bad for Britain and bad for Europe. |
Britain needs an education system that is appropriate to both society and the individual - and it is wrong to pretend that watering down academic standards in pursuit of universal achievement will do that, |
I am the only candidate who is going into this contest with a positive vision of the future, |
I've made it very clear what I believe in -- a sense of family, community, respect for the law, Britain controlling its own direction, |
inept from start to finish. |
Instead of reaching inside ourselves we need to remind the country we are the natural party of government. |
Instead we need schools and colleges that are sensitive to the needs of young people and not the priorities of politicians and educationalists. |
It is already apparent that the current system is proving unwieldy and liable to present MPs with a potentially unsuitable leader while the changes under discussion will severely restrict democracy within the party - clearly an undesirable move for a modern twenty-first century party, |
It is entirely a matter for David whether or not he wants to be open about that. |
It was wrong for the European Union's foreign affairs spokesman Javier Solana to rule out the use of force. It is wrong for Britain's Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, to echo him. |
It's a question of whether they have learned any lessons at all. |
It's simply not sensible ... for the government to say there is no link whatsoever between what is happening in Iraq and what is happening in terms of recruiting extremists. |
It's simply not sensible for the government to say there's no link. What I think is surprising is that the government denies there's any link - but the government's handling of this has been rather inept politically from start to finish. |
lied and broke the law and he must answer for that. |
Sending our Armed Forces across an international border clearly is a major political decision, with profound implications for Britain's international relations, |