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Election 2010: So what happens if nobody wins?

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:48:22 GMT

David Cameron may have to rely on Nick Clegg Photo: Andrew Cowie / Barcroft Media It was Kenneth Clarke's very own Francis Pym moment.
Source: The Telegraph

What are we going to vote?

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:56:21 GMT

I have a confession to make. I am a socialist by inclination. I went into General Practice and deliberately chose to work in a deprived area because of a sense of vocation.
Source: The Jobbing Doctor

Chris Addison: Into the bear pit

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:38:13 GMT

'It's a ridiculous building, isn't it?" says Chris Addison. We're hurrying past the Houses of Parliament. "It needn't have looked like something built by and for a toddler. But it does. It looks like a play castle for a three-year-old."
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Quoted in 'Andreas Whittam Smith: Brown is plunging down the same abyss as Major'

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:13:13 GMT

said in The Independent:

He shared none of the powerful apprehensions of the sceptics not the strong positive instincts of his colleagues Kenneth Clarke, Michael Heseltine and Douglas Hurd.

Armistice Day 2009

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:01:17 GMT

Today's must-read: All banks are not the same Ken Clarke: Labour victory would be better than hung parliament "British banks are divided into two groups: strong, private firms that have continued to generate profits during the crisis; and weak...
Source: ConservativeHome

Quoted in 'Armistice Day 2009'

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:01:17 GMT

said in ConservativeHome:

Britain's problems are now so acute that a Labour victory at the next election would be preferable to a hung parliament in which no one party has the power to take urgent decisions, the veteran Conservative shadow minister, Kenneth Clarke said.

Tories' agency plans are slammed

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:25:04 GMT

TORY plans to replace regional development agencies (RDAs) were mired in confusion last night, after an admission that the new set-up would lack the same power.
Source: The Northern Echo

Ken Clarke: Labour victory would be better than hung parliament

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:47:11 GMT

Britain's problems are now so acute that a Labour victory at the next election would be preferable to a hung parliament in which no one party has the power to take urgent decisions, the veteran Conservative shadow minister, Kenneth Clarke said...
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Hung parliament would be a disaster – Kenneth Clarke

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:43:43 GMT

Shadow business secretary also voices disapproval of proposals to allow peer ministers such as Lord Mandelson to speak in Commons Kenneth Clarke today warned of the dangers of a hung parliament resulting from the next election and said the prospect was...
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Monday 26th October 2009

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:30:25 GMT

George Osborne demands emergency measures to prevent banks paying cash bonuses...
Source: ConservativeHome

Photo from Getty Images

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:04:04 GMT

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 06: Kenneth Clarke, Shadow Secretary of State for Business, takes part in a business debate with delegates on the second day of the Conservative Party Conference on October 6, 2009 in Manchester, England.

Photo from Getty Images

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:03:26 GMT

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 06: Kenneth Clarke (L), Shadow Secretary of State for Business, takes part in a business debate with delegates on the second day of the Conservative Party Conference on October 6, 2009 in Manchester, England.

Kenneth Clarke and the Tory Euro-Fudge.

Mon, 04 May 2009 18:02:18 GMT