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"UKIP scare the hell out of me" - Tory activist Posted on 26-10-2009 08:40:27 AM (GMT +01:00) Published By Local Politics Desk "UKIP scare the hell out of me" - Tory activist Local Politics Desk London Conservative activists who are gearing up for the longest build up to a general election in living memory, are deeply concerned at the unrest over the Tory party's failure to clearly promise ...
Islamic extremists want "complete upheaval of the British ruling system its members and legislature, and demand the full implementation of Shari'ah in Britain." Posted on 26-10-2009 11:36:36 AM (GMT +01:00) Published By News Desk - London to be targeted by Islamic extremists in an attempt to transform leading historical sites like Trafalgar Square into Shari'ah News Desk London authorities are preparing for further trouble on the streets of the capital with a "procession" planned on Saturday 31 October by the ...
Eight million watch BNP battle - Ofcom investigate - Beeb should be "ashamed" Posted on 23-10-2009 11:55:41 AM (GMT +01:00) Published By declan@thelondondailynews.com Over eight million people watched the British National Party's appearance on Question Time last night. Regulator Ofcom are also investigating complaints that the programme breached the broadcasting code. The appearance of the far-right leader Nick Griffin had descended into a media circus by the time of recording last ...
Payback time - Did US Embassy debts result in costly listing decision? Posted on 23-10-2009 08:40:49 AM (GMT +01:00) Published By declan@thelondondailynews.com Yesterdays announcement that the US embassy in Mayfair was to be Grade II listed went largely unnoticed. Yet it is unlikely officials at Grosvenor Square were popping the champagne corks and raising a toast to the Minister for Culture and Tourism. Margaret Hodge's bestowing of Grade II means ...
Election watch - Edmonton battle heats up ahead of time Posted on 23-10-2009 09:57:49 AM (GMT +01:00) Published By Local Politics Desk With seven or so months to go before an expected General Election, many seats are going to change hands whether MP's are victims of an unpopular Labour government or they have been caught out in the expenses scandal. The London Daily News is profiling the London constituencies ...
Who decides who enters the UK? EU to 'harmonise' asylum system Posted on 22-10-2009 11:24:47 AM (GMT +01:00) Published By declan@thelondondailynews.com Britain could be forced to take in more refugees under EU plans to 'harmonise' the asylum seeker system. A universal criteria for accepting asylum claims could see the UK lose the ability to decide who enters the country - the leader of the Conservative MEP group, Tim Kirkhope, ...
Mayor slammed over green credentials Posted on 21-10-2009 08:57:13 AM (GMT +01:00) Published By Editorial Editorial The FT has kicked the boot into Mayor Johnson and the Conservatives "green credentials" with a stinging attack on the Tories failure to live up to the hype of "vote blue, go green" a few years ago with the following in a recent article by ...
London keeps the UK ticking, Mayor to maintain capitals "vital" position for UK plc Posted on 21-10-2009 07:45:49 AM (GMT +01:00) Published By Local Politics Desk Local Politics Desk As new figures released today show London contributed between £14 billion and £19 billion to the UK economy in 2007/8, the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, is calling for no letup on investment into the capital, if it is to remain such ...
Tories put up Warsi against Griffin in Question Time debate Posted on 20-10-2009 08:50:31 AM (GMT +01:00) Published By Politics Desk Muslim Tory peer to promote "social cohesion and tolerance" against BNP leader Politics Desk The Conservative Party were last night preparing Baroness Warsi to appear on BBC Question Time and face the leader of the British National Party Nick Griffin, in what has been ...
"Exceptional case" leads to Barnet Sikh "withdrawing" from school over holy dagger Posted on 13-10-2009 09:18:43 AM (GMT +01:00) Published By News Desk News Desk A Sikh pupil attending the Barnet Compton School in North Finchley has been banned from taking a holy dagger into school with him following a ruling by the school governors who deemed the dagger a health and safety risk. The pupil has now according ...