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Heather McRobie: Why Stephen Harper's Conservatives won't win a majority in Canada's election

He might have plagiarised a speech from the former prime minister of Australia, but Stephen Harper still has a long way to go before he becomes Canada's equivalent to John Howard. The recent news that Harper copied a speech...

Tory candidate avoids jail for running 'vile' hate campaign

The Conservative party was urged yesterday to conduct an inquiry into a hate campaign carried out by one of its former parliamentary candidates against his Liberal Democrat opponents. Ian Oakley, 31, who was selected in the...

It may be a bounce, but is it big enough to save Gordon Brown?

Peter Riddell: Political Briefing The Gordon Brown bounce is real but it is neither large nor unconditional enough for Labour to entertain realistic hopes that it has turned the corner. Mr Brown has seen a marked upturn in both...

Tories warn they will not honour decisions over airport expansion

The Conservative party told BAA to abandon a £160m planning application for a second runway at Stansted airport yesterday after warning that the project would be scrapped by a Tory government. Theresa Villiers, shadow transport...

1 in 10 stop pension contributions over stock market fears

Helen Nugent, Mark Atherton One in ten people have cancelled their pension contributions in an effort to save money and avoid investing in the stock market, The Times has learnt. Ros Altmann, an independent pensions expert and...

Prime minister advised to pay for rainforest protection

Developing countries will be paid to protect the world's rainforest under new plans to be presented to the Government. By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent Swedish businessman and ex-Tory donor Johan Eliasch was...

Spirit of Churchill invoked by Prime Minister Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown sought to don the mantle of Churchill and Roosevelt yesterday as he called for world leaders to gather for a new Bretton Woods, the conference held in 1944 to draw up a postwar financial order.

Tory candidate fighting 'to win'

The Conservatives have launched their campaign for the Glenrothes by-election, claiming they could provide a national voice on local concerns. The Tories said they hoped to build on their July result in Glasgow East where they...

Tories promise £15.7 billion high speed rail network

A £15.7 billion network of high speed rail lines that would cut journey times between cities by half would be built by a Tory Government. By David Millward, Transport Editor Theresa Villiers, the party's transport spokesman,...

Brown's 42-day detention plan is crushed in House of Lords vote

Published Date: 13 October 2008 Gordon Brown tonight suffered a crushing 191 vote defeat over his plan to extend from 28 days to 42 the limit for pre-charge detention of terror suspects. Tony Blair suffered his first Commons...

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