Coalition Government Cancel London’s Heathrow Airport Third Runway
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 […]
Election 2010 David Laws Chief Secretary to the Treasury
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 […]
Election 2010 Ken Clarke Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor
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 […]
Election 2010 Vince Cable Business Secretary
Vince Cable is the new Business Secretary, one of five Liberal Democrats in David Cameron’s new coalition government. Vince Cable studied Economics at Cambridge University and gained a PhD in Economics from the University of Glasgow. He became an economic advisor to the Kenyan government in 1966 and advisor to the British government and then […]
Election 2010 George Osborne Chancellor of the Exchequer
George Osborne at 38, is the youngest Chancellor of the Exchequer for 125 years. Not bad for a graduate who wanted to be a journalist, but having failed to secure a job with a national newspaper found a job at Conservative Central Office and the rest is history. George Gideon Oliver Osborne has been the […]
Election 2010 Nick Clegg Deputy Prime Minister
We have a new deputy PM in the form of Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg. What does a Deputy Prime Minister do? The Deputy Prime Minister office is a relatively new post with the first Deputy Prime Minister being Labour’s Clement Attlee under Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s coalition war time government 1940-1945. When you think […]
Conservatives Win the 2010 General Election
Oh My God, they actually won, David Cameron and his vaguely horse-looking wife (just kidding :D), have stole Gordon Brown’s house stepped into 10 Downing Street. As for Nick Clegg he has been the most stupid politician in UK history, a Lib Con Govt is like chalk and cheese (it will never work) I just […]
Election 2010 Gordon Brown Resigns as Prime Minister
Gordon Brown has just resigned as Prime Minister at the steps of 10 Downing Street. This means there’s a deal between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats and David Cameron will be our new Prime Minister. Gordon Brown’s Resignation Speech “As you know the general election left no party able to command a majority in […]