Irish ayes smile on Europe as Farage cries “fix”
Nigel Farage has described the Irish referendum result – in which twice as many people voted ‘yes’ to the Lisbon Treaty as ‘no’ – as a “fix”
David Cameron
Former Blair adviser says Cameron not in “strong position”
David Cameron is polling nowhere near as good as Tony Blair at the same stage of the electoral cycle.
Martin McGuinness: “I’ve never seen David Cameron”
Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness today revealed he has never seen Tory leader David Cameron – except on television.
McMillan-Scott “warned Cameron” about Kaminsky’s past
Edward McMillan-Scott, sacked from the Tory party by David Cameron for standing up to Fascism, says he warned his former colleagues about Michal Kaminski’s past
CDU withdraws London rep in protest at Cameron’s EU grouping
The German newspaper, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, has reported that Angela Merkel’s CDU party has recalled its London representative Thomas Stehling to Germany because of David Cameron’s decision to withdraw from the European People’s Party.
Osborne says Conservatives have “much to learn” from Tory town halls
George Osborne pledges a Conservative government would emulate the policies being implemented by Tory councils
Conservative research shows there’s no debt crisis
David Cameron mentioned the phrase “debt crisis” eight times in his speech yesterday. On Sunday, speaking on the Andrew Marr show, George Osborne said, “the difference between Britain and countries like France and Germany is that we have an absolutely enormous budget deficit.” But research used by the Conservative Party show that Britain’s debt position is far from in crisis despite their claims.
Cameron compares British politics with India
David Cameron says India’s Electoral Commission is 20-times better than Britain’s, but what do the facts say
Tory referendum plans could create funding black holes
The Conservative Party policy to allow the public to call referendums on local issues where 5 per cent of the population sign a petition in support could create unintended consequences such as the suppression of minority rights and for councils to be burdened with unmanageable financial commitments says a new NLGN report.
Ireland’s budget balancing hurts economy
Last Autumn, at the height of the financial crisis, the Labour Government launched a fiscal stimulus despite falling tax revenues. The Irish responded in the opposite manner by cutting back spending and raising taxes.