David Cameron has angered his own backbenchers by appearing to renege on a promise that he would hold a referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU if he was prime minister after 2015.
Speaking at a campaign event in Eastleigh ahead of a by-election in the Hampshire constituency on February 28, the prime minister told voters: "To get an EU referendum you need to vote for a Tory-only government."
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Thursday 21 February 2013
i-thorts' i-Politics: PM appears to falter on EU vote pledge
Tuesday 12 February 2013
i-thorts' i-Politics: David Cameron hailed as ‘heir to Margaret Thatcher’
DAVID CAMERON was hailed as the “heir to Thatcher” yesterday after MPs said his success in forcing the EU’s first budget cut will save every British household £150.
The Prime Minister was cheered by Tory backbenchers as he told the House of Commons Britain had finally put the brakes on the Brussels gravy train ... But warned that British MEPs ... must back [him ... so] it is agreed by the European Parliament.
Saturday 9 February 2013
i-thorts' i-Politics: Has David Cameron's EU budget gamble paid off?
With the prime minister expected to claim a historic victory, Tory backbenchers will give him a warm welcome back from Brussels
David Cameron will receive a warm, and possibly rapturous, reception from Conservative MPs on Monday ... the prime minister will say he played a leading role in drawing up the first cut ...
Cameron had always aimed to secure a real-terms freeze ...
i-thorts' i-Politics: Truth is - Town Halls Are Fleecing You!!
They squeal about cuts but the truth is town halls are spending more than ever - by fleecing you!
The hue and cry over the town hall cuts demanded by the Coalition government might give the impression that councils across Britain are on their last legs.
Warnings of libraries closing, services being slashed to the bone and waves of redundancies come repeatedly from the mouths of Labour politicians and the unions, all of it reverentially reported by the BBC...
Wednesday 6 February 2013
i-thorts' i-Politics: Michael Gove: Labour think poor children should stick to their station
Labour politicians believe children from disadvantaged backgrounds should "stick to the station in life they were born into", the education secretary, Michael Gove ... criticised the widespread opposition to the English Baccalaureate, the performance measure introduced in 2010 which gauges secondary schools by the proportion of pupils who get a C or above in six GCSEs ...
Do Tories have the right to criticise Labour (concerning Education), when they, themselves, have limited povety-struck families from further education on an economic basis? See: « Welfare Cuts: Not in Our Back Yard »
i-thorts' i-Politics: MPs vote for gay marriage bill
Bill now faces bruising passage through the House of Lords before almost certainly becoming law this year.
Members of Parliament have overwhelming endorsed historic legislation that will give gay couples the equal right to marry.
Almost half a century after homosexuality was legalised in Britain the House of Commons voted by a majority of 400 to 175 to redefine marriage and make it available to all.
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