General Election 2015: Ed Miliband stands down as Labour leader after disastrous defeat by Cameron’s Conservative majority May 8, 2015 Ed Miliband has stepped down as leader of the Labour party after a crushing defeat by David Cameron who will be returned to Number 10 on what is an unexpected Conservative majority. "I take absolute and total responsibility for today's defeat," Miliband said, revealing he had earlier called Cameron to congratulate him on the win. [...]
General Election 2015 results: Senior source says Labour blames David Cameron for Scottish National Party’s surge May 7, 2015 Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party (SNP) is surging in Scotland. A senior source in the Labour party blamed David Cameron for the SNP rise, telling City A.M. he had “manufactured an anti-Scottish grievance that clearly won over votes at the close of the campaign, and boosted the SNP.” The SNP have so far [...]
General Election 2015 results: David Cameron on his way back to Downing St May 7, 2015 Prime Minister David Cameron was on track to keep the keys to Downing Street according to an exit poll that sent shockwaves through the country late last night. The poll conducted by NOP/MORI for the major broadcasters (BBC, ITV and Sky) put Cameron’s Conservative party just shy of a majority on 316 seats, with the Labour [...]
General Election 2015 results: Only David Cameron can lead Britain now – Editor’s Letter May 7, 2015 Back in 1992, when the Conservatives denied the polls to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, the May number one hit was Please Don’t Go. If the astonishing exit poll is right, Britain has echoed its sentiment again, calling on Cameron to stay in Number 10. But in truth, David Cameron was always the [...]
David Cameron and Nigel Farage’s Wikipedia pages hacked to tell voters to “vote Labour” May 7, 2015 A picture of Miliband appeared, along with the words "Vote Labour" The Wikipedia pages of David Cameron, Nigel Farage and Caroline Lucas were hacked this afternoon, to show a picture of Ed Miliband with the legend "Vote Labour". As UK voters used social media to tell the world how they were voting, hackers broke into [...]
David Cameron is right: We should balance the budget without tax hikes April 29, 2015 The Prime Minister pledged yesterday to introduce a law to prevent increases in income tax, national insurance and VAT for the whole of the next Parliament. While a law may be a crude tool, it does reinforce two crucial points. First, deficit reduction should come primarily from reductions in public spending rather than further tax [...]
General Election: David Cameron promises to stop tax increases with new law April 29, 2015 If the Conservatives are voted in at the General Election, David Cameron has promised to introduce a new law that would prevent tax increases for five years. During a speech today, he said Britons should be allowed to keep hold of what they earn, and that they have paid “enough tax”. "It's time for [...]
General Election 2015: Michael Bloomberg backs David Cameron and asks Britain to let the Tories finish the job April 29, 2015 David Cameron has received the endorsement of billionaire businessman and former mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg. Bloomberg writes that he rarely endorses national political candidates but is making an exception for David Cameron in the same way he made an exception for Barack Obama in 2012. "David Cameron's gutsy decisions and strong leadership have [...]
David Cameron’s tax freeze pledge: Tories will not raise income tax, National Insurance, or VAT April 28, 2015 The Conservative party will today pledge a cast-iron guarantee that it will not raise the rates of income tax, National Insurance (NI) or VAT during the next parliament, should David Cameron be returned to Downing Street. A law preventing any increase in the three taxes – which account for over 60 per cent of tax [...]
General Election 2015: David Cameron dismisses Russell Brand as “a joke” ahead of Ed Miliband interview April 28, 2015 David Cameron has called comedian-turned-political activist Russell Brand “a joke” and said the public should ignore his stance on not voting. Speaking at an event in North London, Cameron said he "profoundly disagreed" with Brand. "He says don't vote, it only encourages them. That's funny, right, it's funny. But politics and life and elections and [...]