When the Tory party feels agitated, it forms dining clubs. There are plans for a number to be launched in the autumn, writes Bruce Anderson
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FT on 28th Jul 2010 (via ft.com)
David Cameron is facing a growing Shadow Cabinet revolt over plans to bring back Ken Clarke to the Tory front line.
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Telegraph on 5th Jan 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Tory leader David Cameron has dropped his plans to force the shadow cabinet to drop their lucrative jobs outside parliament after senior Conservatives threatened a revolt in the ranks.
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TheHerald on 24th Dec 2008 (via theherald.co.uk)
David Cameron is facing a further Conservative revolt over Europe after a Cabinet minister and the Mayor of London told him he must hold a referendum on the fiscal union being created to save the euro.
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Telegraph on 7th Dec 2011 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
DAVID Cameron is facing growing calls from his own back-benches to abandon plans to make it more difficult for opposition MPs to force an election if the new coalition governm
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Scotsman on 14th May 2010 (via news.scotsman.com)
Conservative MPs are set to launch an all-out revolt against controversial plans to change Britain's voting system.
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Telegraph on 9th Oct 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
David Cameron abandoned plans to stop members of the shadow cabinet from topping up their parliamentary salaries with lucrative outside work after being warned that he would face a revolt from frontbenchers prepared to hit out at him as a rich heir. A plan to impose a ban from next year, which was floated by Cameron's circle in the autumn, was put on hold after a furious reaction from members...
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Guardian on 24th Dec 2008 (via guardian.co.uk)
John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons, could prevent attempts to end the Conservative revolt over Europe, ministers fear.
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Telegraph on 21st Oct 2011 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
The Prime Minister has been accused of "betrayal" by the relatives of crime victims and faces a backbench Tory revolt as the row over the Coalition's sentencing policy hotted up last night.
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Telegraph on 18th Dec 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Tory MPs hostile to plans for a high-speed rail link from London to Birmingham are meeting on Monday to discuss strategy
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FT on 8th Jan 2012 (via ft.com)