More Bournemouth06 updates (there are now over 50 articles):
- Adrian Owens looks at the 10pm news' coverage of DC's speech
- Andrea Leadsom interviews Andrew Lansley
- Graham Smith reviews coverage of "the speech"
- Andrea Leadsom reports on a debate about value for money in the NHS
- Simon Chapman's message to the EU-realists
- Hannah Parker: Painting and Positioning
- Miss Seagull's nightlife diary (Part II)
- Brian Jenner on Mrs T
6pm ToryDiary update: Two photographs that capture the changing Tories
2.30PM LIVE BLOG ON CAMERON SPEECH
11am Bournemouth06 update: Wat Tyler: Not Today Thank You
BLOGS
ToryDiary: NHS will be at centre of Cameron's speech and Which two words will David Cameron use most?
- Simon Chapman: The best moment of the conference
- Adrian Owens: BBC coverage stuck in a groove
- Peter Franklin reviews the Amazing Mrs Pritchard
- Theresa May's second report
- Tobias Ellwood MP: Day 3 of the Social Action Project
- Cameron Watt: Welfare reform vital says Hammond
GEORGE OSBORNE'S ECONOMY SPEECH
"Shadow Chancellor George Osborne yesterday declared he WAS in favour of tax cuts. But he insisted he would not bow to party colleagues demanding tax promises NOW." - The Sun
The Telegraph leader-writers sense that George Osborne moved a little towards the party's tax-cutters:
"Standing out against the pressure for tax cuts was to be a sign that they had vanquished the forces that were resisting change within the party. But the arguments for lower tax are so compelling, morally and practically, that the leadership's stance on the issue had begun to strike some as more bloody-minded than principled. Mr Osborne has made a sensible move toward reconciling the countervailing forces within his party."
"The shadow Chancellor's speech won immediate support from the Tory grassroots website, conservativehome.blogs.com, which at the weekend produced a poll of Tory activists showing 63 per cent wanted a firm pledge of tax cuts. Tim Montgomerie, a former senior Tory aide who runs the site, said the hint of tax cuts for the family, coupled with the promise of more prisons by the shadow Home Secretary, David Davis, would reassure "core Tory voters"." - The Independent
GOVERNING STYLE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN POLICY DETAIL
"What matters is not such bogus “substance”, it is the governing style of the prospective rulers. Are they strong or weak? Interferers or liberals? Atlanticists or Europhiles? Moderates or extremists? Localisers or centralisers? Tax cutters or big spenders? Tied to vested interests or independent of them? Free traders or protectionists? In touch or out of touch? These are the sort of questions voters should ask. Big emblematic policies — favouring the continuation of the NHS, supporting school vouchers, opposing the Euro and so on — can help, to a certain extent, to provide answers to such questions." - Daniel Finkelstein in The Times
OTHER NEWSLINKS
"Tony Blair should cut the "umbilical cord" tying him to George Bush's administration, pull British troops out of Iraq and open negotiations with radical Muslims, Michael Ancram, a former Tory spokesman on foreign affairs, has said." - Independent
"The Conservative party was urged to engage with the rest of Europe yesterday as Nicolas Sarkozy, French interior minister and president of the ruling UMP, called for a strong alliance of centre-right parties. Addressing the conference by video link, Mr Sarkozy, leader of the UMP and would-be president of France, said he wanted the right to unite. Three times he told the party: "We need you."" - FT
Tories to propose independent watchdog for international development charities - Independent
NEW TORY WEBSITE LAUNCHED
BlueList has been launched to match up the abilities and aspirations of Conservative supporters with "exciting political and charitable roles". More here.
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