UK Conservative Party
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 13: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) talks to British Prime Minister David Cameron in the Oval Office of the White House May 13, 2013 in Washington, DC. Cameron rebuked lawmakers in his Conservative Party who have already decided that Britain should withdraw from the European Union.
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We don’t work for ‘union bosses,’ Tories say, taking aim at #CBC, Via, Canada Post
I don’t mind going over the top of the trenches to fight the Tories on what we believe in, but we risk being trapped in the trenches they have built.
it was felt that there was a need to look at the narrowing of the gap between the party in the country and the leadership ... I understand what David Cameron is saying about trying to reach out to more people than the Conservative Party, but he has to realise that he is the caretaker of the Conservative Party and not the proprietor of the Conservative Party.More quotes »
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N. Hempstead supervisors from 1784-2013
The Town of North Hempstead, previously part of Hempstead, was formed in 1784 after a rift between Patriots in northern section who were sympathetic to Revolutionary War cause and Tories of southern Hempstead.The town has since been led by 35 supervisors. 2:41 PM Read more »
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Invitations to Margaret Thatcher's funeral sent
Prime Minister David Cameron 's office said. Cameron 's office said the list -- drawn up by Thatcher's family, her Conservative Party and the government -- includes representatives of 200 states and organizations with whom Britain has normal diplomatic relations. Read more »
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Thatcher had troubled relations with UK sports
-- beyond the back page, or impacted on other areas of policy," Sebastian Coe , who became a legislator with Thatcher's Conservative Party after winning Olympic titles as a runner, recalled in his autobiography.During her first year in power, Thatcher asked Read more »
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Will: Margaret Thatcher's decisive legacy
usefully demonstrated that a soothing personality is not always necessary in democracy.Like de Gaulle, she was a charismatic conservative nationalist who was properly resistant to what she called the European federalists' attempts to "suppress nationhood and Read more »
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Not just a bunch of 'swivel-eyed' idiots: The true Tories who want a new direction
following his MP, who he says he admires, into a new coalition with Nigel Farage’s party? “No,” he says, “because Ukip is a one-man party. I like their principles very much but that’s because they are conservative principles which the funny, non-swivel eyed 2:56 PM from The Independent Read more »
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Trudeau critical of Harper’s handling of Senate scandal
us on pollution, in degradation and in inefficiencies in the coming years.” Mr. Trudeau countered Friday that the fact the Conservative government is “busy trying to contradict the leader of the third party in the House as far as we are from an election, really 2:20 PM from Globe and Mail Read more »
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Unlike Wildrose, Tories followed robocall rules, official says
the wake of the Wildrose Party’s fine for improper robocalls, the Alberta Tories say they followed the rules and do not expect any similar reprimand. The calls were in contravention of CRTC regulations that say the name of the party sponsoring the call, an 2:08 PM from CBC News Read more »
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Conservative Party's bigotry exposed again
activists condemned one of David Cameron's closest allies after allegedly branding them "mad, swivel-eyed loons." The whole party is paralysed with fear that it will suffer heavy election losses, with Labour realistically set to gain most from this splintering 1:53 PM from Morning Star Online Read more »
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Court Rules Tweet Libeled Politician
Hodgson The High Court in London ruled Friday that a tweet by the wife of the speaker of the House of Commons libeled a top Conservative Party figure by implying that he was a pedophile. Sally Bercow, who is married to speaker, John Bercow, wrongly linked 11:28 AM from Wall Street Journal Read more »
