Archive: Tory Backbenchers

Eastleigh: Tory leadership calls for clean fight, but do backbenchers care?

Tory Candidate Maria Hutchings has promised a "clean" campaign.

The Tory leadership tried to prevent the Eastleigh by-election turning into a bloodbath yesterday, but backbenchers appeared ready to carry on regardless.

'A pact with the devil': Eastleigh by-election fight gets ugly

'Unromantic' Farage dodges Eastleigh fight

Eastleigh damage report: The winners and losers of a gripping by-election fight

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Do you want to eat salami for breakfast with your egg and bacon?

David Cameron's tantric Euro-sausage moment.

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Cameron speechwriter: Don't let Crosby drag Tories to the right

Michael Howard veered sharply to the right under Crosby and only increased is hare of the vote by 0.7%.

David Cameron is in danger of making the same mistakes as his predecessors and taking the Tories to the right, his former speech writer said today.

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Here they go again: Married couples' tax breaks back on the agenda

In it for the money? Opponents of the married couples' tax breaks are paternalistic

A collection of 15 Tory MPs today tried to resuscitate plans for a tax break for married couples, in a move which could worsen relations in the coalition.

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Nadine Dorries: Is the Commons watchdog about to step in?

Is the Commons watchdog about to investigate Nadine Dorries?

The parliamentary standards watchdog was primed to start an inquiry into Nadine Dorries today, after it received a complaint about her decision to appear on I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.

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Cameron calm over Tory eurozone ultimatum

Tory backbenchers are demanding a referendum on Europe

David Cameron appears unruffled after Tory eurosceptics bared their teeth with a letter demanding a referendum on Britain's relationship with Europe.

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End of the veto honeymoon? Cameron on backfoot over euro policy

David Cameron stands next to European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso during bilateral meeting in Brussels last year.

David Cameron struggled to explain precisely what his veto of European fiscal plans had achieved during a gruelling interview this morning.

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Autumn statement 2011: Rewards for the right as Osborne rains gifts on Tory backbenches

George Osborne as he left No. 11 to deliver the autumn statement this morning.

George Osborne offered a series of gifts to Tory backbenchers in his autumn statement today, in a bid to placate right-wing elements of the Conservative party.

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