ToryDiary: Totnes primary was Tories' biggest August media hit
David Davies MP on Platform: The Government must end its reprehensible policy of ministers not attending the funerals of service personnel killed in action
Hamish Fulton has enjoyed careers in the army and business. He had never been involved in politics but he then heard David Cameron's call for new candidates: Why I answered David Cameron's call for new candidates when he re-opened the list in May
Local government: Should a public meeting hosted by ward councllors be an annual event? Or for a specific issue? Or not at all?
Tim Montgomerie on CentreRight: 'What English football needs is fewer English footballers'
Government claims to have rejected report which called for 10% cuts in NHS workforce - BBC
Boris' Deputy Mayor, Kit Malthouse claims Metropolitan Police is now working for City Hall
"The Conservatives have wrested control of Scotland Yard from the Home Office and now have its top officers working to their agenda, a senior aide to the mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has told the Guardian. Kit Malthouse, the deputy mayor for policing, has declared that he and Johnson "have our hands on the tiller" of the Metropolitan police and have an electoral mandate to influence what it does." - Guardian
City AM praises Boris Johnson's defence of the City"The Mayor’s vision for London is optimistic, cosmopolitan and pro-growth; he is turning out to be more of a Ronald Reagan than a traditional British Tory, at least in terms of inclination. He is right to oppose the 50p tax rate, formal limits on bonuses and the EU’s vicious attack on hedge funds; his courage in defending such unpopular positions marks him out as an unusual politician. It is a shame that he has no real power over financial regulation; but let us hope he can charm some of the anti-City crowd into seeing some sense." - Allister Heath in City AM
Gordon Brown’s $1 trillion global rescue package unravels - Times
Ben Brogan praises Cameron's clear statement on Lockerbie bomber
"Mr Cameron said yesterday that he would have let Megrahi die in prison, a position that is clear, unequivocal, and suggests a view of the national interest that puts principle before deals. It may not be a policy designed to please BP, but it suggests the kind of grown-up thinking his critics demand." - Benedict Brogan in The Telegraph
Jacqui Smith breaks ranks with Gordon Brown over Lockerbie bomber - Times
SNP defeated in parliamentary vote over handling of the Megrahi - The Herald
In The Guardian, Sir Malcolm Rifkind reflects on Megrahi's release: "Was it a cock-up or a conspiracy? The unfortunate truth is that it has been a cocked-up conspiracy."
In The Times, Sir Malcolm Rifkind writes on Afghanistan: "Karzai must clean up his act or be dumped."
Nick Gibb finds that three out of ten schools lack proper kitchen facilities - Guardian
City worries that George Osborne spends too much time on politics - Fraser Nelson in The Spectator
> 67% of Tory members agree Osborne should be Shadow Chancellor OR General Election Co-ordinator
Conservative modernisers to launch new website called Bright Blue - PRWeek
And finally... Tamzin Lightwater's take on Alan Duncan"Little Al Duncan on the phone again. Wants to know when we are going to sack him and why we don’t just get it over with. How many times do we have to explain? This is not how Dave operates. Dave is a Compassionate Leader of a Modern Party where silly people who disgrace themselves are not cut adrift and allowed to float back to the highly remunerated world of oil trading. As Jed says: ‘The little s**t’s going to work off the damage he’s done by being a lightning conductor for however long we need one. Then we’ll sack him.’ It’s compassionate justice in action." - Spectator
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