John Major

Will boosting the housing market turn it round for Brown?

politicalbetting.com     19 hrs ago          

Or is it one more thing that they can be accused of dithering on? There’s lots in the papers this morning about the apparent plan to have a stamp duty “holiday” on property purchases of less than £250k in a effort to boost the...                    

Aug 6th 2007: the day Gordomania hits its peak

politicalbetting.com     yesterday          

Would PM Miliband get the same fawning treatment? Exactly a year ago today the Guardian asked breathlessly whether any previous incoming prime minister had had such a first month in office having to deal with one “crisis” after...                    

Michael Gove, scourge of the lads’ mags, and his babe-tastic backers

thefirstpost.co.uk     yesterday   49 related          

It has taken no time at all for Michael Gove, the shadow schools secretary and one of the more cerebral figures in the Conservative party, to learn, as John Major did before him, of the pitfalls of going 'back to basics'. At...                    

Request To Move Bingo Hall Moving Fast

opinion250.com     Aug 5, 2008          

Prince George, B.C.- The application by the Chances Gaming Centre to move it’s operations to the Treasure Cove Casino site in Prince George, could be before Prince George City Council before the end of the month. Grant Bain of...                    

Loadsa luck, pal

bbc.co.uk     Aug 5, 2008          

The story is no doubt apocryphal - but it bears repetition nonetheless. Roughly a thousand years ago, the Conservative government was agitating, especially in Scotland, about the system of collecting local taxation from the...                    

Margaret Thatcher's last days as PM to feature in BBC2 drama

guardian.co.uk     Jul 23, 2008   5 related          

Lindsay Duncan: appeared in HBO and BBC2's Rome. Photograph: Martin Argles Ian McDiarmid, James Fox and Robert Hardy are to join Lindsay Duncan in the cast of a BBC2 drama about Margaret Thatcher's final days in office. The...                    

Economic confidence 'at record low'

msn.com     Jul 23, 2008   10 related          

Voter confidence in the economy has slumped to a record low - worse even than during the bleak days of 1979's winter of discontent, according to a poll. Despite Gordon Brown's attempts to reassure the public that the UK will...                    

Today, MPs embark on 75 days of summer hold. Outrageous. No, a blessed relief. If only they'd...

dailymail.co.uk     Jul 23, 2008   1 related          

Had you gone down to the House of Commons last night, you would have found the place deserted. Deserted: Our beloved MPs have started their 75-day recess Unoiled gates will squeak on their hinges, blown by the dry Westminster...                    

Brown criticized for misquoting Iranian president on Israel

mathaba.net     Jul 23, 2008   17 related          

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been criticized by an Irish evangelical researcher for misquoting comments made by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad about Israel. "It has been mentioned in the press so often that the 'wipe...                    

Sarfraz Manzoor: Conservatives were there to be despised. Have they changed or have I?

guardian.co.uk     Jul 23, 2008          

I have a friend who I will call Matthew, because that's his name. The one thing that is not so great about Matthew is that he is a Tory: a full-fat, Boris-backing, Cameron-cheering Conservative. It used to be easy to identify...                    

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