Via ShareTheFacts, number two in a series of charts from the Conservative Party:
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Helping hardworking families – creating jobs
Via ShareTheFacts, number one in a series of charts from the Conservative Party:
Read MoreMy iPad is my own!
A story in The Sun today – MPs vote to have an iPad … in £400k bid to save paper costs – says MPs will be issued with iPads to save paper – at a cost of £400,000 to the taxpayer. Top range iPads are £659 but the Commons would expect a […]
Read MoreThe Young Britons’ Foundation
I spoke today to the Young Briton’s Foundation, setting out the social, political and economic factors behind our present crisis and what might be done about it. Via About Us | The Young Britons’ Foundation: The Young Britons’ Foundation is a non-partisan, not-for-profit educational, research and training organisation that promotes conservatism […]
Read MoreTuition fees rise ‘vital for future’ says Wycombe MP Steve Baker
RAISING tuition fees is “a vital part of building a better future”, Wycombe MP Steve Baker has told students, ahead of Thursday’s vote in the House of Commons. Buckinghamshire’s MPs, all Conservative, look set to back the Government’s controversial policy on higher education. via Tuition fees rise ‘vital for future’ […]
Read MoreHow to transform a nation in ten steps
Brought forward. I was challenged last night to advocate flat taxes. Here’s one of my previous posts which does so. Another is here (you will have to forgive the oversize graphs). The Georgian recipe for “an amazing transformation”: Low and flat taxes Legislative commitment to reducing the government’s fiscal footprint […]
Read MoreMy maiden speech
My maiden speech is now available via Hansard: It is a great honour to enter this House and I am grateful to the people of the historic constituency of Wycombe for sending me here. I very much look forward to serving them. Throughout my campaign, I was strictly forbidden to […]
Read MoreA contract between the Conservative Party and you
Via The Conservative Party | Policy | Our Contract With You: We go into the general election on 6 May with trust in politics and politicians at an all-time low. And I can understand why: the years of broken promises, the expenses scandal, the feeling that politicians have become too remote […]
Read MoreA modest General Election playlist
Courtesy of We7.com: Free music – General Election 2010 I would have included more Rage Against the Machine but their language is distinctly unparliamentary. Update: One BFP reader felt this was a little frivolous in the context of our floundering economy. I recommend my economics posts.
Read MoreBrown’s support for the US rescue plan
The BBC reports Gordon Brown’s clumsy remarks on the US rescue plan: “America and Britain have always stood together as one in times of difficulty and challenging times, and I have told President Bush today that facing global turbulence Britain supports the US plan,” he said. “Whatever the details of […]
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