Posts Tagged “daniel hannan”
Liberal Hero of the Week #87: Daniel Hannan
by Stephen Tall on February 7, 2015
Daniel Hannan Conservative MEP for South East England Reason: for his support of localism. Former Labour Lord Chancellor once pithily said of the “West Lothian Question” — Tam Dalyell’s famous formulation that it cannot be right for a Scottish MP (…)
The Swiss Wheeze: the Better Off Out argument that’s full of holes
by Stephen Tall on April 3, 2014
If only we were Switzerland, eh? That’s the dream of the Better Off Out brigade, who long for its freedom as part of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). And it’s a tempting offer: all the benefits of free trade with EU member states, and (if you believe Nigel Farage, Dan Hannan et al) none […]
The Tory party’s not for turning. Their funeral.
by Stephen Tall on February 9, 2013
Mark Thompson has been looking at the maths of this week’s Tory vote on same-sex marriage, and discovered that the party’s 2010 intake of MPs was more likely to vote against than those elected in the previous two elections this (…)
George Osborne: he was for cracking down on public sector pay before he was against it reviewing it
by Stephen Tall on April 7, 2009
Poor old George Osborne. It’s a tough job being Ken Clarke’s deputy the Tories’ shadow chancellor, desperately walking the tightrope between keeping happy your right-wing, Hannan-worshipping party activists (and that’s the majority of them), while trying not to scare away (…)
