GCSE results: The biggest winners from education reform have been the poor August 25, 2016 At the height of the last government, an online petition was launched calling for the then education secretary to resign. “Remove the elitist Michael Gove from office” it screamed. “Gove who has experienced private school education and Oxbridge is completely out of touch”. Like so much cyber activism, it was nonsense. For as today’s GCSE results will [...]
Quitting the EU would be “win-win” for the UK’s economy says Michael Gove June 15, 2016 Justice secretary Michael Gove has hit back at claims that a Brexit vote would hit the UK's finances, claiming that leaving the EU would be “win-win” the for UK. Treasury figures have forecast that the UK would be launched into a recession by a Brexit vote. However, speaking on the BBC last night, Gove hit [...]
It’s not just David Cameron and Michael Gove trading barbs over Brexit anymore – their wives have had a “foul-mouthed spat” April 26, 2016 David Cameron and Michael Gove may look like they have a good working relationship despite their Brexit views, but is it all too good to be true? Samantha Cameron and Sarah Vine (aka Mrs Michael Gove) are no longer on speaking terms, after a "foul-mouthed spat" between the pair at Tory chairman Lord Andrew Feldman’s 50th birthday party, [...]
Boris Johnson pulls out of Conservative leadership race – leaving Theresa May odds-on to become next Tory leader June 30, 2016 Boris Johnson has announced he will not seek the Tory leadership, after weeks of speculation that the former London mayor was hoping to become the next Prime Minister. "Having consulted colleagues and in view of the circumstances in parliament I have concluded that [the next Conservative leader] cannot be me," he said in a speech at [...]
The new centre ground: The full text of Theresa May’s Conservative Party conference speech October 5, 2016 In the speech which closed the Conservative Party conference, Theresa May spoke of a country in transition, and new opportunities. The full 7,600 words is below – although if you'd rather a cut-down version, her best quotes are here – or you can read how businesses reacted. The new centre ground: May's speech in full When [...]
Welfare of Nations: Our debate about the future of the state is worryingly parochial April 6, 2015 In the aftermath of the Cold War, we were told that capitalism had won. Communism had been defeated, and we were entering Francis Fukuyama’s “End of History” – with capitalist liberal democracies the highest, and final, form of human government. But what if “capitalism” versus “communism” was always a false dichotomy? What if the truly [...]
Farage sets out price of deal with Cameron after election March 16, 2015 NIGEL Farage is prepared to do a deal with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in Northern Ireland to support David Cameron, but only in return for a referendum on Britain’s EU membership in 2015. Writing in his new book “The Purple Revolution”, published tomorrow, the Ukip leader rules out a formal coalition with the Tories. [...]
David Cameron prepares for election battle with cabinet reshuffle July 16, 2014 David Cameron has fired the starting pistol in the race to win the general election next year, ridding his top ministerial ranks of dead wood and installing media-savvy MPs and spinners instead. The Prime Minister’s last reshuffle before the general election next May signals his intention to fight a tough campaign based on [...]
Tories will take action to limit public sector strikes in manifesto July 9, 2014 David Cameron announced yesterday that his party will take tough action on strikes if he is re-elected in 2015, as schools across the country prepare to walk out today. During Prime Minister’s Question time in the House of Commons yesterday, Cameron condemned the union walkout which will affect thousands of children, telling MPs “the time [...]
Cameron’s risky EU stance yet to convince voters June 30, 2014 VOTERS do not believe that renegotiation of the UK’s relationship with Europe is possible, leading many to doubt David Cameron’s pledge of an in/out referendum in 2017, according to new research. The damning verdict on Cameron’s ability to fight for UK interests in the EU was dealt a further blow when key business group the [...]