Electoral reform now?

With the succession to Gordon Brown already being planned, it was natural that someone would be the first with a radical suggestion in order to establish themselves as the thought leader in the New Labour pack. Make no bones about it, that’s what Alan...

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...

Why am I proud to be a Conservative? Part One

Last night I got an email asking me why I’m a Conservative.  I got a series of questions, based around the stereotypes of the party. “Are you English?” Nope, I replied.  I was born and grew up in Northern Ireland.  Same for my parents. “Are you...