Like the U.S President Ronald Reagan, her conservative counterpart, Margaret Thatcher came to power at a time when real leadership and new ideas were desperately needed.
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Interview With Rep. Jeff Flake
13 Jul
«Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Arizona) has represented the Diamondback State’s sixth congressional district since 2001, cutting a pro-immigration, pro-trade, limited-government, anti-spending path that contrasts sharply with the mainstream of the Republican Party. »
Prime Minister’s Questions
2 Feb
The agenda at today’s PMQs: Egypt, Afghanistan and youth unemployment . Read the transcript or transfer to the index page here.
UK Move To Allow Unlimited Bonuses
11 Jan
Royal Bank of Scotland via Wikipedia
«After months in which a series of government ministers of all parties have threatened a toughening in the stance over City bonuses, Downing Street said the government did not intend to intervene in the pay of the UK’s top bankers.»
Read the full story from The Guardian here.
Osborne To Ax Prisons And Legal Aid
17 Oct
George Osbourne by HM Treasury via Flickr
The Gardian, via the Observer, claims that the consequenses of George Osbourne’s leaked cuts of about 30% to the justice system will:
“Dramatically reduce the number of people in prison, slash legal aid in divorce and family law cases, and see the closure of more than 150 courts across England.”
Further reading from The Guardian here.
Britain To Curb Compensation Culture
15 Oct
The Union Jack via Flickr
Cameron has pledged to curb “compensation culture” in U.K and create a new system that “treats adults like adults”.
More from The Telegraph here.
Fund Manager Doesn’t Hedge Bets On Conservatives
15 Oct
Financial trades via Flickr
“When tory-leaning U.K prepares to impose some of the deepest spending cuts in a generation, it is doing so with the full throated support of London’s financial elite.”
Full update from the NY Times here.
Cameron Scraps 192 Quangos
14 Oct
Government meeting by The Prime Minister's Office via Flickr
In the biggest to date shakeup of U.K government the coalition has made - thousands of jobs will go.
• Full list of quangos being scrapped, merged or reprieved
• Datablog: all the information you need
Story from The Guardian here.
Prime Minister’s Questions Of The Week
13 Oct
Prime Minister’s Questions coming up at 12 noon today. Watch the session live on Parliament’s website. I expect a juicy battle between fresher Ed Milliband and Cameron – enjoy!
Baroness Thatcher Celebrates Her 85th Birthday
13 Oct
Thatcer is the only woman to have been Leader of The Conservative Party and held the post as Prime Minister. Image via Wikipedia.
The first female Prime Minister in U.K history, Margaret Hilda Thatcher, celebrates her 85th birthday today.
“About 150 ministers, former ministers, MPs, and peers with careers stretching back over the last 40 years have been invited to the reception at No 10 – the largest gathering of Thatcherite ministers in Downing Street since they themselves sat around the cabinet table more than 20 years ago. The bash was announced by David Cameron to cheers at the Conservative Party conference earlier this month.”
Full coverage from the Independent:
Happy returns to No 10 for Thatcher’s 85th birthday.
Cameron’s Secret Property Sell-off Plan
11 Oct
David Cameron via Wikipedia
“The U.K. Government is working on a secret plan to tackle Britain’s £149bn deficit by hiving off state-owned property assets worth tens of billions of pounds and selling them to the private sector.”
Continue reading here.
U.K Voters Back Spending Cuts
10 Oct
Bill Gates and George Osbourne - by HM Treasury via Flickr
A clear majority of voters still support the controversial decision to axe child benefit for higher-rate taxpayers from 2013, according to a survey for The Telegraph.
“They also back further reductions of the £195 billion welfare budget in preference to cutbacks in defence and education as ministers step up their assault on Britain’s record budget deficit.”
Transfer here for more.
Conservative Political Broadcast
6 Oct
In the latest U.K Conservative Broadcast, David Cameron adresses the work of the Coalition in tackling Labour’s legacy of debt. Today Cameron made his first Tory Conference speech as PM! Coverage here.
Another Conversation With Cameron
2 Oct
David Cameron by The Prime Minister's Office via Flickr
“The first Tory prime minister in 13 years discusses maximalist government, social responsibility and cooking.”
Weekend reading from the Financial Times: David Cameron talks to Simon Schama.
Weekend Reading: The Tory Tea Toff
19 Sep
Image by The Prime Minister's Office via Flickr
“Even the hardest-core Tea Partier would admire the ambition of Cameron’s chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, to effectively eliminate Britain’s deficit by 2015. When the results of a top-to-bottom review of government spending are issued next month, all departments except health care and foreign aid are expected to face cuts of at least 25 percent over the next four years.”
More from Newsweek here.
WSJ Markets
- Fed's Varied Voices Leave Market GuessingBernanke said the Fed could start reducing bond buying "in the next few meetings" but warned against premature action, amid conflicting messages that roiled markets.
- Gap Is Starting to Look OverdressedAhead of the Tape: Profits never go out of fashion. Sadly, the same can't be said for the wares on display at Gap and its competitors.
- Ghana Looks to Join Bond BandwagonGhana hopes to become the latest African country to ride the wave of cheap borrowing with the sale of a new bond aimed at international markets for only the second time in its history.
- Copper Rises on Supply ConcernsCopper prices settled near six-week highs but pulled back from earlier peaks, as worries about the future of the Fed's monetary stimulus tempered suggestions of tighter supplies.
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