Tag Archives: Conservative Party

Reeves: Tories “may be attempting to deliberately mislead the public” over stats and government’s record

By Guest | Published: January 24, 2013

Shadow chief secretary Rachel Reeves says the Tories may be attempting to “deliberately mislead the public” about over statistics and the government’s record.

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Labour lay into Cameron on NHS and borrowing on eve of Tory conference

By Shamik Das | Published: October 5, 2012

Labour stepped up the pressure on David Cameron today with a new poster mocking his airbrushed pre-election pledge, and a new “Borrowing Counter” website.

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0.7% delayed again; Cameron appeases backbenchers, world’s poorest suffer

By Ben Phillips | Published: April 24, 2012

As with Lords reform, David Cameron looks set to renege on another manifesto promise under pressure from Tory backbenchers – this time with global consequences.

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A-list Tory ‘asks’ how we can stop the poor from having too many kids

By Alex Hern | Published: November 18, 2011

Alex Hern reveals star Tory Harriet Baldwin’s “questions” about whether poor parents ought to be punished for having too many children.

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Trouble ahead for Cameron: Majority of Euro rebels were from class of 2010

By Shamik Das | Published: October 25, 2011

The majority of the Tory rebels in last night’s European referendum vote in the Commons were newly elected MPs, spelling troubled times ahead for David Cameron.

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The future of the Conservative Party: Big-state Toryism

By Daniel Elton | Published: August 10, 2011

The Conservatives’ dependence on the ‘grey vote’ and on their think tank apparatus may mean they are committed to ever increasing expenditures in future.

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Tories used PIs “to spy on their own supporters”

By Shamik Das | Published: July 29, 2011

There are reports this morning that the Conservative party used private investigators, like Glen Mulcaire, to delve into the personal lives of their own supporters.

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The race for Inverclyde

By Ed Jacobs | Published: June 26, 2011

Left Foot Forward’s Ed Jacobs interviews the candidates ahead of Thursday’s Inverclyde by-election, caused by the tragic death of David Cairns.

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Should Brian Souter have his knighthood removed?

By Ed Jacobs | Published: June 14, 2011

NUS Scotland are campaigning for the founder of the Stagecoach company to have his knighthood withdrawn after his attempts to repeal anti-homophobic legislation.

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Cameron’s NHS U-turn was not a choice but a necessity

By Andrew Georgiou | Published: June 13, 2011

David Cameron and his supporters have a tough sell on the NHS bill changes; they have another coalition u-turn written all over them.

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