Project Cameron RIP: more Tory MPs vote AGAINST than vote for equal marriage
by Stephen Tall on February 5, 2013
David Cameron deserves a lot of credit for the stance he’s taken on equal marriage. But in addition to the principle, there was also calculation: he wanted to project an image of a modern Tory party, at ease with the the society it seeks to represent. Unfortunately for him he didn’t quite reckon on his [...]
++ The ayes have it! Equal marriage approved with 225 vote majority
by Stephen Tall on February 5, 2013
The BBC reports: MPs have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the government’s legislation for same-sex marriage in England and Wales. At the conclusion of the Commons’ first opportunity to debate the The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, MPs voted by 400 to 175, a majority of 225, in favour of the legislation. It’s estimated some [...]
Today’s Link-Love: February 5, 2013
by Stephen Tall on February 5, 2013
Here’s today’s hand-picked selection that caught my interest… Not the Treasury view…: Prospects for the UK economy: NIESR's February 2013 forecast The UK econ will grow 0.7% in 2013, 1.5% in 2014 > Prospects for the UK economy: NIESR’s February (…)
