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An eyewitness, Dan Mercurio, has just told NBC that he believes that about half the runners had finished the Boston marathon. He had finished about 15 seconds earlier and said from where he was that it was clear the explosion was something serious.
With the departure of Time Montgomerie to The Times, Mark Wallace has been appointed Executive Editor of Conservative Home, with Paul Goodman becoming Editor. Frankly, I’m furious about this. With Tim leaving I had hoped that the rest of the political...
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President Obama has just addressed the American People in the wake of the Boston bombing. The President spoke for only five minutes, and could say little, but the sense of hurt and anger was clear. Obama said that he had spoken to leaders in both Houses...
Shortly off to watch @nigel_farage at the Press Gallery Luncheon. Memo to self: remain looking poker faced & don’t cheer on anti-EU remarks! — Michael Fabricant (@Mike_Fabricant) April 23, 2013 Fabricant previously produced a paper on how the Conservatives...
Alistair Campbell just can’t hep leaping to the defence of his old boss Tony Blair. In back of a cab. Which idiot radio presenter just said Thatcher the only 20th century PM to win three elections? — Alastair Campbell (@campbellclaret) April 16, 2013...
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No panda this time, just Jezza B, his partner, and their new baby daughter, Molly. Awwww……
It was announced this week that cyber SpAD Rohan Silva would be departing 10 Downing Street for the more lucrative pastures of the private sector. While there is no doubt that Silva has been influential on the digital agenda in the UK, to read some...
A new poll from YouGov today comparing the two Miliband brothers makes unhappy reading for Ed. Despite the coalition having a torrid time over the last 18 months, including that budget, and Ed having some success over issues such as Leveson, a greater...
Nick Clegg has asked Lib Dem Chief Whip Alistair Carmichal to convene a disciplinary meeting to consider the case of Mike Hancock MP. The Portsmouth South MP has had allegations of sexual misconduct made against him. Nick Clegg asks Carmichael to convene...
Last night Nick Clegg participated in a question and answer session at the Institute of Directors, and once again found himself bogged down in a discussion over Britain’s future in the European Union. He was clearly frustrated with the ongoing debate,...
Of the various votes that were or were not cast around equal marriage, it was the abstentions of Lib Dem President Tim Farron, and Deputy Leader Simon Hughes, that got the most attention. Farron is widely considered a party leader in waiting, and is hugely...
The group assembled in Methodist Central Hall in Westminster on Monday probably thought that they would be coming together to rage against the growing snooper state. Then last week deputy prime minister Nick Clegg told LBC that the Communications Data...
The Sun, for the first polling day in 44 years, has chosen not to endorse an party. Instead, today’s editorial urges those voting in county council elections to “vote local”. They say: David Cameron’s Conservatives should be the best at getting value...
Ed Miliband’s Labour Party have had a councillor elected in the Wensleydale ward of Northumberland County Council. Wensleydale is, of course, the favourite cheese of plasticine Miliband look-a-like Wallace. Put the kettle on Gromit, that victory needs...
Yesterday I revealed Chris Rennard’s rather inappropriate intervention during the Queen’s Speech debate. He seems rather proud of it too. Here is a screenshot from a post on his Facebook page: Not only that though, he’s been busy at work campaigning for...
UKIP did very well in the county council elections yesterday, but with no MPs, including Farage himself, there is no reason for the UKIP leader to take part in the televised prime minister’s debate. There has been a bit of an online debate about whether...
Even in times of austerity it seems to be a boom time to be a public service consultant. The table below is made from data taken from the Cabinet Office spend data website, and shows that in the first three months of 2013 the office the houses David Camron,...
You can always count on Lord Mandelson for a quote, and so it was this morning. The noble Lord referred to Nigel Farage’s rag-tag band as the “UK Isolation Party”, and accused Eurosceptic Conservative MPs like Joh Redwood of being “fellow travellers”,...
According the The Sun’s Tom Netwton-Dunn the Royal Charter cooked up in a late night meeting with Hacked Off has been shelved. BREAKING: The Govt has withdrawn its Royal Charter on press regulation from the May 15 privy council meeting – for more talks...
As you can see, the whole thing was set up to look like it was advocating love, when really those there were just spreading hatred. I heard one preacher take up the microphone and say that the liberalisation of things like abortion and divorce had...
