Archive for David Cameron
Caroline Righton: will David Cameron reply?
The silence from Caroline Righton, the Conservative PPC for St Austell & Newquay, over allegations that she smeared her Lib Dem opponent with a faked message has resulted in the local Lib Dems now raising the issue with David Cameron (letter here). Whilst I’m not expecting a personal response from him, it’ll be interesting to [...]
David Cameron’s speech: Danny Alexander responds
Here’s what Danny has to say (and interesting to note that he’s being deployed as the Lib Dem person to attack the other parties, not Nick Clegg or Vince Cable):
This speech demonstrates the huge gulf between the sunny rhetoric of David Cameron and the grim reality of Tory policy.
The Tories claim to be honest on [...]
I don't think Nick Robinson is impressed with David Cameron
For here is what Nick Robinson has to say about David Cameron on Europe: So what does the self proclaimed “straight talking” guy say about one of the biggest foreign policy dilemma he’s likely to face if he becomes prime minister? Nothing. Nowt. Nix. Zippo. Zilch. You can read the full post here.
Daily View 2×2: 4 October 2009
It’s Sunday. It’s 7am. It’s time for the Daily View, today with an election night special.
2 Big Stories
David Cameron stalls on Europe
David Cameron bravely stuck his neck out by, er…, insisting that the Tories “could only have one policy at once”. Not multitaskers then:
David Cameron has refused to give an unequivocal commitment to a referendum [...]
Will there be a cull of ministers after the next general election?
Whoever wins the next general election, they will have to make some tough choices about public spending. Will they dare look very close to home though?
In late 1914 when Britain ruled much of the world and was fighting a world war, there were a total of 49 ministers. Gordon Brown’s government currently has 119 ministers [...]
David Cameron targets the Electoral Commission
David Cameron’s speech today contains two pledges on public expenditure which are likely to meet with widespread approval across the political spectrum. Abolishing the Standards Board for England and cutting back on the Electoral Commission are policies by no means unique to Cameron – indeed the Liberal Democrats have made much of the running on [...]
TV leaders debate set to happen: if Sky keeps its nerve
I’ve always wondered why the media don’t call the bluff of party leaders when it comes to holding leaders debate at general election time.
Many in the media regularly and sincerely go on the record about believing such debates would be good for democracy, but in the past they’ve always held back from the idea that [...]
MPs on Facebook: leading the way or forgetting to change the defaults?
Cross-posted from The Wardman Wire:
A new studyof MPs on Facebook shows widespread use of the social network by Parliamentarians, but also a range of curious choices about how to use the medium which may in part reflect a failure to change default settings.
The study, carried out by Woodnewton Associates and based on evidence gathered in May [...]
How Labour has mishandled #welovethenhs
In brief: by trying to turn the defence of the NHS against American attacks into a political stick with which to beat the Conservatives, Labour has given David Cameron and other senior Conservatives plenty of airtime to make the case, “Look, we’re not like previous Tories. We like the NHS – and to prove it, [...]
