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97. Boris Johnson has a deadly weapon – wit - Telegraph

The Mayor of London has never been more popular – but would the electorate trust him with the top job?A couple of weeks ago, I had a drink with one of Boris Johnson’s classics tutors at Oxford University, and asked him about his pupil’s chances of making it to Downing Street. “Capax imperii nisi imperasset...” he said.As Boris will know, his old tutor was echoing the Roman historian Tacitus on the Emperor Galba: “He was up to the job of emperor as long as he never became emperor.”That is the question on Tory lips this week at the Birmingham conference. Can Boris become emperor – or is he doomed to become the eternal jester of the Conservative Party?His reception this week at Birmingham New Street Station was near-ecstatic – hundreds of activists cheering, “Bo-ris! Bo-ris!” as he got off the train. It’s hard to think of any other politician, alive or dead, who would get that sort of treatment; not even Lenin, when he returned from exile to the Finland Station in Petrograd in 1917. Winston Churchill, perhaps, but only after he had delivered the country, and the world, from imminent takeover by the forces of evil.
URL: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/9596630/Boris-Johnson-has-a-deadly-weapon-wit.html - 85KB - 10 Oct 2012
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98. Reshuffle blues?

There was some good news in the reshuffle. Mr Hague’s decision to leave Parliament next May means we now have a Foreign Secretary who has stated he wants out of the EU if we do not get a much better deal. That is a better stance for our negotiation, and encouraging that he agrees with many of us that the UK’s current position in the EU is unacceptable.
URL: http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2014/07/16/reshuffle-blues/ - 276KB - 01 Aug 2014
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99. There's a brave new world out there for the Foreign Office to explore The Tory Diary

A stuffed anaconda called Albert played a cameo part in a speech by William Hague that wowed the diplomatic and journalistic world only a few months ago. The Foreign Secretary explained that this lifeless vertebrate is now suspended over the empty shelves of his department's venerable library - a volume-stripped legacy of the Labour years. "Books from the period when such an unusual foreign gift found its way into the Foreign Office have been dismantled around it, and can never be reassembled," he declared. Hague thus deftly presented the department's ruined library as a symbol of the worst of the Blair and Brown years: their contempt for the past, fixation with newfangleness, and carelessness with the future - their conviction that ignorance is strength. He painted a picture of the Foreign Office as a temple plundered by New Labour's barbarians.
URL: http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thetorydiary/2011/12/the-future-of-the-foreign-office.html - 74KB - 17 Dec 2011
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100. David Cameron's decision to sack Owen Paterson will send rural voters flooding to Ukip »...

During Owen Paterson’s vocal conversation with David Cameron in defence of his record as Environment Minister after learning he was being sacked, Paterson reportedly said: ‘this will be a kick in the teeth to 12 million countryside voters… you are making a big mistake’.There is already mounting evidence to suggest Paterson could be right. Judging by the two standing ovations that Paterson went on to receive last Friday at the Game Fair at Blenheim Palace (at the mere mention of his name), Charles Moore commented that ‘you could almost see the disaffected Tory voters fleeing to Ukip across the tent’.
URL: http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2014/07/8832941/ - 259KB - 24 Jul 2014
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101. The star of Labour’s new Party Political Broadcast said his business was "under attack" from Labour's High Taxes

Another PPB backfires after a casting mistake by Ed Miliband's party.
URL: http://www.conservativehome.com/leftwatch/2014/01/the-star-of-labours-new-party-political-broadcast-said-his-business-was-under-attack-from-labours-high-taxes.html - 65KB - 29 Jan 2014
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102. Robert Halfon MP: Let’s give White Van Conservatism wheels – scrap the 3p fuel tax rise!

On Tuesday, I tabled a Private Members Bill on petrol prices, supported by many other Conservative backbenchers, as well as MPs from Northern Ireland, and Scotland. (You can see an extract in the short video above.) The idea behind it was very simple: that fuel tax should be crystal clear to motorists. In essence, this would sweep away the complex regulations about what fuel garages can and cannot put on their till receipts, and replace them with one simple rule. That whenever you fill up the family car, the till receipt should say in black and white how much fuel duty, VAT, and petrol you have paid. It should also say how much is actually being spent on Britain’s roads. Simple. This would make the tax system more honest; it would be a big deterrent against any future tax-rises; and it would add pressure on the oil companies to be fair.
URL: http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2012/10/robert-halfon-mp-lets-give-white-van-conservatism-wheels-scrap-the-3p-fuel-tax-rise.html - 231KB - 17 Oct 2012
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103. The wave of poverty sweeping Britain's coastal towns requires urgent action The Tory Diary

