tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post113864573824144158..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Rightlinks.co.uk Comes to Hague's Aid on the EPPIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1138729237447847272006-01-31T17:40:00.000+00:002006-01-31T17:40:00.000+00:00Presumably it should have said in the small print ...Presumably it should have said in the small print in said manifesto "until we find another more convenient place to rest our bottoms which will provide us with as many offices, assistants and committee chairs as being part of the biggest party group in the EP"..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1138728101841156982006-01-31T17:21:00.000+00:002006-01-31T17:21:00.000+00:00The EPP-ED deal was only a manifesto commitment af...The EPP-ED deal was only a manifesto commitment after all in 2004... why should the brave new Party seek to hold the members to the platform they were elected on...?<BR/>So much for public faith in politics or governing from the centre, for that matter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1138713450028718472006-01-31T13:17:00.000+00:002006-01-31T13:17:00.000+00:00But should Cameron's Conservatives really be align...But should Cameron's Conservatives really be aligning themselves with political parties whose leaders, when in power, ban gay pride marches? Oh, and want the shops closed on Sundays... If they do, then that tells the UK floating voter something about how they fundamentally identify themselves, doesn't it? The funny thing that is never mentioned is the fact that the EPP-ED in the European Parliament is already quite a broad church and the Tories are quite big fish within it. Now the EPP as a Transnational Party is something different - but that does not include the ED (European Democrat) part of the EPP-ED.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1138710127696272912006-01-31T12:22:00.000+00:002006-01-31T12:22:00.000+00:00Hague doesn't seem to be getting far with Edward M...Hague doesn't seem to be getting far with Edward Mcmillan -Scott.He was on Newsnight last night calling Camerons plans a move to the 'extreme right'.If I was a member in Mcmillan-Scotts are I would start a campaign to deselect him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1138654190767500382006-01-30T20:49:00.000+00:002006-01-30T20:49:00.000+00:00One of the problems which Hague, Cameron, et al, w...One of the problems which Hague, Cameron, et al, will face is that the left - right divide (already breaking down in many respects in UK politics with Cameron's new cuddly Tories) just does not play out in the same way in Central and Eastern Europe. In addition, there are a huge number of institutional start up costs in getting a new transnational party grouping going in the European Parliament (and even more in keeping it going) that Hague et al should not underestimate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com