Monday 20th November 2006
10:45pm Seats and Candidates updates: Joanne Cash selected for Westminster North and Priti Patel selected for Witham
6.45pm ToryDiary update: David Cameron is in Darfur
12.15pm seats and candidates update: Finalists for Westminster North
David Cameron and Shadow Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell are on their way to Darfur. After the visit Andrew will be submitting a full report to ConservativeHome. Their visit coincides with a marked deterioration in the situation.
BLOGS
ToryDiary: Winning with women?
Seats and candidates: Non A-listers continue to prosper in selection battles
Peter Noordhoek on YourPlatform: From burqa to a pardon - in Dutch politics the integration debate rages on
BritainAndAmerica.com: McCain risks White House ambition with call for more troops
TORIES TO TACKLE PERSONAL DEBT
"The Conservatives are launching a campaign to clamp down on spiralling personal debt and help people handle their personal finances. Shadow chancellor George Osborne is on Monday outlining new plans to tackle personal debt, financial illiteracy and financial exclusion." - ePolitix.com
GREG BARKER MAY FACE THE 'JAMES GRAY TREATMENT'
"The Tory frontbencher who left his wife after a gay affair faces deselection as an MP over claims he lied to his local party. Greg Barker, a close friend of party leader David Cameron, told members of his Conservative association there was no other woman involved when his 14-year marriage ended. When the truth emerged that he had been having an affair with his interior designer, colleagues in the Bexhill and Battle seat accused him of being disingenuous in his original statements." - Daily Mail
STAGE II OF PROJECT CAMERON IS ABOUT TO BEGIN (SAYS ONE OF THE JOURNALISTS CLOSEST TO THE LEADERSHIP)
"After a year, as he always intended, Mr Cameron is ready to move to phase two. From now on, there will be a gradual change of tone and emphasis. Starting with education and crime, the Tories will be propounding harder-edged policies. This will also highlight the Government's failures." - Bruce Anderson in The Independent
IS THE FACE OF WORLD POLITICS ABOUT TO BE RADICALLY TRANSFORMED?
"Imagine this. In three years' time the president of the United States could be Barack Obama, the young Democrat Senator from Illinois. He would be the first African American to reach the White House. France might have its first woman president in the shape of Ségolène Royal, Socialist daughter of a general, unmarried mother of four. And the British prime minister could be David Cameron..." - Andreas Whittam Smith in The Independent
OTHER NEWSLINKS
"Michael Portillo nearly became the leader of the Tory party. Then he put politics behind him and headed off to TV. He tells Ian Burrell how his life has changed..." - The Independent
"The advertising guru who helped to bring Margaret Thatcher to power will attack David Cameron's Conservatives today. In an onslaught on the philosophy pursued by Mr Cameron, Lord Saatchi will rebuke the Tories for joining Labour in the "say anything to get elected" Centre ground. As Maurice Saatchi, he was behind the "Labour Isn't Working" posters of 1979." - Telegraph
"A cross-party group of 90 MPs, including the Tory leader David Cameron, is calling on the Office of Fair Trading to be given powers to ensure that dairy farmers receive a fair price for their milk." - Telegraph
"One in seven criminals who admit to assault, robbery and shoplifting in the North-East are handed just a caution by police, it has been revealed. Statistics released to The Journal show that during the past year an average of 13% of offenders who have admitted many of the more serious crimes were let off with a caution instead of being given a criminal record." - Newcastle Journal
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