It’s not just Australia getting worked up over asylum seekers. In the UK, anti-immigration fans get all the press. But, if you believe in free trade, you must also believe in the free movement of labour, writes Alex Massie.
Tories
Why a Tory victory is just what Rupert wants
If the Conservative Party gain power in the UK, they will “rip up” the BBC’s royal charter, deregulating the TV industry to improve the market for commercial operators, according to the party’s shadow culture secretary.
A small cloud on David Cameron’s horizon
Despite his progressive positions in many areas, David Cameron is bidding to become the most identifiably upper-class Prime Minister for more than 40 years.
British Tories try cross-dressing to win next election
Britain’s party conference season has finished and now an army of commentators is picking over the entrails of the spin, the pollsters are cranking up their next surveys and the voters are waiting to have their say when the general election is called.
David Cameron: a radical conservative
Tory leader David Cameron’s speech to his party may have lacked “pizzazz”, but his words were revolutionary, says Fraser Nelson. Cameron is not afraid to tread where so many other conservatives dare not: welfare.
Tories have no reason to party
After 12 years in opposition, Britain’s Conservative Party will likely win the next election. But leader David Cameron isn’t celebrating just yet: he still faces leading an inexperienced party with a weak mandate in a struggling economy.
Read David Cameron’s pitch to Britian
British Conservative leader David Cameron looks poised for victory in the country’s next election. Read his pitch to “put Britian back on its feet”.
Gordon Brown, dead PM walking
British PM Gordon Brown addressed the Labour Party conference with his party trailing around 19 points in the opinion polls. It wasn’t so much about winning the next election as stopping the bleeding.
A Tory experiment worth studying
Foreign observers shy away — with good cause — from the US’s creaky, dysfunctional electoral process. But the British example serves to remind us that primaries are also well-known in Europe.
Harriet Harman: the new Sarah Palin?
UK Deputy Leader Harriet Harman — a tenacious hard nosed feminist — is “bringing politics back to Westminster” in her role as the stand-in PM.
Tory leader throws a bone to the Eurosceptics
David Cameron, leader of Britain’s Conservative Party and (barring some miraculous recovery in Labour’s fortunes) the country’s future prime minister, at least seems to keep his promises.
How this could all end
James Forsyth casts his eye towards possible next step scenarios, asking what outcome would be worst for Labour, best for the Tories and vice versa?
The end of the line for UK Labour?
The Thatcherite-lite experiment that began with Tony Blair has well and truly outstayed its welcome. The poor, as always, will continue to suffer.
Guy Rundle: Putting Gordon Brown in a room with Susan Boyle
God I’m glad I’m not in Britain at the moment. If I woke tomorrow and found myself inexplicably in London I would get on the first Ryanair flight to Mogadishu, writes Guy Rundle.
politicians behaving badly Horse manure: Tories’ expenses revealed
Senior Tory MPs face the sack over their high expense accounts, which include new swimming pools, maintenance of a moat and helipad, chandeliers being hung and manure for their garden.
Thatcher’s legacy lives on
Margaret Thatcher’s former Private Secretary, Lord Charles Powell, believes the Iron Lady’s legacy is still going strong in Britain, and the country is all the better for it.
The week in geek: MySpace accepts the fish Facebook rejects
Former Facebook COO is poised to become the new CEO of rival MySpace, a controvertial iPhone app shakes a stir, and the Pirate Bay trial could sail again.
Eleven years of the Tories left the good guys with plenty to do
So, that’s than then. We are all economic conservatives now. And not before time. It may have taken 11 years in the snow to get here, but better late than never one guesses.
