CLL gets married
SIR Vince Cable took to the stage at the National Liberal Club yesterday to announce that he will step down as the leader of the Liberal Democrats when Brexit is either [READ ON]
Claire-Louise Leyland
Claire-Louise Leyland to step down as leader of Camden Conservatives
BREAKING news in Camden’s political circles: Claire-Louise Leyland is to stand down as leader of the Conservatives and will not stand for re-election as a councillor in [READ ON]
Claire-Louise Leyland selected as Conservative candidate in Hampstead and Kilburn
I DON’T know what it’s like for the punters or the organisers, but these candidate selection meetings are curious affairs: You always feel like you know the [READ ON]
Reverse angle: Was whole Tory front bench in on remote control rat prank?
IT’S easy to write off last night’s ratfoolery in the Town Hall chamber during a debate on Camden’s new bin arrangements as the solo antics of a councillor [READ ON]
Conservatives face dash to pick candidate in Hampstead and Kilburn
WITH no time to hold one of their ‘open’ primaries to find a candidate – open was always seemed a flexible word for a system in which everybody knew who the [READ ON]
Reprobates united
While councillors were meant to come together to oppose Donald Trump's Muslim travel ban last night, Rishi Madlani grew so irritated with heckles from Gio Spinella that during one flashpoint he called him a 'reprobate' [READ ON]
Birmingham ’16: Who would win in a 100m sprint?
A QUESTION you had never wondered the answer to before: Who would win a 100 metre sprint if the Conservatives from Camden held a sportsday? Tear up your tickets on Councillor [READ ON]
Ridiculous tweet? Possibly
AFTER standing in front of a Cameron Stiff & Co estate agent board and then a picture of Gordon Brown laughing, it seems the Conservatives in the north of the borough [READ ON]
Eight and a half minutes of chaos
THE final eight and a half minutes of Thursday’s planning meeting are almost too toe-curling to watch, as councillors charged with making important decisions about the [READ ON]
The all-male boycott
COUNCIL leader Sarah Hayward says she will no longer go to events with an all-male panel. This is not a new policy, but she says she will now start ‘calling out’ [READ ON]
Richard Osley 