This week I am in Washington DC attending the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. It brings together 8,000 activists from around the US ranging from libertarians, social conservatives, foreign policy hawks, mainstream Republicans and fiscal conservatives. The American conservative movement is at its best when it is at its broadest. This year has seen an impressive realisation that the...

Boris Johnson last night called for an "earned amnesty" for thousands of illegal immigrants living in the capital. The London mayor has launched a review into the feasibility of granting an amnesty to an estimated 400,000 people living illegally in London. It is expected to report in two months. Johnson has departed from the Conservative party line in his belief that people who have resided illega...

The Conservatives last night demanded that the Government cease all but essential advertising during the election campaign amid concerns that Labour have been cashing in on taxpayer funded publicity.

Remember that preposterous New Statesman article last week, penned by a Washington leader of the Alastair Campbell fan club student, which made the assertion that the Conservative Party was considered a joke in Washington? When we discuss the Conservatives’ policies here in Washington, DC, we are often reduced to laughter. Well, she's got her comeuppance now. The Tories are considered s...

Now this is my kind of investment advice (hat tip: Guardian Diary): 'Bob Battle - a lawyer from Virginia - tells the Washington Times how we might invest in the future. "If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Delta Airlines one year ago, you will have $49 today," he says. "If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in AIG one year ago, you will have $33. If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in ...

The rally at Washington's National Mall was billed as an event to support military families and to promote "American values". Organisers said 500,000 people attended, while CBS News estimated 87,000

I doubt even Rod Liddle was as precocious as this aged 13: [Footage of thirteen-year-old Jonathan Krohn addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington DC yesterday] Hat-tip: Paul Waugh

The Conservatives met in Brighton this weekend for their last gathering before the General Election. David Cameron set out some of the changes that could be expected from a Conservative Government. The essential message was a stark choice of 5 more years of Gordon Brown's tired government making things worse or David Cameron and the Conservatives with the energy, leadership and values to get ...

I think ABC is fumbling to deliberately down grade the numbers. At least that's how it smells to me: At no time did ABC News, or its affiliates, report a number anywhere near as large. ABCNews.com reported an approximate figure of 60,000 to 70,000 protesters, attributed to the Washington, D.C., fire department. In its reports, ABC News Radio described the crowd as "tens of thousands." So let&...

• Hundreds of thousands living in extreme poverty • Charities brand current situation inhumane Hundreds of thousands of failed asylum seekers are living in the UK in extreme poverty, because they fear torture or death if they return to their home countries, according to a report released today. The report warns many failed asylum seekers are living in a "twilight zone", with no housing o...