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Wednesday 7th January

Monday 12th January 2009Britain's leading conservative blog Is this the way the Conservatives should frame the next election? ToryDiary: Cameron and Osborne are close to a winning economic message (and a project for government) Today's other top ConservativeHome features Howard Flight on Platform: It's time to tell the blunt truth about how we can recover from Labour's economic mess Seats and candidates: The 44 Tory MPs most likely to retire before the next General Election Seats and candidates: Search for 100 Peers: Tim Rice Local government: Doncaster Council's social work scandals Helen Rainbow on CentreRight: Government propaganda is unlikely to produce a healthy 2009 Newslinks and weekend highlights Tories will scrap GCSE and A-level coursework to stop cheats - Daily Mail | Yesterday's ToryDiary More speculation about Ken Clarke's return to shadow cabinet "Lord Kalms, a former party treasurer and the founder of the Dixons retail empire, told the Financial Times: “We should not be looking for yesterday’s men. I would find a better choice who represents modern Conservatism to stick up against [Lord] Mandelson than old buffer Ken Clarke, who’s had better days.” "They like Ken's outspoken, bumptious, no-prisoners language, his floridly un-PC face and his outrageous self-confidence. He is the Saga generation's Boris. As for Davis, he's enjoyed for similar reasons - a gutsiness, that wicked smile, a certain sense of danger." - Jackie Ashley in The Guardian > Yesterday's ToryDiary on Clarke's likely return David Cameron admits that he was wrong about public spending during Marr interview - Times The Daily Mail examines the contents of David Cameron's home | Yesterday's ToryDiary summary of Andrew Marr interview Cross-party group of MPs formed to back new London airport on Thames Estuary "The proposal, which would divert flights away from London, was mooted by the London mayor, Boris Johnson, but is gathering support against the government's apparent determination to expand Britain's biggest airport." - Guardian Gordon Brown holds Downing Street jobs summit with businesses and unions - BBC The summit will focus on a £500m job creation and training package - Sky More Blairities return to Brown's side "Alan Milburn, who will lead a government drive to boost social mobility, said a working-class child growing up in Britain today has less chance of reaching the Cabinet than he did." - Independent "First Peter Mandelson ended his 14-year feud with Gordon Brown and joined his Cabinet. Now he has renounced his sins as a spin doctor and pronounced the death of Labour's "command and control" strategy to silence internal dissent. Lord Mandelson, the Business Secretary, made the announcement in his first blog on a new website for Labour supporters, www.labourlist.org. It will feature a cartoon-like image of him, using his real voice. The website is the brainchild of Derek Draper, a former aide to Lord Mandelson who is now a psychotherapist." - Independent Lord Mandelson writing for LabourList: In new media command and control doesn't work: we need to embrace and engage Bruce Anderson examines the many causes of the decline of Parliament - Independent ToryDiary: 10% of people who will vote Tory in a General Election will vote UKIP in June's Euro elections ToryDiary: Summaries of key planks of Conservative foreign policy Bernard Jenkin MP on Platform: The issue at the heart of the Damian Green affair is privilege Charles Tannock MEP on CentreRight: Russia's gas diplomacy underlines the need for a common EU external energy security policy Our main sites Homepage. ToryDiary. Seats and candidates. Local government. Parliament. Platform. CentreRight. International. PlayPolitical videos.

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