Article: Referendum Party takes Tory votes

Article: The great rebellion; 95 Labour MPs join revolt but Tory ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  March 15, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: KIRSTY WALKER 95 Labour MPs join revolt but Tory votes rescue Blair TONY Blair's dwindling authority suffered ... left Mr Blair in the humiliating position of relying on Tory votes to push through the [pounds sterling]20billion Trident ...

Article: Tory votes will count Stone certainty
Evening News - Scotland;  August 20, 2001 ;     700+ words ...DURING the 1980s, most astute political commentators were of the opinion that the Labour Party was a spent force. The so-called People's Party was rent by bitter internal divisions and appeared unelectable, while the Conservative government, led by the indomitable Margaret Thatcher, seemed

Article: Tory votes fear.(News)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  April 7, 2006 ;     337 words ...DAVID Cameron is set to lose the next election, the Tory Par ty chairman admitted yesterday. Francis Maude fears Gordon Brown will keep them out of power for at least another nine years. Old Etonian Cameron claims that with him as leader, the Tories can be trusted to run the country. But Maude

Article: Tory votes are bad for your health.(News)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  December 20, 1996 ;     470 words ...A Tory government could put you in an early grave, boffins have claimed. Two top medics said Conservative policies are speeding up the deaths of Labour voters. They said the Government's master plan is to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. The poor have worse health and die earlier - so

Article: Tory votes for himself to see off party leadership ...
Evening News - Scotland;  April 29, 2009 ;     697 words ...Council group is concerned by poor poll performances EDINBURGH'S Tory leader Iain Whyte has survived a coup attempt from within his own party - by voting for himself. The Conservative's education spokesman Jeremy Balfour challenged Councillor Whyte for the leadership role at the party's AGM

Article: Tory votes save Blair's school Bill.(News)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  March 16, 2006 ;     567 words ...TONY Blair's flagship Education Bill was last night saved by the Tories. It finally passed its first hurdle in the Commons. But Blair's plans to reform secondary schools in England had to rely on the backing of Conservative MPs. The Bill passed its second reading by 458 votes to 115, which suggests

Article: Tory votes save Blair's bill; Education ...
The Economist (US);  March 18, 2006 ;     700+ words ...But the battle goes on in committee THAT Tony Blair would get his schools reform bill over its first legislative hurdle was never in doubt once the opposition Tories had committed themselves to vote for it. What mattered was how many Labour MPs were prepared to defy the government over a bill that