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Max Mosley's trial has the media agog. The Times was not alone, yesterday, in printing those quotes from the ongoing case which it found most, umm, in the public interest (what Mosley said "on the pain of being spanked until he bleeds", for example). I saw a disinterested media lawyer givi...

By GraemeArcher on Wed 9th Jul 2008 at 8:24am Comments:(0) Topic: General Politics

Glasgow East must be used to expose LAbour's grotesque failure to eradicate extreme poverty

Glasgow does not represent prime Conservative territory. Indeed, we have not been properly competitive in that great city for much of the past half century. However, it is crucial th...

By David Skelton on Tue 8th Jul 2008 at 10:10pm Comments:(0) Topic: Social Justice

Green is good

A few weeks ago an environmental sceptic told me that “green” was now a dead issue. He confidently asserted that all my “tree hugging” was now futile when people were worried about their finances and their mortgages. Yet today, we have the Prime Minister warning about the shocking amount of food wasted every year and launching the findings of ...

By benetnorthcote on Mon 7th Jul 2008 at 7:08am Comments:(0) Topic: Living in Britain

Call Ken

The Conservative Party has finally learnt the arts of opposition. Like New Labour before the 1997 election, they understand how to use the media to get our position across. However, as Labour found in 1997, opposition and government require very different skills. Thankfully, David Cameron is aware of this and is determined not to waste those crucial first days in government. Those first weeks ...

By Michael Lynas on Sun 6th Jul 2008 at 12:17pm Comments:(0) Topic: General Politics

Gordon Brown is (sort of) right

I’m going to surprise you – I’m surprising myself. Gordon Brown is right. Gordon Brown was right to say, “The world is suffering a triple challenge: of higher fuel p...

By Fiona Melville on Sat 5th Jul 2008 at 10:41pm Comments:(1) Topic: Tax

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