Business Select Committee member Paul Blomfield MP has slammed Conservative members of the Committee for opposing the appointment of Bedfordshire Vice-Chancellor Professor Les Ebdon as Director of the Office for Fair Access (OFFA). Professor Ebdon was selected for the job of Director of OFFA by Business Secretary Vince Cable and Universities Minister David Willetts, from a shortlist prepared by a ...

Conservative MPs have rounded on claims from Justice secretary Ken Clarke that the decision to release suspected terrorist Abu Qatada was "nothing to do" with the European Court of Human Rights.

Ken Livingstone has denounced alleged Conservative hypocrisy on sexual issues, declaring that the party was ‘riddled’ with homosexuality

Commenting on criticism of his interview in the New Statesman, a spokesperson for Ken Livingstone said; "Ken is clearly saying the advance of lesbian and gay people into politics is unequivocally a good thing. "Unlike many in the Conservative Party he has fought for equality for LGBT rights throughout his life including when it was highly controversial. He established Britain's first civil pa...

Conservative MPs call for Labour's candidate for London mayor, Ken Livingstone, to apologise for saying their party is "riddled" with homosexuals.

The Republican frontrunner suffers a severe setback in his quest to become the nominee, losing three Midwestern states to social conservative Rick Santorum

Former Conservative minister Ann Widdecombe gives her winter fuel allowance away to charity and explains why she thinks the policy should be changed.

If it's Wednesday that can mean only one thing! It's time for the weekly nominations at the Watcher's Council! But before we get to the nominations, for the first timers let me explain who and what the Watcher's Council actually is. The Watcher's Council is a long-standing group of 15 conservative bloggers from around the world and winner of the 2011 Fabulous 50 Blog Award...

Slightly more considered view of Monbiot’s discovery. It’s a little odd to study Britain then conclude that racism and conservatism are aligned when our most racist political party is a nationalist socialist one and when our most conservative political party is the Labour Party.

Conservative MPs have called on the home secretary to "become a national hero" by ignoring a judgement from the European Court of Human Rights and deporting a terror suspect to Jordan immediately.