by Whitehouse Communications | 17 Dec 2021 | Brexit, Local Government, Politics, Tory Leadership, Whitehouse News
Lib Dem candidate Helen Morgan won yesterday’s North Shropshire by-election, rounding off a damaging few weeks for Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Morgan won 17,957 votes, ahead of the Conservatives’ Neil Shastri-Hurst, on 12,032 – an astonishing new majority of 5,925....
by Whitehouse Communications | 31 May 2021 | Children and Families, Civil liberties, Human rights and equality, Justice, Tory Leadership
When Tony and Cheri Blair moved into Downing Street following Labour’s 1997 general election victory, leaders of the Catholic community expressed their delight that a “Catholic family had moved into Downing Street”. Similar expressions emerged when...
by Whitehouse Communications | 30 May 2021 | Communications, Competition, consumer protection and investing, Economy, Employment, European Union, Politics, Public Sector, Whitehouse News
The Queen’s Speech on 11th March announced measures to “improve regulation” and the Treasury announced what it described as “a bonfire of EU red tape”. This has echoes of a remarkably similar promise from David Cameron to have a “bonfire...
by Whitehouse Communications | 18 May 2021 | Communications, Education & Children's Services, Environment, European Union, Local Government, Politics, PR and Media Relations, Public Sector, Tory Leadership, Whitehouse News
“Don’t extrapolate too much from the Isle of Wight local election results.” So warns Whitehouse Communications Chair, Chris Whitehouse, writing on influential political blog site, Conservative Home. “Despite the Conservatives’ loss of overall...
by Whitehouse Communications | 10 May 2021 | Local Government, Politics
Make no mistake, Thursday’s election results were dreadful for Labour. Losing control of six councils including Durham, hundreds of councillors losing their seats whilst also getting thumped by the Tories in the Hartlepool by-election. Governing parties aren’t...
