Blogs Posts on "William Hague"

Happy Birthday to The Commonwealth: could this be Britain’s future? by Scholars & Rogues on Nov 6, 2009I was surprised to learn that 2009 is the 60th anniversary of The Commonwealth—the association of former British colonies that still, amazingly, continue to work with each and talk to each other on a variety of issues. This would be a cause for cel...

NEWS: BNP Accused of Hijacking Christianity by Religion Compass Exchanges on Oct 26, 2009After Nick Griffin’s recent appearance on the BBC Question Time programme – aired on Thursday 22 October 2009 – the media has been caught up in a frenzy of analysis. Much of this has focused upon the discussion as to whether or not the Brit...

Newsnight : Tory Conference Day 2, The Economy and Grayling by Babble Talk on Oct 6, 2009Jeremy Paxman led Newsnight's analysis of Osborne's 'We Are All In This Together' speech tonight and interviewed Chris Graling, Shadow Home Secretary...

Gordon Brown’s List of Shame by Fitaloon at Microshaft on Oct 5, 2009William Hague at the Conservative Conference in Manchester gives Gordon Brown the real list of his governments “achievements” Last week Gordon Brown read out a list of what he thought Labour had achieved. Imagine how I felt when I heard h...

Handbags in the House: Hatchet face v Tory Boy by xenophon-19 on Jul 8, 2009Two of the most odious career politicians over at the House of Conmen go for each other over government spending in PMQs. Harman and Hague are standing in for their respective party leaders and are usually both pretty good public speakers, especially...

MPs with Other Jobs: A Fundamental Conflict Of Interest by Controlled Fury UK on Jun 23, 2009This post was going to be further down the list, but there was a great article in The Independent On Sunday so I'm moving it forward.As the expenses scandal continues in the UK, one of the main things that has bothered me about Parliament in general...

Wiliam Hague to end extra-Parliamentary Interests by The Wardman Wire on May 15, 2009Paul Waugh is reporting that William Hague will be giving up his interests outside Parliament: I understand that the Shadow Foreign Sec has decided to accelerate what was until this week his plan to gradually unwind his interests. At the turn of the...

Lord Ashcroft and the Conservative Party: the financial controversies : Gearbox by Mark Pack by The Wardman Wire on Feb 23, 2009With Michael Ashcroft back in the news over his financial support for the Conservative Party, this post provides a quick recap of the past controversies over Michael Ashcroft, the Conservative Party and political funding. Ashcroft’s sequence of sen...