The race for SW Norfolk

Posted by on Oct 11, 2009 in Politics | 4 comments I am delighted to learn that James Tumbridge has made it through to the final stage of the selection as Conservative parliamentary candidate for South West Norfolk. He stood in Ian Gibson’s seat in Norwich North in 2005 – recently won by Chloe Smith who makes her maiden speech tomorrow – and has kept his house in Norfolk, a county he has strong roots in having been born in Norwich. You ...
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The Tories and The Times

Posted by on Oct 11, 2009 in Conservative Party Conference, updates | 1 comment Perhaps the editor of The Times had further damaging revelations about MPs expenses in mind when he refused to back the Tories in the same way as The Sun. There were whisperings all week at the Conservative conference about another expenses scandal which was going to break. During a fringe meeting which Times editor James Harding chaired, he was asked when his paper would do the “decent...
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