ConservativeHome: Monday 4th September 2006

BLOGS

"Dave in Delhi" - Peter Luff MP (pictured) provides a background report on the Tory leader's India trip

ToryDiary: Public service Tories want to hug-a-teacher and ConservativeHome enjoys a record August

100policies.com: Karen Bradley thinks that Single measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccines should be available through the NHS

THE SUN'S TREVOR KAVANAGH URGES DAVID CAMERON TO COME FORWARD WITH 'ONE GOOD REASON TO VOTE TORY'

The Sun's former Political Editor Trevor Kavanagh indicts New Labour this morning for never, ever telling the truth. "The party's first instinct is to conceal, not reveal," he writes. Britain usually turns to the Tories because, he continues, "love 'em or loathe 'em, they get things done." Mr Kavanagh (his article is not online) is growing impatient with the Tory leader's alleged failure to say what he intends to do on "street violence, NHS waste, transport gridlock, pension and welfare reform and classroom discipline." The Tory leader must give people a reason to vote Tory at the forthcoming party conference - "Voters will want to know by the end of it why he is entitled to stand in Margaret Thatcher's giant shadow."

SCIENTISTS RECOMMEND ADAPTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE

"The Kyoto agreement to cut greenhouse emissions is "ineffectual" and the world should prepare for the effects of climate change, the nation's biggest general science meeting will be told tonight. Developing drought-tolerant crops, constructing flood defences, improving building insulation or banning building close to sea level are as important as cutting emissions, according to Frances Cairncross, the president of the British Association and chairman of the Economic and Social Research Council." - Telegraph

THAT'S ANOTHER FINE MESS YOU'VE GOT US INTO, MR PRESCOTT

"Councillors have been banned from discussing local park-and-ride schemes if they own a car under an ethical watchdog created by John Prescott... A damning report reveals how local authority members are being barred from speaking or voting on subjects simply because they are perceived to have taken a position on the issue... The report's authors - Owen Paterson, the shadow transport minister, and Gerald Howarth, the shadow defence minister - said they were shocked by the scale of the chaos the Deputy Prime Minister had created." - Telegraph

OTHER NEWSLINKS

"Former The Apprentice contestant Saira Khan is launching a campaign to give people a greater say on major issues through the use of referendums." - BBC (also see Iain Dale on this)

The Scotsman's obituary of Alfred Sherman

"Nicolas Sarkozy, the French Right's brightest hope to succeed Jacques Chirac next year, kicked off his unofficial presidential campaign yesterday with a rousing speech to thousands of young party faithful." - Telegraph

"The Reinstate Roger Campaign today calls for Timothy Kirkhope and the Conservative party whip in the European Parliament (Philip Bradbourn) to publicly announce the official reasons behind why the Conservative party whip was withdrawn from Roger Helmer MEP in the European Parliament." - Reinstate Roger

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