ToryDiary: Rebellions to the Right of Cameron. Rebellions to the Left. Rebellions as far as the eye can see. Richard Balfe on Comment: We should not demonise the public sector unions, but continue negotiating with them in good faith Local government: Lib Dem councillor likens Peterborough Tories to Nazis in tweet WATCH: Channel 4's eulogy to Brian Haw, Parliament Square's anti-war protestor Boris Johnson eruption 1 Boris Johnson eruption 2: "Soft is the perfect way to enjoy French cheese, but not how we should approach punishing criminals. Chris Huhne attacks Tory 'zealots' over proposed scrapping of green laws "The energy secretary, Chris Huhne, has attacked his Conservative colleagues in government as "rightwing ideologues" and "deregulation zealots" for placing environmental regulations on a list of red tape to be considered for scrapping. In comments made at the weekend to a conference of social democrats in his party, Huhne made it clear he is opposed to environmental protection laws such as the Climate Change Act, the Wildlife and Countryside Act and the National Parks Act being included in the government's review of regulations in force in the UK." - Guardian On ToryDiary yesterday: The Independent portrays David Cameron as a father running away from his policy commitments. 100 'free schools' to open in Britain next year "Ahead of a speech on the Government's school reform agenda, Mr Gove said: "Our critics said it was impossible to open a school in little more than a year. Several will open this September. They told us that schools wouldn't want to become academies. They are converting at a rate of two every school day. The rationing of good schools must end. Our reforms are about creating a gen ToryDiary: John Phelan on Comment: A public sector strike over pensions will neither elicit public sympathy nor especially inconvenience us Glyn Gaskarth, on the Local government blog, says innovation in public services means accepting risks: We must allow the risk of failure LeftWatch: Parliament: WATCH: Lord Strathclyde: "There is a lot of bad feeling" about Lords reform "in all parties" On ThinkTankCentral: Gazette:
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It's time for Greece to leave the €uro"For years, European governments have been saying that it would be insane and inconceivable for a country to leave the euro. But this second option is now all but inevitable, and the sooner it happens the better. We have had the hamartia - the tragic flaw in the system that allowed high-spending countries to free ride on low interest rates. We have had the hubris - the belief the good times would never end. We have had nemesis - disaster. We now need the anagnorisis - the moment of recognition that Greece would be better off in a state of Byronic liberation, forging a new economic identity with a New Drachma. Then there will be catharsis, the experience of purgation and relief." - Boris Johnson in The Telegraph
No to soft sentences
It's time to stop offering shorter sentences and get-out clauses. The Met Police is currently doing the biggest project in its history, Operation Target, which is cracking down on prolific robbers and burglars after three years of falling crime in London. In little over a week the results have been superb - over 900 arrests and the recovery of firearms, drugs and tons of stolen property. I helped them launch it and took part in a dawn raid on suspected drugs dens. I can't say the people inside the raided homes were particularly pleased to see me. Nor should they smile at the prospect of jail. Prison shouldn't be about sitting on a mattress, playing video games and networking with seasoned criminals. Prison should change people and if it doesn't they shouldn't be let out." - The Mayor of London in The Sun"The golden thread that has run through the re-evaluation of the Conservative Party under Mr Cameron’s leadership has been a new approach to criminal justice... We must not now retreat into a comfort zone that fails to solve the problems we have spent a decade analysing. There are too many people who should be in prison, but are not. Equally, there are too many people already in the prison system who should not have been sent there." - Paul Maynard MP inThe Times (£)
Cameron's attack on runaway fathers gets mixed response
"New figures show almost 60 per cent of bids to open new-style schools have been made by community groups. Around a fifth come from independent schools seeking to open satellite campuses for parents unable to pay for a private education... Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, will use a speech today to insist that his “free school” policy is on track to meet initial targets." - Telegraph
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