A new report from the Centre for Social Justice, Turning the Tide, explores the troubling wave of poverty engulfing numerous seaside towns, which have fallen from their former position as prosperous holiday destinations. The CSJ's findings show exactly how serious the problem has become: "Of the 20 neighbourhoods across the UK with the...
URL: http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thetorydiary/2013/08/the-wave-of-poverty-sweeping-britains-coastal-towns-requires-urgent-action.html - 61KB - 05 Aug 2013
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104. Major parties show major panic with fake UKIP leaflets - The Commentator

Britain's two major political parties have entered into yet another stage of dirty tricks campaigning in producing and delivering what appear to be fake or disingenuous "UKIP leaflets" around the country.The Labour Party, which has previously been thought to be less affected by UKIP gains, has joined in after this weekend's revelations that Conservative Party HQ (CCHQ) was briefing journalists on the background of UKIP candidates using their Facebook and Twitter accounts.Labour's candidate in the South Shields by-election has begun to distribute leaflets in UKIP's trademark purple and yellow colours, replete with a mocked up logo that reads, "Are UKID ding?" (Are you kidding) before going on to attack the local UKIP candidate as "a career politician" and "worse than the Tories".
URL: http://www.thecommentator.com/article/3402/major_parties_show_major_panic_with_fake_ukip_leaflets - 40KB - 11 Dec 2013
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105. Raw and real, Boris calls for Tory to run statist, corporatist, defeatist, anti-business,...

Boris Johnson - the man who has already given up on the Today programme - is in blistering form about the BBC in his Telegraph column:"The prevailing view of Beeb newsrooms is, with honourable exceptions, statist, corporatist, defeatist, anti-business, Europhile and, above all, overwhelmingly biased to the Left... Eurosceptic views are still treated as if they were vaguely mad and unpleasant, even though the Eurosceptic analysis has been proved overwhelmingly right."He also attacks the Corporation's relentless coverage of Rupert Murdoch:"In all its lavish coverage of Murdoch, hacking and BSkyB, the BBC never properly explains the reasons why other media organisations – including the BBC – want to shaft a free-market competitor*... The non-Murdoch media have their guns trained on Murdoch, while the Beeb continues to destroy the business case of its private sector rivals with taxpayer-funded websites and electronic media of all kinds."
URL: http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thetorydiary/2012/05/raw-and-real-boris-calls-for-tory-to-run-statist-corporatist-defeatist-anti-business-europhile-and-l.html - 59KB - 14 May 2012
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106. Eric Pickles defends Christian Britain from the European courts - and Nick Clegg The Tory Diary

Eric Pickles' brief can be a deceptively broad one. It seems rather incongruous that he should spend half of his time on seemingly narrow tasks like trying to get local councils to cut out waste and be more efficient at providing public services, and the other half of his time on "Communities" - ie religion.However, his department has taken note of the latter set of responsibilities. I recall Bob Neill, who left the DCLG in the reshuffle last week, responding to a trouble-making Labour question about Christmas celebrations in 2010, saying "the new Administration is committed to celebrating Christmas, including its Christian heritage. We should not allow politically correct Grinches to marginalise Christmas and the importance of the birth of Christ.". So it is that the responsibility of defending Christianity in Britain has fallen to Eric Pickles, who writes for the Daily Telegraph this morning.
URL: http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thetorydiary/2012/09/eric-pickles-defends-christian-britain-from-the-european-courts-and-nick-clegg.html - 61KB - 16 Sep 2012
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107. Tony Lodge: More competition for Britain’s trains – but the concept still seems lost on the French

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has spoken for hard-pressed train passengers and those who want more choice. Their new study into the possibilities of greater competition between train operators is a revealing analysis of how and why there should be more on-track competition in a sector in which in just over 20 years a renaissance has taken place.Since privatisation in 1994, the number of annual passenger journeys has doubled to 1.6 billion. Smart ticketing and the internet have changed the way we plan our travel forever, and new rolling stock has and is slashing journey times so that rail is becoming much more competitive with air on the long distance high speed routes. But real choice at stations between operators and consequent downward pressure on fares remains poor.
URL: http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2015/07/tony-lodge-more-competition-for-britains-trains-but-the-concept-still-seems-lost-on-the-french.html - 70KB - 20 Jul 2015
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108. Conservatives must champion "the consumer, the taxpayer and the entrepreneur" The Tory Diary

