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As we did for Mike Gerson, ConservativeHome recently arranged a three day visit to the UK for Fred Barnes, Executive Editor of America’s Weekly Standard. Our programme for Fred involved about fifteen meetings, including with George Osborne, Michael Gove and Iain Duncan Smith (politicians); Martin Bright, Janet Daley and Daniel Finkelstein (commentators); plus Andrew Cooper, […]
The image comes from Adbusters, and a Cameronesque styling of Obama’s ‘Hope’ poster. A Telegraph survey of Tory MPs (of which 91 expressed a preference) has found that 63 backed John McCain and 28 Barack Obama (click here and take a look at the facelifted Telegraph.co.uk site). ConservativeHome’s own surveys of adopted candidates has found […]
At yesterday’s Annual Business Lunch of Conservative Friends of Israel, Daniel Finkelstein (The Times’ new Chief Leader Writer) interviewed two of the Conservative Party’s top three figures; Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague and Shadow Chancellor George Osborne. You can watch the Q&A in the videos below but here are some of the key points to […]
It’s very unusual for George W Bush to meet opposition leaders but America’s President did meet David Cameron for thirty minutes earlier today, during his London visit. That’s a good sign of (a) the White House’s awareness of the Conservative Party’s ascendancy and (b) Much improved Tory-GOP relations. William Hague, George Osborne and Pauline Neville-Jones […]
Six years ago he came within a few chads of being America’s Vice President but Connecticut’s Democrats have humbled Joe Lieberman by rejecting the man who has been their Senator for eighteen years. By 52% to 48% the previously unknown Ned Lamont rode a rising tide of anti-war feeling to stop Lieberman from being the […]
Earlier this week ConservativeHome drew attention to the outstanding conservatism of Australia’s John Howard. Also hugely promising is Canada’s tax-cutting, Kyoto-sceptical, tough-on-crime Stephen Harper. He visited Britain last month en route to the G8 Summit in St Petersburg. Whilst in London he called on Margaret Thatcher and gave a terrific speech to the Canada-UK Chamber […]
John Howard has suffered from a few TB-GB-style difficulties recently. The Australian PM’s finance minister Peter Costello went public with a suggestion that Mr Howard had agreed to step down in his favour and had failed to do so. It produced a mini political crisis and has been brought to a conclusion in recent days […]
The article is more subtle than the headline but William Hague’s piece for today’s Sunday Telegraph [Telegraph site is down at time of posting] hardens the hint of criticism of Israel that was evident on Thursday. Matthew d’Ancona – writing on the page opposite to Mr Hague – describes the former Tory leader’s words as […]