The Honours Forfeiture Committee: not as impressive as it sounds
David Cameron said that the Honours Forfeiture Committee would be looking into whether or not Sir Fred Goodwin should have his knighthood taken away. … Read the full post »
David Cameron
Read about David Cameron, Conservative MP and Prime Minister 2010-16. During 2010-15 he headed up a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats, in which Nick Clegg was Deputy Prime Minister. He won an overall majority in the 2015 general election but then resigned after the Leave side won the 2016 European referendum.
Nick Clegg unites with Lords in battle to alter benefit cuts
So reports tomorrow’s Observer: David Cameron has been lobbied by the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, on the need to rewrite the government’s flagship benefit reform to help children suffering as a result. Clegg proposed a series of changes to the £500-a-week cap, including exempting current claimants, in an attempt to ameliorate some of the … Read the full post »
How did the parties to in 2011? My op-ed for The Times
This year has certainly not been short of Harold Macmillan’s “events, dear boy, events”. Political and economic turmoil disrupted even… … Read the full post »
Fixed-term Parliaments: Why David Cameron won’t be calling a snap general election
There used to be an odd omission in the generally accepted electoral ethics of British politics. Let the Prime Minister unilaterally pick who can vote in an election? Absurd. But… … Read the full post »
Nick Clegg on why he was absent from the Euro statement
From the weekend, here are the highlights of Nick Clegg’s interview with Andrew Marr, followed by my own views. … Read the full post »
The three stories that really matter – even to Britain
The British veto is being hugely over-played in its significance – it did not stop events and it did not even reshape Britain’s relations with Europe. … Read the full post »
It’s the Euro’s fate, not Britain’s fate, which is the key post-summit question
Sat on a shelf a few metres away from me is a box containing the various military medals won by my relatives over previous generations. … Read the full post »
Europe: what Liberal Democrats have been saying today
Nick Clegg: “I have said for months that it would be best to avoid arcane debates about treaty change altogether and if we had to proceed down that road, it would be best to do so in a way that did not create divisions in Europe”. … Read the full post »
Commonwealth governments agree to end sexism in Royal succession rules
Sons and daughters of any future UK monarch will have equal right to the throne, after Commonwealth leaders agreed to change succession laws. … Read the full post »
David Cameron shows a touch of political genius over Europe
The more I read tabloid newspaper coverage about how David Cameron is betraying traditional Conservative concerns over Europe… … Read the full post »