Conservative Party

'Loongate' party inquiry ruled out
Tuesday 21 May 2013

The Conservative Party's ruling body has rejected calls for an investigation into allegations one of David Cameron's closest allies called activists "mad, swivelled-eyed loons".

It is time political leaders began to trust the people
Monday 20 May 2013

When, after Ukip's success in the English local elections, the Tory leadership decided it would be sensible to stop calling them loonies, I hadn't anticipated that they would go on to apply the same description to their own supporters.

Senior Cameron ally denies insulting the party faithful
Monday 20 May 2013

Tory MPs last night turned on David Cameron over allegations one of his closest political allies called party activists "mad, swivel-eyed loons".

So what happened to the European dream?
Sunday 19 May 2013

IT'S a measure of how attitudes to Europe have changed in Britain over the last 20 years that anti-Europeans like Nigel Farage of UKIP, who was barracked in an Edinburgh pub last week, are now regarded almost as members of the political mainstream – in England, at least.

Osborne backs vote on Europe as Cable blasts Tory 'self-indulgence'
Friday 17 May 2013

GEORGE Osborne has called on eurosceptics from other parties to join the Conservatives in supporting a Bill for a referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union as Vince Cable lashed out at the Tories' "endless self-indulgence" on Europe.