Shadow Business Secretary Ken Clarke joined David Cameron and George Osborne in speaking at Thomson Reuters about the state of the economy.
“This weekend showed very vividly why we can’t afford five more years of Gordon Brown”, he said. “There’s a choice to be made, and the choice of Gordon Brown is a very expensive choice [...]
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Ken Clarke – We can’t afford another five years of Labour’s economic incompetence
Conservatives are winning in Wales – Labour outpolled
For the first time ever the Conservative Party has outpolled Labour in a national election in Wales. It is also the first time any party has beaten Labour in Wales since 1918.
Welsh Conservatives topped the poll in 17 of the 40 Welsh constituencies, securing a 21%share of the vote, ahead of Labour, Plaid Cymru, and [...]
Gordon Brown – No authority – No credibility
If Brown can’t run a reshuffle, how can he run the country?
David Cameron accused Gordon Brown of lacking the authority necessary to run the country after his reshuffle plans were disrupted by a series of resignations by Cabinet members.
David stressed the reshuffle was an “emergency” measure to “cling on to office” – and accused the Mr. Brown of ”taking people for [...]
Labour blown away by Conservatives in Council elections south of the border
Cameron hails “remarkable” local election results
David Cameron hailed a “remarkable” set of Local Election results after the Conservatives gained control of councils across the country – and some for the first time in nearly three decades.
We won Lancashire and Derbyshire County Councils, both of which had been Labour for 28 years; and we gained control of Staffordshire [...]
Gordon Brown tries to glue a new Cabinet together as Europe watches with astonishment
Gordon Brown hammered again at Prime Ministers Question Time as more Cabinet Resignations create a huge void to fill.
Meanwhile, Europe waits and watches with astonishment as the UK political system falls apart with the Prime Minister rapidly losing control.
EU watches as angry UK kicks off EU elections
Anger over the parliamentary expenses scandal in Westminister is [...]
The day after the borrowing bombshell
Labour dropped a borrowing bombshell on our economy in their Pre-Budget Report and now things look even worse. Everyone earning over £20,000 – nurses, teachers, doctors, police officers – will be clobbered with higher taxes thanks to Labour.
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Era of Gordon Brown economics is over – George Osborne
Following the news that the Government is planning to rewrite its own fiscal rules, George Osborne has declared, “The Brown era of economics is over.”
The Shadow Chancellor said that Mr. Brown “staked his credibility” on those fiscal rules, but has “ditched” them because the public finances are in a mess:
“The Treasury can’t stick with a [...]
Labour to hit 400,000 families with VED tax
Here in the Highlands of Scotland and in the Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey area the average wage is £15,000 per year.
The latest VED tax is yet another insult to already hard pressed families and will hit those least able to afford it the worst. People here in the Highlands need their cars to get [...]