We now have the first major gaffe of the 2012 London Mayor race and to everyone’s surprise it wasn’t Boris. Ken Livingstone granted an extraordinary interview to the New Statesman, where his comments on the incumbent mayor, Margaret Thatcher and his work ethic have caused a decent stir. However, it is the thoughts on homosexuality in the Conservative Party — ‘the Tory party...

The gay Labour MP Chris Bryant said Ken Livingstone's use of the word "riddled" in relation to gay people in the Conservative Party was "pretty daft".

Ken Livingstone, Labour's candidate for London mayor, has said that the Conservative Party used to be "riddled" with homosexuals and claimed Baroness Thatcher was "clinically insane" while prime minister.

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...

Michael Farmer, a wealthy hedge fund tycoon, has been appointed as co-treasurer to the Conservative party, replacing Lord Fink

Michael Dugher MP, Labour's Shadow Cabinet Office Minister, commenting on the appointment of Michael Farmer as Conservative Party co-Treasurer

The business dealings of former Conservative Party Deputy Chairman and one of its biggest donors, Lord Ashcroft, are back in the news again. As The Observer reports: Fresh revelations have raised a series of questions about the links between the former Conservative deputy chairman Lord Ashcroft and a company responsible for luxury projects across a

There is growing anxiety among the rank and file of the Conservative Party that David Cameron is not delivering the agenday his party's faithful want.

The Conservative party announce the formation of a new political party in Northern Ireland.

Tensions within the Conservative party would be stoked by the prime minister’s acceptance of the deal, aspects of which he had previously opposed