Conservative Party

UK leadership profoundly frivolous, says fund chief

Tuesday 14 May 2013

JAMES Anderson, manager of the £2.7 billion Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, has described the UK's political and economic leadership as "deeply lacking" and "profoundly frivolous".

Nationalist security plans derided

Tuesday 14 May 2013

THE SNP's plan for a £2.5 billion annual security budget in an independent Scotland has been branded "back of the envelope stuff" and would put Scots at risk, a defence seminar has been told.

Miliband under pressure over amendment vote on Europe

Tuesday 14 May 2013

Ed Miliband is under increasing pressure from within his own party ahead of a key Commons vote on Europe already threatening to tear apart the Conservatives.

Brown attacks Tory 'Enoch Powell' immigration policy

Tuesday 14 May 2013

FORMER Prime Minister Gordon Brown has turned Labour's pro-UK campaign launch into an anti-Tory tirade by accusing David Cameron's Government of going down an Enoch Powell-style route over immigration.

Ministers' double whammy for Cameron on EU referendum

Monday 13 May 2013

DAVID Cameron's woes on Europe have intensified after two Cabinet ministers publicly declared they would vote in favour of Britain leaving the European Union on the basis of its present relationship with Brussels.