EUROPE isn't the main source of tensions among Tory MPs at the moment. The thing that is really driving a wedge between them is the boundary review. These constituency changes are designed to shrink the House of Commons from 650 MPs to 600. They have left some Tories with much reduced majorities and others with no seat at all. Nadine Dorries, right, a charismatic and controversial MP, is one of those whose seat has been cut from under her by the boundary review. Judging by a text message she sent to her colleague Shailesh Vara this month, she thinks little of those who are trying to use this as an opportunity to move to the safest seat possible.
EAST YORKS: The UK Border Agency is winning the war on people trying to smuggle Class A drugs into the country, new figures have revealed. Seizures of the substances have increased after officers changed trafficking routes and techniques. As a result of the changes, more cocaine and heroin was stopped at the border in the past six months than during the whole of last year.
When David Cameron and Nick Clegg appeared in the walled garden at Downing Street to announce the creation of the Conservative and Lib Dem Coalition, there was much fevered optimism, and comparisons were made with the great coalitions of the 20th Century. Before Cameron in 2010, the three most prominent leaders of coalition governments in Britain were Winston Churchill in 1940, Ramsay MacDonald in 1931 and David Lloyd George in 1916.
Consider the dilemma facing the Italian government. On the one hand, with the rest of the West, it is expected to applaud the so- called Arab Spring that has swept through North Africa and parts of the Middle East. It's broadly assumed that these countries are moving from dictatorship to democracy.
Consider the dilemma facing the Italian government. On the one hand, with the rest of the West, it is expected to applaud the so- called Arab Spring that has swept through North Africa and parts of the Middle East. It's broadly assumed that these countries are moving from dictatorship to democracy.
DANIEL KEARNS has admitted he 'probably wouldn't have bothered' switching allegiance from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland but for encouragement to do so by former Irish under-age manager Sean McCaffrey. Belfast-born Kearns, capped for the North at Under 17 level, has revealed it took a phone call from McCaffrey, now Dundalk manager, two years ago to rekindle his interest in declaring for the Republic. 'Sean rang up -- it was coming towards the end of my last season at West Ham -- and said would I be interested in coming to represent the Republic?' said Kearns.
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