher-rate-tax-Office-for-Budget-Responsibility-analysis-suggests.html - 71KB - 25 Jul 2014
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215. Roger Helmer MEP: Camborne are wrong about the single currency. Our recovery begins when the...

Cameron and Osborne have a clear line on the eurozone. While they think the €uro was a misguided venture, and they don’t want to join -- ever -- the argument goes that a disorderly breakdown of the €uro would be a disaster for the UK economy, and that the eurozone is such a key trading partner for the UK that any recession there would cause us huge damage.Based on this analysis, Cameron makes encouraging noises about “Big bazookas”, and (despite the Veto) about the UK’s moral support for efforts to save the €uro. And he is prepared to cough up billions of British tax-payers’ money for the IMF, knowing that much of it will be diverted to “Saving the €uro”.I think this analysis is fundamentally flawed. For a start, I don’t believe that the €uro can be saved, and I believe that attempts to do so are just throwing good money after bad.
URL: http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2011/12/camborne-are-wrong-on-the-single-currency-argues-rogerhelmermep-our-recovery-begins-when-the-uro-bre.html - 208KB - 28 Dec 2011
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216. Roger Helmer MEP: When they tell you that half our international trade is with the EU, that’s...

I picked up an incoming Tweet this morning from my good friend and colleague Dan Hannan MEP. It reads: “Denis MacShane told me, didactically, that we sell more to Belgium than Brazil. That, Denis, is precisely our problem.”Dan makes an important point. The fact is that between 40 and 50% of Britain’s international trade is with the EU’s 26 (EU less UK). The exact figure is debatable, because of the Rotterdam effect and other technical problems with analysing the trade statistics.There is the standard, familiar Europhile interpretation of this simple fact. “50% of our trade” (they say) “is with the EU. This, by itself, justifies our membership, and means that the costs are worth it”. You will have spotted the errors in this statement. There is the implicit assumption that trade depends on membership (Not true: ask Norway or Switzerland). There is the nice round 50%, which is almost certainly exaggerated. And there is the failure to address the European Commission’s own estimates that the trade benefits of membership amount to around 1.8% of GDP, while regulatory costs amount to about 5.5% - three times higher.
URL: http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2011/12/roger-helmer-mep-when-they-tell-you-that-half-our-international-trade-is-with-the-eu-thats-not-a-goo.html - 209KB - 28 Dec 2011
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217. EU referendum: David Cameron's pledge leaves Labour in turmoil as Ed Miliband refuses to back...

During clashes at Prime Minister’s Questions Ed Miliband stunned his MPs by refusing to give the public a say on membership of the EU.
URL: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2266720/EU-referendum-David-Camerons-pledge-leaves-Labour-turmoil-Ed-Miliband-refuses-2017-vote-despite-support-party.html - 309KB - 23 Jan 2013
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218. What do the election results tell us?

Labour won 2158 seats, Conservatives 1005 and Lib Dems 431. Congratulations to Labour on their success. Thank you to all those outgoing Councillors who have worked hard and who now have been asked to stand down.SNP and Plaid came fourth and fifth, with the Greens picking up 40 seats in sixth place, or fourth place amongst UK wide parties. The English Democrats lost their 2 Councillors and UKIP made no net gains, staying with 9.This leaves Labour controlling 75 Councils, the Conservatives 45, the Lib Dems 6 and SNP 2. No other party controls a Council. Turnout was a very low 32%.All parties and anyone who believes in democracy should be worried that 68% did not think it worthwhile voting. There was plenty of choice on the ballot papers in many places. If people still did not think there was sufficient choice they could have stood themselves. So why was there such a mass abstention?
URL: http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2012/05/05/what-do-the-election-results-tell-us/ - 225KB - 11 May 2012
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219. Douglas Carswell MP: 'Small-state Conservatism' is more popular than 'wind turbine Conservatism'...

