Articles tagged Conservative Politics:
Top 100 People on the Right List 2016
- 3 Oct 2016
Each year for the last nine years I have convened a panel to compile a list of the Top 100 Most Influential People on the Right. This year our panel was comprised of a current Member of Parliament & former minister, two right leaning journalists, and a party agent current...
The Challenges Facing Theresa May
- 11 Jul 2016
I tweeted this earlier… You really couldn’t make this shit up. — Iain Dale (@IainDale) July 11, 2016 And no, I wasn’t referring to the fact that within six minutes Labour had sent out two press releases, one calling for an immediate general election and the second a...
Conservative Leadership Runners & Riders: LIAM FOX
- 4 Jul 2016
FULL NAME: Liam Fox BORN: 22 September 1961, East Kilbride AGE: 54 EDUCATION: St Brides High School, University of Glasgow Medical School STATUS: Married to Jesme Baird FIRST ELECTED: 1992 CONSTITUENCY: Woodspring, North Somerset EXPERIENCE: Government Whip 1993-6, Foreign O...
Conservative Leadership Runners & Riders: MICHAEL GOVE
- 4 Jul 2016
FULL NAME: Michael Gove BORN: 26 August 1967, Edinburgh AGE: 48 EDUCATION: Robert Gordon’s College, Aberdeen. Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. 2-1 degree in English. STATUS: Married to Sarah Vine, 2 children FIRST ELECTED: 2005 CONSTITUENCY: Surrey Heath EXPERIENCE: Secretary of ...
Conservative Leadership Runners & Riders: STEPHEN CRABB
- 30 Jun 2016
FULL NAME: Stephen Crabb BORN: January 20 1973, Inverness AGE: 43 EDUCATION: University of Bristol, London Business School STATUS: Married to Beatrice Monnier, 2 children FIRST ELECTED: 2005 CONSTITUENCY: Preseli, Pembrokeshire EXPERIENCE: Junior whip 2010-2012, Welsh Office...
Conservative Leadership Runners & Riders: ANDREA LEADSOM
- 29 Jun 2016
FULL NAME: Andrea Jacquline Leadsom BORN: May 13 1963, Aylesbury AGE: 53 EDUCATION: Tonbridge Girls Grammar, University of Warwick (Political Science) STATUS: Married to Ben, 3 children FIRST ELECTED: May 2010 CONSTITUENCY: South Northamptonshire EXPERIENCE: Councillor, Sout...
Boris Has Fewer Female Supporters Than Old Etonians
- 29 Jun 2016
You don’t have to have gone to Eton to support Boris Johnson, but it certainly helps. So far Boris Johnson has attracted the support of 30 MPs. At the last count 6* of them were Old Etonians, including Boris himself. That’s 20%. Astonishingly, it’s also more than the number o...
Conservative Leadership Runners & Riders: THERESA MAY
- 28 Jun 2016
FULL NAME: Theresa Mary May BORN: 1 October 1956, Eastbourne AGE: 59 EDUCATION: Wheatley Park Comprehensive, St Hugh’s College Oxford (Geography) STATUS: Married to Philip, no children FIRST ELECTED: 1997 CONSTITUENCY: Maidenhead EXPERIENCE: Councillor, London Borough of Mer...
Conservative Leadership Runners & Riders: BORIS JOHNSON
- 27 Jun 2016
FULL NAME: Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson BORN: June 19, 1964, New York AGE: 52 EDUCATION: Eton, Balliol College Oxford STATUS: Married, 6 children FIRST ELECTED: 2001 CONSTITUENCY: Uxbridge – Majority 10,695 EXPERIENCE: Shadow Arts Minister May-November 2004, Shadow Univ...
EXCLUSIVE: Boris Aims To Sign Up 150 MPs to Blow Rivals Out of the Water
- 26 Jun 2016
I was watching Isabel Oakeshott declare on the Sunday Politics that the only leadership team not doing much this weekend was Boris Johnson’s. Oh how I laughed. The fact of the matter is that Boris’s team have not only been very active, they are trying to sign up as many MPs ...