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Former Tory donor Arron Banks has upped his opening donation to UKIP from £100,000 to £1,000,000 after being stung by big-hitter William Hague who said he had never heard of him, and that he was “not a big figure”, which

HONG KONG (AP) — Student leaders of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests warned that if the territory’s top official doesn’t resign by Thursday they will step up their actions, including occupying several important government buildings. By raising the stakes in the

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom – David Cameron used his party conference speech to pledge his party would be the “trade union for the hardworking”. He promised tax cuts, more starter homes and the lowest level of corporation tax in the G20.

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom — David Cameron’s speech to the Conservative Party conference today struck a nostalgic tone – and it makes perfect sense why he adopted such a routine: this conference may well be his last. So the speech extended

The Conservative to Ukip defection announcement have come thick and fast throughout the Conservative party conference in Birmingham this week, as Ukip piles on the pressure before next year’s general election. And today is no different. In a few hours

Iberian region Catalonia is making preparations for a referendum on it’s future in November, despite all efforts by the Spanish government which has declared the vote illegal, and sworn to use “all means necessary” to prevent Catalan independence, shy of

Prominent Tory right-winger Liam Fox has launched a stinging attack on the government’s immigration policy, saying that net migration is a “stupid measure” in determining who should come into Britain. Speaking at a fringe meeting of the All Party Parliamentary

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom — Considering that Tory conference opened on a UKIP defection from Member of Parliament Mark Reckless, the annual Conservative Party gathering hasn’t actually gone that badly for David Cameron’s party. The main speeches and policy points are

Is there no limit to the depth of human depravity? Be warned: if you are morally squeamish this report will shock you. Rumours, even solid allegations, are emerging that Mark Reckless was not entirely candid with Dave’s enforcers on the

“A funeral”, “a wake”, “awful”, “dead”. These are some of the words used by attendees to describe Labour’s annual conference last week. That is Labour, the party which barring a miracle will sweep to power at next year’s general election

Deirdre Kelly, better known as ‘White Dee’ has told an audience at a Conservative Party conference fringe event that she “very well might” vote Ukip at the next election. She also indicated that she may consider running for a seat

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom – George Osborne used a series of media interviews at the Conservative conference to pledge a free vote in parliament on the EU referendum. This will allow backbench MPs to make their own decision on whether to

BIRMINGHAM England (Reuters) – Chancellor George Osborne will promise on Monday to scrap a tax on inherited pension savings as he lays out the Conservative Party’s economic pitch for next year’s election. Speaking to media before his speech, Osborne also

This week Nigel Farage decamped his self-proclaimed People’s Army to the Yorkshire town of Doncaster. Starting days after a somewhat lacklustre Labour Party conference, the UKIP gathering was the last big opportunity to set their stall out not only for

It turns out that while David Cameron was dispatching the full might of his imperial outreach – six aircraft – to bomb ISIS, Nigel Farage was launching his own blitz on the Tories. The defection of Mark Reckless was not

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom — The Conservative Party conference has begun with a bang as, moments after Member of Parliament Mark Reckless resigned and defected to UKIP, another Tory MP has resigned, this time over allegedly lewd social media pictures. Sky

DONCASTER, United Kingdom – Nigel Farage has “parked his tanks on Labour’s lawn” in a speech that threatened the “entire political class”. The Ukip leader took to his feet on the second day of the party’s annual conference in Doncaster.

As we head into Ukip conference, the party has put out on its website a manifesto statement by Policy chief Tim Aker MEP in which he reiterates that “We’re beyond left-right, authoritarian-libertarian–those arguments are for university common rooms.” This was

British Prime Minister David Cameron has apologised to the Queen for letting slip her delight at the result of the Scottish independence referendum. The Prime Minister was recorded earlier this week discussing the Queen’s reaction with former New York mayor

Iran on Thursday rejected accusations from British Prime Minister David Cameron that it supports “terrorism”, pointing out instead that it is leading the fight against groups like the Islamic State. Addressing the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday,

British Prime Minister David Cameron said Iran could be “part of the solution” in defeating jihadists in Syria after he held landmark talks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Addressing the UN General Assembly, Cameron said Britain had “severe disagreements” with

LONDON/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron said he wanted Britain to join U.S.-led air strikes against the Islamic State militant group after the Iraqi government requested London’s help and he recalled parliament to secure its approval for military

Douglas Carswell’s campaign in Clacton reached fever pitch tonight. As if it wasn’t enough that Britain’s pollsters are already declaring that the Clacton by-election on October 9th, David Cameron’s birthday, will be a UKIP landslide, tonight over 1000 people turned

The British parliament will be recalled this Friday to discuss whether the UK should join US-led airstrikes against ISIS. House of Commons Speaker John Bercow approved the request from Prime Minister David Cameron for the recall this afternoon. Parliament is

MANCHESTER England (Reuters) – British opposition Labor party leader Ed Miliband confirmed on Wednesday he had forgotten vital parts of a pre-election speech the previous day, his last address to his party’s annual conference before a national election in May.

Labour Leader Ed Miliband has set-out his ten year plan to turn “hierarchical Britain” into a modern Britain free from “throw back dogma”. The speech at Labour Party Conference laid out six key promises he plans to deliver if they

Labour party leader Ed Miliband is to lay out his battle plan for the May 2015 election on Tuesday in a bid to become the next prime minister. In his keynote speech in the last annual party conference before the

British Prime Minister David Cameron will hold face-to-face talks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, the premier’s office said on Tuesday, in what would be the first such high-level meeting between the two countries since 1979. During the meeting at the

Britain’s main opposition Labour Party was on Monday debating how to win next year’s general election at its annual conference as it struggles to avoid divisions after Scotland’s independence referendum. The economy was centre-stage as finance spokesman Ed Balls delivered

Ed Balls took to his feet today at Labour Party conference in a speech littered with lame gags and over thirty references to ‘the Tories’. Mr Balls, who is often credited as “the most annoying man in politics”, used his

David Cameron is going to get smashed on his birthday this year. No, not in the drunken sense, although I wouldn’t blame him if he did that too. But both the Clacton, and Heywood and Middleton by-elections are set for

A new, internal Conservative Party poll is rumoured to show the Tory candidate on just 22 percent in the crucial by-election constituency of Clacton, following the defection of the now UKIP member Douglas Carswell. Carswell defected in the last days

Prime Minister David Cameron’s plan for “English votes for English laws” is in trouble after Labour appeared to back away from the political truce that helped save the Union and persuaded Scotland to vote ‘no’ to independence. Following the ‘no’

EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — The United Kingdom will stay united. Voters in Scotland resoundingly rejected independence in a historic referendum that shook the country to its core. But No to a break-up doesn’t mean a return to the status quo.

First the good news. Thanks to last night’s “No” vote in the Scottish referendum Britain has been spared the following: a run on the pound; the hasty exodus of Scotland’s finance industry; the premature death of UKIP; the gloating of

David Cameron has announced that plans will be brought forward to create a constitutional “settlement” for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland by January. He also said that all the promises of new powers for Holyrood made during the Scottish