Tag: derek conway
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I have crossposted this message from here and would urge people to do the same. More to the point, I’d urge them to carry out the action – we only have until Thursday! Dear friend, Today I had intended to write to you to encourage you to take part in the Convention on Modern Liberty,…
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Sorry to keep banging on about this, but why is James Gray still a Conservative MP given the firm line that Cameron has taken regarding Giles Chichester and Derek Conway? Perhaps one of my Conservative readers would care to explain it?
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Quentin Davies – defected Andrew Pelling – whip withdrawn over allegations of wife-beating Derek Conway – whip withdrawn over expenses scandal Bob Spink – whip withdrawn before he could resign. Now a member of UKIP. My prediction at the start of the year that Cameron would have a bad year has remained unfulfilled, but this…
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If MPs do vote to committing themselves to declare it whenever they employ family members, surely this would be effectively a vote of no confidence in Michael Martin? After all, this will pre-empt his own longer term inquiry. It should be remembered that David Maclean’s Freedom from Information Bill, which with the Labour and Conservative…
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Bad law is often passed when people encounter a problem, seize on a solution and wed themselves to it regardless of the unintended consequences. It’s the sort of kneejerk reaction we see from our Labour and Tory rivals all the time. Sadly, Antony Hook and Duncan Borrowman have done this over the “solution” of recall…