Vote blue go blue: Survey reveals 91% of Tory PPCs and 73% of MPs are climate sceptics
More evidence today of Tory candidates’ views: a staggering 91 per cent of Conservative PPCs and 73 per cent of MPs do not believe in man made climate change.
Shamik Das
Fox becomes latest Tory to stand by “the venom of Andy Coulson”
Senior Tories continue to stand by David Cameron’s director of communications Andy Coulson, with shadow defence secretary Liam Fox the latest to support him.
Politics Summary: Friday, February 26th
Bankers’ bonuses, the latest polls, US healthcare reform, Afghanistan and bullying.
Cameron must do better than Churchill, Heath and Thatcher to win
David Cameron will need to win more than 80 more seats than Labour to win the election, more than the 70-seat lead in 1979 and the 26-seat lead in October 1951.
Not enough evidence to collar Coulson as report slams News of the World and “toothless” PCC
The parliamentary report into “Press standards, privacy and libel” has criticised the News of the World for “buying the silence” of a reporter and PI.
Politics Summary: Wednesday, February 24th
The IMF warning on cutting the deficit too soon, the MPs’ report into the News of the World phone-hacking scandal, schools, prisons and banks.
Now business says Cameron’s Kaminski alliance is damaging Britain’s influence
Employers’ groups have joined the condemnation against David Cameron’s alliance with Euro extremists, voicing fears our influence in Europe will be limited.
Public split on who to trust on economy
The latest poll for The Sunday Times shows the public are very pessimistic on both parties’ chances of maintaing the recovery and preventing another recession.
Politics Summary: Monday, February 22nd
Allegations of bullying in No 10, an end in sight for AIDS, more strikes at BA, more allegations of torture against MI5 and the rush to beat the “super tax”.
Look Left – The Week in Fast Forward
The economy, mutualism, the Taleban, climate change, Swedish schools and James Purnell.