Theresa May
Wisecracking May announces new treaty with Jordan for Qatada deportation
So in spite of great excitement beforehand, Theresa May didn’t confirm that the UK will seek a temporary withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights. Instead, she announced a… Continue reading
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How far will the government go to deport Abu Qatada?
This morning, after the Sun and the Mail reported that ministers might go as far as to leave the European Convention on Human Rights in order to get their way,… Continue reading
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Theresa May tries to calm Snooping Bill nerves
It seems the Home Office is growing a little bit nervous about its flagship Communications Data Bill. I understand that Home Secretary Theresa May took time out of an Abu-Qatada-packed… Continue reading
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Snooper’s charter faces rocky road
We’re only a few weeks away from the Queen’s Speech, yet there’s one significant piece of legislation from this session which has yet to be resolved. It has already caused… Continue reading
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Theresa May’s abolition of UKBA shows how the immigration consensus favours the Tories, and her
Theresa May has announced that the UK Border Agency is to be abolished. In an unscheduled statement to the House of Commons, she described UKBA as ‘a troubled organisation’ with… Continue reading
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Theresa May tries to deter Tory uprising on foreign criminals
MPs are hard at work in the Chamber tonight: once they’ve finished voting on the Leveson amendments to the Crime and Courts Bill, they’ll move on to everything else in… Continue reading
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Liam Fox, Theresa May and the meaning of conservatism
Speeches by Theresa May and Liam Fox have produced a surge of interest in what Conservatives stand for. Politics in recent years has become an endeavour by a political class,… Continue reading
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PMQs sketch: Nothing changes, yet everything is different
There comes a moment in a PM’s journey when he crests the ridge and starts on the downhill leg. David Cameron made that unhappy transition today. PMQs began with a… Continue reading
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Clegg: the Tories are like a broken shopping trolley – they always veer to the right.
If you want to know what the Liberal Democrat’s message at the next election will be, read Nick Clegg’s speech to the party’s Spring Conference today. He kept to the… Continue reading
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May blossoms
The question about Theresa May has always been what does she believe? Well, today in the widest-ranging speech of her political career she went a long way to answering that.… Continue reading
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Theresa May and Chris Grayling signal bold new Tory direction on the ECHR
Tonight brings two major developments in terms of Tory policy on the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Courts of Human Rights. The Mail on Sunday reports that… Continue reading
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Government will appeal controversial immigration decision
Further to the row that has erupted between Theresa May and some judges over the deportation of foreign criminals, the government is understood to be applying to appeal the case of… Continue reading
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Stop blaming judges, Ms May, and repeal the Human Rights Act
The latest session in May versus Judges over foreign criminals’ right to family life (Article 8 of the European Convention) is running as prescribed. Theresa May used the Sunday papers to demand that judges follow… Continue reading
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More Tory splits and plots
David Cameron arrived back in the UK this morning to newspapers full of talk of Conservative splits and plots. The moment of unity that followed his Europe speech has well… Continue reading
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Tory MPs to press Theresa May on Bulgarian and Romanian migrants
Tory backbenchers will raise concerns about the government’s preparations for the lifting of controls on Bulgarian and Romanian migrants at a meeting with the Home Secretary in the next few… Continue reading
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It has not been a very happy start to the new year for Theresa May, who will have to answer difficult questions in the Commons about the disappearance of a… Continue reading
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Exclusive: Tory MP accuses Theresa May of ‘dereliction of duty’ over Qatada case
A Tory MP has accused the Home Secretary of a ‘dereliction of duty’ that will put the British people at risk. His criticism concerns the way in which she is… Continue reading
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Theresa May makes a weak argument on the Communications Data Bill
Despite a committee of both Houses of Parliament having yet to report after several months of inquiry, the Home Secretary took to the pages of the Sun yesterday to blast… Continue reading
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Theresa May upsets the Lib Dems and David Davis in one fell swoop
Theresa May has upset quite a few people from across the political spectrum with her comments in the Sun today about the Communications Data Bill. The Home Secretary told the… Continue reading
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The Spectator Parliamentarian of the Year Awards
The Spectator’s Parliamentarian of the Year awards are being held this afternoon at the Savoy Hotel. In total 14 awards were presented by Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Education,… Continue reading
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