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Conservatives push for EU-India free trade pact
David Cameron must be delighted with the speed that an EU-India free trade pact is coming to fruition. My MEP Robert Sturdy (pic)is Conservative International Trade spokesman and naturally delighted. We are already India's biggest trading partner at some 40...
Crusade to oust St George will be debated in Parliament
The crusade to oust St George as England's patron saint is gathering momentum and will be heard in Parliament. Conservative MP David Ruffley also believes it is time to restore the title to St Edmund (see pic). He plans to raise it as a...
Why good PR pays – you need look no further!
It's very rewarding when after issuing a press release for a client, the editors from two Cambridge glossy magazines call almost immediately asking for higher resolution pics to be sent. The pic in question was Xanthe (left) taken by Pali Rao (right), one of two...
Beware of nodding Bulgarians
Last night I was told how Bulgaria and Romania can offer great business opportunities for the UK, and I met some traders who have already established contacts there. The question that was repeatedly asked was why is our Government keen to push trade links with India...
Cherie’s words may win the day
Prime Ministers' wives should seemingly be seen and not heard - that may have been a requisite in days gone, but Cherie's free-speaking has broken the mould, not once, but twice. Nobody believe she did not mean those words when she accused Gordon Brown of lying, she's...
Plans to oust St George as England’s saint
A campaign has been launched today to oust St George as England's patron saint and replace him with St Edmund, who was the country's original saint before he was toppled. It is strongly felt St Edmund should be reinstated and a petition is being jointly...
Conservative MEPs take on Spanish fishing fleet
Conservative MEPs led by the erudite Struan Stevenson will take on the might of the Spanish fishing fleet this week to ban the cruel practice of removing fins from the Mediterranean blue shark. The World Conservation Council have announced that blue sharks are now an...
Charles Clarke and those "ill-advised" words
Did he mean it, or didn't he? And did the presence of Ed Balls induce sacked Home Secretary Charles Clarke into admitting he was wrong about saying those nasty things about Gordon Brown. Clarke effectively conceded that his savage personal attack on the Chancellor had...
Sam Mendes film exploiting the homeless
I'm sure award winning producer Sam Mendes has no idea that homeless people recruited as extras for his latest film are being way paid below the going rate. The film makers probably think that £50 a day is fortune for these down and outs, compared to the basic rate...