ConservativeHome: Tuesday 13th May 2008

7.15pm PlayPolitical videos: Alistair Darling explains policy shift to Adam Boulton, Frank Field apologises to Brown for allowing his 10p campaign to become personal

Local government: Slough was one of the few good stories for Labour on 1st May but the new Labour group has self-destructed and handed power back to the Conservatives.

CentreRight: Greg Hands MP exposes the "Immigration chaos" in Britain

Charles Tannock MEP on Platform: In defence of PR for European elections

The left-wing internet campaign, MoveOn.org, invited US citizens to make thirty second videos extolling Barack Obama. The best ideas have recently been published. Watch them here.

Although she mentions the next primary states, this 'Thank you' video from Hillary Clinton is leading people to think the former First Lady may be about to drop out of the race.

Also on PlayPolitical: John McCain produces a video that offers a third way between those who deny climate change and those who advocate a heavy-handed approach to remedying it. Conservative bloggers question McCain spending his limited resources on such ads that do not appeal to his base.

Cameron attacks Labour's top-down government in speech to CPRE

Full speech on conservatives.com

"David Cameron hit out at regional development agencies, the “inadequate regulation” of supermarket chains and the “big-is-beautiful” approach to public sector reform in a speech on Monday that will revive business unease about the Conservative agenda." - FT

Bar lesbians from IVF treatment in absence of father figure, say Tories

"Lesbian couples should be blocked from having IVF treatment unless they agree that a father figure would be involved in the upbringing of their child, the Tories said yesterday." - Guardian

"Andrew Lansley, the shadow health secretary, told MPs on Monday he would seek to make it easier for women to have an abortion at an early stage, while lowering the time limit for late procedures." - Telegraph

“Giving barely three hours to consider the principle of human admixed embryos, saviour siblings and whether we need a father ... surely that is bringing Parliament into disrepute.” - David Burrowes MP quoted in The Times

BBC accused of wasting millions on props, costumes and catering

A committee of MPs chaired by Edward Leigh MP finds the BBC wasting millions of pounds every year because of a confusing procurement system - Guardian

National school tests are distorting children's education - Sky

Ministers round on Frank Field - BBC | Listen to Frank Field's attack on Brown

After Ed Balls' attacks on Frank Field, the Daily Mail talks abour "civil war" inside Labour.

The Financial Times launches full attack on the Prescott-Cherie "nobody" diaries

"One cannot but admire the hypocrisy of Mrs Blair and Mr Prescott. A woman who fiercely defended her children’s rights to privacy while her husband was prime minister now mentions the death of an unborn child. Her youngest son will struggle to live down the toe-curling revelation that he was conceived at Balmoral, the Queen’s summer holiday residence. Mr Prescott, in office, repeatedly attacked the media for its accounts of cabinet bickering. But his own depiction of the relationship between Mr Blair and Gordon Brown – Prezza – My Story: Pulling No Punches – is calculated to generate the same headlines." - FT leader

Robert Harris blames Tony Blair for Labour's woes: "The fact that Blair isn't around to take part in the fight over Labour's future starts to look less like a gesture of unity and more like a dereliction of duty: a symptom of the selfishness and indifference to others that have always been the least attractive marks of his personal and political style." - Guardian

Why did the people of Maltby in Yorkshire swing to the BNP? The Independent investigates.

Loss of God is making us miserable says report from Christian MPs

"The authors claim everyone's wellbeing would improve if Christian values were taken more seriously in society. Gary Streeter, a Conservative MP and a member of the working party, said: "I think many policymakers sense these things, but don't know what to do about it. "The faith communities have a great opportunity to lead here, but only if they stop carping and being against everything and start to be more positive. It is as much a message to the faith communities as other opinion formers.""- Telegraph

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