Why am I proud to be a Conservative? Part Two

The State, Britishness and Community In my previous post I covered why I liked what Conservatives stand for in Health, Education and Defence, and above all, in terms of Freedom, and what that means to me. In this post, I’m going to cover what it means to me to...

No need to protest vote. Vote Conservative.

These are tough times for the world economy, tough times for the EU and very tough times for the British political system. Politicians of almost all stripes have acquitted themselves poorly in the recent expenses fiasco, and faith in Gordon Brown’s government,...

An MP’s right to expenses

Cecil Troughson, Labour MP for Lower Grifting South and Much Moaning, guest blogs today on the expenses furore engulfing the Westminster village. Back in the eighties, when the Trades Unions were able to afford much more worthwhile expenses accounts, it was a point of...