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Er, no, actually. This is no belligerent broadside from the intransigent europhobic ultras. The names on the list include the usual and predictable suspects. Bill Cash is on there, so are Edward Leigh and Bernard Jenkin. But there are also new MPs from...
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The plan was to convene immediately after the last vote at 10pm to coordinate the backbench reaction to Cameron’s EU sell out. Canny Tory whips clearly had a better idea though – they texted Members at half an hour before to tell them not to worry...
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He has secured no extra protections for financial services." As many as 20 Tory MPs from the rightwing Cornerstone Group were due to meet in the House of Commons office of Edward Leigh MP last night. Sources said there was a “lot of unhappiness” among...
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Davidf Cameron accused of 'appeasing' Nick Clegg over EU veto as Conservative MPs start to plot
The Telegraph
As many as 20 Tory MPs from the rightwing Cornerstone Group were due to meet in the House of Commons office of Edward Leigh MP last night. Sources said there was a “lot of unhappiness” among the MPs, and the group wanted to look at how they could...
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The amendment said that ‘euthanasia, in the sense of the intentional killing by act or omission of a dependent human being for his or her alleged benefit must always be prohibited’. Among those fighting for the amendment was British member Edward...
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Mr Howarth said ministers were “very seized” of the threat posed by the Argentinians as he told MPs in the Commons that the UK’s military deterrent in the South Atlantic region was “up to the task”. His comments came as Edward Leigh, Tory MP for...
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Falkland Islands: Argentina Does Not Have Military Capability To Invade, Says Defence Minister
The Huffington Post
However Howarth has dismissed the talk as “sabre rattling”. Cutbacks to the Royal Navy has led some MPs to question Britain’s ability to defend the South Atlantic enclave should Argentina’s rhetoric turn into action. On Thursday, Conservative MP Edward...
About Edward Leigh
Wikipedia
Edward Julian Egerton Leigh (born 20 July 1950) is a UK politician. He sits in the British House of Commons as Conservative Member of Parliament for Gainsborough in Lincolnshire, for which he was first elected in 1983, although the constituency was named Gainsborough and Horncastle between 1983 and 1997. He has served as Chairman of the Public... Full Article