It’s not all doom and gloom. Here in my part of Essex, our brand of Conservatism actually seems to be doing rather well.“Wind turbine Toryism” might be struggling a little elsewhere. But in my experience the appetite for small-state, direct democracy Conservatism has never been stronger.Take our local Association membership, for example. Nationally, fewer folk each year seem to join political parties. Not here. Over the past year alone, over a hundred new members have joined, including young people and families.Far from struggling to find local candidates to field in local council elections, as was once the case, our local Association has been inundated with applications from local residents wanting to serve their community – even in seats we’ve not held for decades.
URL: http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2012/04/douglas-carswell-mp-small-state-conservatism-is-more-popular-than-wind-turbine-conservatism.html - 215KB - 09 Apr 2012
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220. Vladimir Putin's new plan for world domination - The Spectator

It’s been a generation or so since Russians were in the business of shaping the destiny of the world, and most of us have forgotten how good they used to be at it. For much of the last century Moscow fuelled — and often won — the West’s ideological and culture wars. In the 1930s, brilliant operatives like Willi Muenzenberg convinced ‘useful idiots’ to join anti-fascist organisations that were in reality fronts for the Soviet-backed Communist International. Even in the twilight years of the Soviet Union the KGB was highly successful at orchestrating nuclear disarmament movements and trade unionism across the West.
URL: http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/9142182/putins-masterplan/ - 116KB - 21 Feb 2014
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221. Modern politics golden rule? Ignore media commentators and focus on your key messages

A lot has been written about Lynton Crosby’s influence on Britain’s Tory leader. Not so much about Mark Textor – Crosby’s business partner – and the pollster who has just helped Tony Abbott become Australia’s new prime minister. I emphasise "helped" because most backroom credit for Abbott's win should go to federal campaign director, Brian Loughnane (something Mr Textor has himself acknowledged) but that isn't so relevant to British politics - Brian is not advising the Tories.“Tex”, as he is known, lives by modern politics’ golden rule: ignore media commentators and stick to your plan. “There are,” Textor has written, “almost no former journalists who have been successful campaign managers. This is because they are tactically focused on Monday morning's headlines and not the long-term strategy required to get a consistent and, critically, a salient message to the public.” The “media monster”, he has said, has “acute ADD” (Attention Deficit Disorder).
URL: http://conservativehome.blogs.com/majority_conservatism/2013/09/modern-politics-golden-rule-ignore-media-commentators-and-focus-on-your-key-messages.html - 39KB - 10 Sep 2013
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222. Mr Cameron wisely declines to rely on Labour to drive through a new EU Treaty

Mr Cameron did the right thing to veto the Treaty for 27. It was clear there was no wish on the part of our partners in the EU to take our growing frustration with the drift of the EU seriously, no wish to help the UK at all. Our demands were modest. They were for the EU to interfere with us less. They were not demands that cost money or tried to change the way anything works on the continent. Many people in the UK will remember how they treated us, for what comes next. I am glad the extensive lobbying and arguing by the Conservative Parliamentary party before the meeting helped shape the debate and influenced the decision.
URL: http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2011/12/10/labour-can-decide-the-uks-european-policy/ - 132KB - 10 Dec 2011
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223. Contrary to Ed Miliband's claims fewer housing schemes are stalled than under Labour | Local...

In a recent speech Ed Miliband claimed that planning permission has been granted for 400,000 homes in England that have not been built.This figure was used for his theme that homes were delayed by greedy capitalist property speculators engaging in "land banking."However the Planning Minister Nick Boles has shown such claims to be misleading
URL: http://conservativehome.blogs.com/localgovernment/2013/07/contrary-to-ed-miliband-claims-fewer-housing-schemes-are-stalled-than-under-labour.html - 61KB - 12 Jul 2013
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224. Christopher Snowdon: Plain packaging proposals for cigarettes may actually harm the public...

The coalition of state-funded anti-smoking groups have started revving up their trusty public relations machine for yet another legislative campaign. While their temperance counterparts concentrate on minimum pricing, the anti-tobacco lobby has its heart set on ‘plain packaging’. The packaging will, in truth, be anything but plain. If we are to follow Australia’s example—where a plain packaging law has been passed, but not yet introduced—cigarette packs will show a very large photo of a tumour or corpse against a green-brown background. The White Album, this is not.
URL: http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2012/02/the-asis-cjsnowdon-plain-packaging-proposals-for-cigarettes-may-actually-harm-the-public.html - 212KB - 20 Feb 2012
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