As the Conservative party conference gets under way this weekend, there is a pause in the seemingly relentless civil wars of recent years, as the Tory tribes gather in Manchester.…
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Rising German Conservative Could Be Answer to Ousting Scholz
by Trevor Lambby Trevor Lamb(Bloomberg) — Two years out from Germany’s next national election, the debate about who the opposition conservatives should pick to run against Social Democrat Chancellor Olaf Scholz is heating up.…
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Activist Groups Target 9 Insurance Firms in New Protest
by Pete Barnettby Pete BarnettCertain insurance companies have again been targeted by activist groups that are demanding that the insurers rule out covering the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), and the campaigners promise…
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Lost in the Political Wilderness, the Tories Have No Core Values Left
by Ivan Griffinby Ivan GriffinGeoffrey Wheatcroft (The natural party of government? After five PMs in seven years, the Conservatives seem all at sea, 25 August) wonders whether the Conservative party has run out of…
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Conservatives Could ‘hang on’ to Mid Bedfordshire if Labour and Lib Dems Split Vote, Polling Guru Warns
The Conservative Party could retain Mid Bedfordshire if the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties split the anti-Tory vote, polling guru Sir John Curtice has warned. It comes after Nadine Dorries’…
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Coutinho and Climate Change. On One Side of Her, the Conservative Environment Network. On the Other, the Net Zero Scrutiny Group.
by Trevor Lambby Trevor LambTo one side of Claire Coutinho, there is the Conservative Environment Network, which claims the support of 133 Tory backbenchers – more than a third of the Commons party and half…
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‘The Modern Conservative Party Holds the ‘Will of the People’ in Contempt’
by Tom Pittmanby Tom PittmanShakespeare’s famous ‘truth to power’ truism in the opening act of Pericles, Prince of Tyre could be turned on its head for our current crop of Conservative politicians as: ‘You…
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Conservative UK Lawmaker Formally Quits With Scathing Attack on PM Sunak
by Rudolph Royby Rudolph RoyLONDON, Aug 27 (Reuters) – UK member of parliament Nadine Dorries has delivered a scathing attack on her Conservative Party’s leader Rishi Sunak in her formal resignation letter, accusing the…
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Spain’s Sanchez Rebuffs Conservative Government Offer
by Pete Barnettby Pete BarnettActing Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s Socialists on Wednesday dismissed the conservative Popular Party’s bid to form a government as “doomed.” A conversation between Spain’s conservative and socialist leaders on Wednesday…
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Mayor Andy Street ‘disappointed’ at Conservatives’ Chronicle Trademark Infringement
Political campaign material was sent to homes in the style of newspapers, with the titles Wolverhampton Chronicle, Sandwell Chronicle and Dudley Chronicle. Those names are trademarked by the Midland News Association (MNA),…
