The Ebdon Question came back to the Commons. It's quite a long question, but it goes like this: "Why would a dull, dusty, rule-bound, education bureaucrat running a college with a 20 per cent drop-out rate from NVQ courses in Carnival Skills and Coronati

100 Tory MPs have today called on the PM to do something he would almost certainly do anyway. Their real target is the Lib Dems. More than a hundred Conservative MPs have written to the Prime Minister - via the Daily Telegraph - demanding he resist the t

Guido brought you the news of Edward Leigh’s meeting for Euro-sceptics last night. 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 t

Mr Cameron was also accused of “appeasing” his deputy Nick Clegg by performing an about-turn on Britain’s veto against closer ties among eurozone countries. Right wing Tory MPs were due to meet in Westminster to plot how to make clear their unhappiness a

The Prime Minister is facing a revolt among Tory MPs over the “circumventing” of his veto which blocked a new EU treaty to deepen further fiscal union among eurozone countries at a summit last month. Right wing Tory MPs are due to meet in Westminster lat

The Council of Europe is, in theory, meant to be some sort of bulwark for the citizens of its member countries against the power of the overreaching state. That’s the theory. But here’s how it really works. The Daily Mail reports: The Council of Europe h

The Argentinians do not have the military power to seize the Falkland Islands, even if they wanted to, Defence Minister Gerald Howarth said yesterday as he accused the country’s government of “sabre-rattling”. Mr Howarth said ministers were “very seized”

The burnt-out remains of HMS Sheffield, hit by an Exocet missile during the 1982 conflict Argentina does not have the military capability to invade the Falkland Islands, according defence minister Gerald Howarth. Recent months has seen Buenos Aires place

Gainsborough MP Edward Leigh said he believed any moves to introduce euthanasia would result in an "encouraged exit." The Conservative MP rejected calls for assisted dying, or euthanasia, to be introduced for the sick and elderly during a debate on care

Taxpayers money should be spent on buying the Queen a new royal yacht to commemorate her diamond jubilee, Michael Gove has said. In a letter to cabinet colleagues obtained by the Guardian, the education secretary warned the celebration of the Queen's 60t

15 December 2011 Last updated at 10:54 ET A handful of MPs attended the debate MPs behind proposals to change their expenses have insisted they are not trying to force them on Parliament's independent watchdog. Committee chairman Adam Afriyie said that w

PARENTS, governors and guests were invited to a Gainsborough school to mark its achievement at becoming the only ‘outstanding’ junior in Lincolnshire. Rated in the top echelon by Ofsted inspectors last month, White’s Wood Way Junior School celebrated Chr

As a result he paid a heavy price for a while among his own MPs, one of whom labelled him a gutless appeaser in the tradition of Neville Chamberlain. Today that Tory MP, Edward Leigh – as historically illiterate as he is disloyal – owes the Prime Min

David Cameron found himself left behind as the 26 other European Union leaders began negotiating the future of the region’s economy. Delivering on a veto threat his predecessors carried with them to Brussels for the past 30 years, Cameron strengthened th

Only UK and Hungary certain to stay out of new grouping - and Sweden and Czech Republic may join them in two-tier EUAfter 10 hours of talks 17 Eurozone members and six other countries decide to go ahead with a 'fiscal pact' PM defiant as he declares: 'I

David Cameron looked isolated last night as other European Union leaders rebuffed his demand for special safeguards for Britain in return for approving a deal to rescue the euro. The 27 EU leaders met late into the night at their critical two-day Brussel

Mr Cameron said he was vetoing an agreement among all 27 EU members because he did not get the safeguards he wanted for the City. 09.04 Following the treaty veto, Terry Smith of interdealer broker Tullett Prebon, didn't mince his words. He told BBC

Under pressure: Prime Minister David Cameron arrives at an European Union summit in Brussels today determined to push for Britain's interests David Cameron this morning blocked an EU deal for a crucial treaty change after holding out for concessions to

THE authority of Prime Minister David Cameron among Tory MPs appeared to be under threat last night, as he arrived in Brussels leaving a full-scale rebellion over Britain’s future place in the European Union. The Prime Minister came to the summit with “2