Matt Sinclair of the TaxPayers' Alliance has written a good blog over at Coffee House defending George Osborne's determination to take on the green lobby and get a better deal for energy users. The Chancellor, argues Matt, is on the side of the consumer.Standing up for the consumer is just one manifestation of what I've called a "Conservatism of the little guy". In an article I highlighted yesterday from US Congressman Paul Ryan he said Republicans should be the party of "the consumer, the taxpayer and the entrepreneur". Simple, but true. This idea of battling for the Average Joe against the machine is one of the themes being tested in the latest ConservativeHome survey.
URL: http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thetorydiary/2012/07/conservatives-must-champion-the-consumer-the-taxpayer-and-the-entrepreneur.html - 60KB - 24 Jul 2012
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109. Robert Halfon MP: Ed Miliband isn't talking about Disraeli's One Nation, and this presents Tories with a wonderful opportunity | ConservativeHome

I am one of those who believe that pessimism is a luxury that no Tory can allow himself. So, whilst we can watch Mr Miliband's speech and congratulate him for some political ingenuity — regarding his 'One Nation' clarion call — in practice this gives Conservatives a tremendous opportunity: a chance to reinvigorate the Big Society.For Labour, 'One Nation' still remains another way of saying “the State”. Looking at his speech closely, Mr Miliband argues for “collective action” through the mechanisms of the State. This has been the Socialist cry through the ages; alleviate poverty through redistribution using the levers of Government. He still is arguing for a social-democratic state that robs from the rich in order to give to the poor.Another thought: “One Nation” as expounded by Disraeli was intrinsically “Tory” — it spoke for tradition, not for its own sake, but because it provided an anchor of stability between the generations. For Labour, the '500 year old Oak Tree' is anathema because their view of “One Nation” means Year Zero.Instead of uniting, Mr Miliband's Year Zero seeks to divide. If you have inherited wealth (except, of course, if you come from Hampstead Liberal stock), if you went to a posh school, then automatically you are placed in the category of “undesirable”. An opening for class war — and an opening, too, to create an “internal enemy” — the actions of demagogues throughout the ages, and hardly the stuff of 'One Nation'.
URL: http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2012/10/robert-halfon-mp-ed-miliband-isnt-talking-about-disraelis-one-nation-and-this-presents-tories-with-a.html - 230KB - 03 Oct 2012
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110. Conservative MP's secret 'guerrilla' plot with Labour's Ed Balls to make sure EU budget vote was ambushed | Daily Mail

A rebel Tory MP had secret talks with Ed Balls as part of the plot to defeat David Cameron in Wednesday's shock Commons vote on the EU budget crisis.Harwich MP Douglas Carswell discussed the rebellion with a member of Shadow Chancellor Mr Balls's entourage to make sure the rebel Tory-Labour ambush was carried out with deadly effect.The two men discussed in detail how to dovetail their political guerrilla warfare tactics and prevent the Conservative leadership gaining vital time needed to scupper it.The result was a catastrophic 13-vote defeat for Mr Cameron as 53 rebel Tories, mainly Right-wingers, buried their lifelong disdain for Labour and teamed up with Ed Miliband and Ed Balls to humiliate the Prime Minister. The secret talks between Mr Carswell and Mr Balls were compared by one person who was involved as 'the equivalent of a military deception operation'.According to the source, the aim was to enable Mr Balls to break cover first and convince his own MPs that Labour was leading the attack on the Government.In fact it was dreamt up by a small group of Conservative rebels, including Mr Carswell, Mark Reckless and Mark Pritchard.
URL: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2227542/Conservative-MPs-secret-guerrilla-plot-Labours-Ed-Balls-make-sure-EU-budget-vote-ambushed.html - 196KB - 04 Nov 2012
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111. Labour councillor attacks rival as "shirt lifting gender bender" | Local Government

Cllr Mike Harrison, a Labour member of Thanet District Council, has used Facebook to attack Cllr Ian Driver, an independent councillor, for being a "shirt lifting gender bender." The police have warned Cllr Harrison that if he makes further such comments he could be arrested.Cllr Harrison has earlier described a woman who complained about being called "love" by bus drivers as "a frustrated, dried-up, bint."
URL: http://conservativehome.blogs.com/localgovernment/2012/06/labour-councillor-attacks-rival-as-shirt-lifting-gender-bender.html - 56KB - 06 Jun 2012
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112. IMF bail outs | John Redwood's Diary

I support President Obama, who has said that the USA does not wish to put more into the IMF to bail out members of the Eurozone. The USA thinks the Eurozone should do more for itself. I do not think the UK should be putting more of our money at risk in the Euro through the IMF either.IMF programmes are for sovereign countries. They usually require austerity packages, which are plentiful in Euroland, and devaluations, which are ruled out within the Euro. They require states going through an IMF programme to follow appropriate monetary policies for them controlled by their Central Banks and governments. Again, Euroland members cannot do this, as they have to accept the one size does not fit all policy laid down by the ECB and the EU.
URL: http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2012/04/21/imf-bail-outs/ - 132KB - 11 May 2012
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