Posted on July 18, 2008 by ToryWriter
The Chancellor has today announced that the proposed 2p increase in fuel duty is to be postponed yet again.
This news comes as no surprise. With pressure increasing on the Prime Minister to do something constructive to help families and businesses in the UK, the idea that a further tax increase could be applied in the autumn [...]
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Posted on July 10, 2008 by Editor
According to BBC News several retailers have decided to open on the 12th of July. As this year the 12th falls on one what should be one of the busiest Saturdays of the year, this seems to make obvious business sense.
However, it also marks yet another instance of the normalisation of our society. Increasingly people, regardless [...]
Filed under: Conservative Party, Conservatives Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland | Tagged: 12th July, DUP, Irish Language, Irish Nationalism, Orange Order, Ulster Nationalism | 9 Comments »
Posted on July 7, 2008 by ToryWriter
As the Government considers putting an extra 2p on fuel duty this autumn, the Conservatives have today announced proposals for a ‘Fair Fuel Stabiliser’.
Speaking this morning, Shadow Chancellor George Osborne said that had the proposed Conservative system been used for the 2008 Budget, motorists would curently be saving 5p per litre on fuel costs. The [...]
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Posted on July 3, 2008 by Editor
‘In support of Tim Collins’
Writing in today’s Daily Telegraph former British Army Colonel Tim Collins makes a strong case as to why the detention of terrorist suspects for up to 42 days plays into the hands of our enemies.
Based on his first hand military experience in both Northern Ireland and Iraq Colonel Collins is, unlike [...]
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Posted on June 23, 2008 by Editor
In tonight’s Belfast Telegraph Sinn Fein’s Education Spokesman, John O’Dowd, is quoted as saying that “the Conservatives’ national policy would seem to oppose academic selection.”
We’re heartened that Sinn Fein at last recognises that a “national” policy applies to the whole of the UK, including Northern Ireland. However, he is, of course, wrong that Conservative Party [...]
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Posted on June 23, 2008 by Editor
The Conservatives today revealed the results of a poll conducted by the Party that included a specific question relating to Catriona Ruane’s plans to scrap or phase out academic selection at age 11.
The poll was conducted in late May by the leading UK polling organization YouGov – the only polling organization to accurately predict the [...]
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Posted on June 18, 2008 by Editor
Congratulations to the Association for Quality Education for releasing details of the Common Entrance Assessment (CEA) to primary schools. The body has shown that in the absence of an articulate and common sense way forward for academic selection from the Department the 30 participating grammar schools should provide an alternative.
The CEA proposals should send a [...]
Filed under: Conservative Party, Conservatives Northern Ireland, Education, Northern Ireland | Tagged: Catriona Ruane, Conservatives, Education, Northern Ireland, Sinn Fein | 2 Comments »
Posted on May 8, 2008 by Editor
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Owen Paterson is confident the Northern Ireland Investment Conference will be a success for the province. He has been calling on the Government to do more to encourage investment in Northern Ireland since taking office. Currently Government intervention accounts for more than two-thirds of the Northern Ireland economy. [...]
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Posted on May 2, 2008 by Editor
Many congratulations to our friends and colleagues in England and Wales for comprehensively defeating Labour and the Lib Dems in the council elections yesterday. This Party’s lead over the competition is now remarkable - how depressed Gordon Brown must feel for delaying the general election! And congratulations Boris too!
Our massive national lead is hardly surprising. [...]
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Posted on April 10, 2008 by Editor
On the tenth anniversary of the Belfast Agreement, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Owen Paterson has applauded the agreement for allowing opponents to work together and bringing real progress to the province.
In a detailed critique of the agreement’s impact, Owen Paterson has gone further and called on the system of designation to be [...]
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