Election Manifesto – An Exercise in the Fundamentals of Orthodoxy

The Salisbury Convention

By Peter Ould Posted on May 22, 2013 Posted in Gender Neutral Marriage, UK Politics 7 Comments Tagged with Addison, Conservative Opposition, Cranborne, Election Manifesto, General Election, Government Bill, Government Bills, House Of Lords, Labour Government, Leader Of The Opposition, Lord Carrington, Marquess Of Salisbury, Memoirs, Prime Minister, Viscount, What This Means

Have you heard of the Salisbury Convention / Doctrine? The Salisbury Doctrine, or “Convention” as it is sometimes called, emerged from the working arrangements reached during the Labour Government of 1945-51, when the fifth Marquess of Salisbury was the Leader …

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Paul Goodman on Same-Sex Marriage

By Peter Ould Posted on May 21, 2013 Posted in Gay Marriage, UK Politics 2 Comments Tagged with Amendments, Backbenchers, Bedrock, Civil Partnerships, Coalition Agreement, Consequences, Conservative Party, Election Manifesto, Free Vote, General Election, Labour, Manifesto Commitment, Marriage Bill, Paul Goodman, Prime Minister, Same Sex Marriage, Single One, Stonewall, Tory, Undertaking

Paul Goodman is the editor of Conservative Home. Here’s his piece today. No political party should alter a bedrock institution without the following conditions applying – especially if it is the Conservative Party.Â A sizeable campaign to change that institution …

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The Salisbury Convention

Paul Goodman on Same-Sex Marriage