UK Politics

The Inner Thatcher Rears it’s Ugly Head – Dawn of the Two Year Waiting Lists. The latest stain on the Coalition Government’s spotless record has emerged as it’s been announced they are abolishing the targets to see a GP (General Practitioner) within 48 hours, and the target to see a Doctor within 4-hours of being […]

I started this politics site roughly one year ago because 1st I make money online making websites like this one and 2nd I was concerned the Conservatives would win the 2010 general election and the country would be subject to 5 or more years of Tory/Thatcherite rule and though I never expected my website to […]

Diane Abbott a Labour candidate for Hackney North and Stoke Newington has got her name etched on the ballot papers for the Labour Party Leadership 2010, a surge in support was closely after the acting Labour leader/former deputy Harriet Harman announced her support for Diane Abbott the only female MP candidate for the Labour leadership. […]

A Policy we didn’t see in action by labour was the extension of free school meals, this plan now shelved by the Tories it was going to pilot in September and was going to improve the lives of 500,000 school children and their families. Anyway the Conservatives don’t care about poor people they back the […]

David William Donald Cameron (I’ll stick With Prime Minister) has stressed the difficult decision of the spending cuts on the 22nd June, the PM and leader of the Conservative party spoke at a book store/library place to talk about something other than… erm books, he told us all about the difficulty he’s under to sweep […]

With the resignation of Gordon Brown as both Prime Minister and Labour Party Leader just days after the 2010 election we’ll be seeing the Labour Party Leadership election campaign over the coming months most likely ending during the Labour Party Conference in September 2010. If the Labour Party wanted a faster leadership contest it would […]

The sun was shining and the song birds where singing in the rose garden of number 10 Downing Street when the newly weds David Cameron and Nick Clegg made their first Prime Ministerial press conference. David Cameron took the lead on the majority of questions with both Nick Clegg and Cameron falling over themselves in […]

Also see the Full Conservative and Liberal Democrat Coalition Government Agreement published 20th May 2010. Conservative Liberal Democrat coalition negotiations Agreements reached 11 May 2010 This document sets out agreements reached between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats on a range of issues. These are the issues that needed to be resolved between us in order […]

William Hague is the new First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in David Cameron’s Conservative and Liberal Democrats coalition government. William Hague has been the Member of Parliament for Richmond, Yorkshire since 1989 and replaces Lord Mandelson as First Secretary of State and David Miliband as Secretary of […]

Michael Gove is the new Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families in the new Conservative and Liberal Democrats coalition government. Michael Gove has been the Member of Parliament for Surrey Heath since 2005 and replaces Ed Balls as Schools Secretary. Michael Gove reportedly claimed £7,000 for furnishing a London property before ‘flipping’ his […]

Liam Fox is the new Secretary of State for Defence in David Cameron’s Conservative and Liberal Democrats coalition government. Liam Fox has been the Conservative Member of Parliament for Woodspring since 1992 and replaces Bob Ainsworth as Secretary of State for Defence. Liam Fox was a GP in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, Somerset before his election to […]

Theresa May is the new Home Secretary and Minister for Women and Equality in David Cameron’s new Conservative and Liberal Democrats coalition government. Theresa May has been the Member of Parliament for Maidenhead since 1997 and replaces Labour’s Alan Johnson as Home Secretary. Theresa May studied at St Hugh’s College, Oxford, obtaining a BA in […]

Chris Huhne is the new Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in David Cameron’s Conservative and Liberal Democrats coalition government. Chris Huhne has been the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Eastleigh since 2005 and replaces Ed Miliband as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. Chris Huhne has a first class […]

From the Conservative and Liberal Democrat Coalition Government Agreement under the Environment Section: -The cancellation of the third runway at Heathrow. -The refusal of additional runways at Gatwick and Stansted. -The replacement of the Air Passenger Duty with a per flight duty. With the cancellation of the controversial third runway and London’s Heathrow airport and […]

Liberal Democrat David Laws is the new Chief Secretary to the Treasury. David Laws, age 44, is the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Yeovil and was first elected in 2001. David Laws graduated from Cambridge with a double first class degree in economics and went into investment banking, becoming a Vice President of JP […]

Conservative MP for Rushcliffe, Ken Clarke is the new Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor. Taking the role of Labour’s Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw. Ken Clarke served in government ministerial positions through out the entire 18 years of Conservative government under Margaret Thatcher and John Major so brings a lot […]