Three candidates lose out as the Party fights back in the tug of war between the centre and local associations.
The number of finalists appears to be the result of the local association pushing back against CCHQ’s attempts to influence the selection.
Johnathan Algar, Antonia Cox, Nick Faith, Peter Franklin, David Green, Peter Hoskin, Andrew Lilico, Andrea Leadsom MP and Simon Richards give their views.
Antonia Cox was Conservative candidate for Islington South and Finsbury at the general election and is author of More Bang for the Buck: how we can get better value from the defence budget, published by the Centre for Policy Studies. An announcement is imminent on the successor submarines carrying the nuclear deterrent, according to Lord […]
Antonia Cox was Conservative candidate for Islington South and Finsbury at the general election and is author of More Bang for the Buck: how we can get better value from the defence budget, published by the Centre for Policy Studies. Jim Murphy, the shadow defence secretary – described as "thoughtful" by Benedict Brogan in the […]
Antonia Cox was Conservative candidate for Islington South and Finsbury at the general election and is author of More Bang for the Buck: how we can get better value from the defence budget, published by the Centre for Policy Studies. A new front has opened up in the battle over deficit reduction. The Prospect union […]
Antonia Cox was Conservative candidate for Islington South and Finsbury at the general election and is author of More Bang for the Buck: how we can get better value from the defence budget, published by the Centre for Policy Studies. ConHome readers might be wondering what Liam Fox is doing in appointing a former Labour […]
Antonia Cox is PPC for Islington South and Finsbury and a leader writer at the Evening Standard. She has just returned from Tunisia, where she was observing the role played by women in civic society. As British soldiers face a tough summer in Helmand province, and the new Obama strategy for Afghanistan promises more development […]
Antonia Cox is a leader writer at the London Evening Standard, author of the Policy Exchange defence publication The Best Kit, and on the Conservative Candidates List. The biggest ships the Royal Navy has ever ordered will enter service at least a year or two late. Despite MoD promises of “minimal implications to jobs”, the […]
Antonia Cox is a leader writer at the London Evening Standard and mother of three. She was previously a Commons research assistant, investment banker and banking correspondent of The Daily Telegraph. Labour’s David Miliband claims, in a recent Spectator article, that there is a contradiction between David Cameron’s emphasis on people "turning to each other" […]
Jonathan Algar, Antonia Cox, Nick Faith, Peter Franklin, David Green, Peter Hoskin, Andrea Leadsom MP, Andrew Lilico and Simon Richards assess the Chancellor’s work.