The decision by David Cameron to pull the Tories out of the EPP and form the ECR was a victory of principle and party politics over pragmatism. While many Tory grassroots howled with joy, it is worth examining the practical consequences on Tory influence in the European Parliament – not to reverse the decision, but validate or disprove the oft-made charge that the decision has made the Torie...
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Spectator on 16th Mar 2010 (via spectator.co.uk)
Gary Titley MEP fires a broadside at Cameron’s Conservatives in Europe: “…Tories are still Tories. David Cameron might claim they have changed, but we see the real face of the Conservatives in the European parliament. In the last year alone Tory MEPs voted against fighting the trafficking of women, energy efficiency, the Fundamental Rights Agency and
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LabourMatters on 25th Sep 2008 (via labourmatters.com)
Tory leader's cycle taken from outside his west London home this morning David Cameron has had his bicycle stolen for the second time in less than a year, the Tories said today. The Tory leader had chained it to railings outside the front of his house, but when he went to look for it an hour later it was gone. Cameron, who always cycles into parliament on Wednesdays because he believes that t...
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Guardian on 6th May 2009 (via guardian.co.uk)
David Cameron has admitted he cannot promise to reverse planned increases in National Insurance if the Conservatives come to power.
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Telegraph on 23rd Feb 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
David Cameron has been accused of leading the Conservatives out of mainstream European politics and joining forces with “a rag-bag of extremist parties” after succeeding in forming a new, anti-federalist group in the European parliament.
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TheHerald on 22nd Jun 2009 (via theherald.co.uk)
Conservative leader David Cameron today said he plans to give the Scottish Parliament more powers during the first term of a Tory government.
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Scotsman on 15th Feb 2010 (via news.scotsman.com)
Conservative leader says he wants people with no background in Tory politics to consider standing as candidates for parliament David Cameron today hinted at a desire to clear out the Conservative old guard when he said he wanted people with no background in Tory politics to consider standing for parliament as Conservative MPs. In a move that suggests he feels the modernisation of the Conservative ...
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Guardian on 24th May 2009 (via guardian.co.uk)
The European elections today in Britain mark the break-up of the Conservative Partys’s civil union with the European mainstream right and moving in with the right-far right in the European Parliament. The European elections will be an indication of the UK’s future position in Europe. David Cameron wants to put European integration in reverse gear, but keep the United Kingdom inside the...
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Grahnlaw on 4th Jun 2009 (via grahnlaw.blogspot.com)
Douglas Groves, one of our prominent members of BUCF and student of European Politics, Society and Economics, gives us an account of the day. On Thursday, February 11th, BUCF had both the honour of meeting David Cameron at Edgbaston Association, and the privilege of attending a Cameron Direct session at Bartley Green School. David Cameron was really
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BUCF on 12th Feb 2010 (via bucf.wordpress.com)