By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter David Cameron dispensing ice creams in Downing Street and with girl guides: Robert Halfon at a Royal Legion Jubilee Party: Stuart Andrew and friend waiting on the Commons Terrace for the pageant to pass by: Rob Wilson with Sir John Madejski, Chairman of newly promoted Reading FC: Matt Hancock and […]
Richard Spring is Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party and MP for West Suffolk Well over 1000 people have been killed in the Somali capital Mogadishu this month, and 200 plus so far this week. The death toll continues to rise as chaos descends. There are 174,000 refugees in Kenya, which has now tightened its […]
Richard Spring is MP for West Suffolk It is welcome news that the Iraqi government is convening a meeting of its neighbours (and the UK and USA) to try to help the country reach some level of stability. What is particularly welcome is that the US is finally accepting that you cannot diplomatically isolate one […]
Richard Spring is Member of Parliament for West Suffolk Ahead of Tony Blair’s speech at the Lord Mayor’s Banquet, there was much spinning about getting Iran and Syria involved in helping to resolve the situation in Iraq – a very tall order indeed. Syria, for all its ambiguities, has no interest in radicalised Islamic rivalry […]
Richard Spring MP is Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party (Business Relations) and Co-Chairman of Conservative City Circle. Click here to see his blog. When Labour came into office, they sought to portray themselves as replacing the Conservatives as the natural party of business. Indeed we witnessed sections of the business and financial community transfer […]