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AFRICA |
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: Spirits
crushed and spirits restored |
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Published Jul 2009 |
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LAST night I saw one of the
worst films I have ever seen. It
waCC because it was bad. Far
from it. In fact the story was
accurate, the acting too real
and the scenery entirely on
location... More...
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: Tom's story |
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Published Aug 2008 |
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Tom Tom was my Assistant teacher
and helped me greatly in the
daily English lessons... More...
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: 'It was as if
Bergen Belsen had come to the
hills of Rwanda' |
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Published Aug 2008 |
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TODAY I took the worst photo of
my life. So much so, that I have
not been able to look at it on
my mobile phone. I do not know
if I will ever view it again -
or whether I will delete it... More...
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: Education,
education, education |
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Published Aug 2008 |
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As I mentioned in my previous
post, our education project
involved a number of volunteers
in Kigali and around Rwanda,
teaching English to hundreds of
Rwandan English teachers... More...
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: Umuganda |
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Published Aug 2008 |
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IMAGINE a country where one day
each month, every inhabitant,
from the Government downwards is
involved in some kind of social
action, whether it be cleaning
litter from the streets, or
doing some other kind of
community action... ... More...
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HARLOW STAR: Slaughter of
innocents in Rwanda |
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Published Aug 2008 |
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ROBERT Halfon, the Conservative
prospective Parliamentary
candidate for Harlow, writes
about his two-week trip to
Rwanda as part of a volunteer
project to help a country
emerging from the devastation of
a civil war in which hundreds of
thousands of people lost their
lives...
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HERTS AND ESSEX OBSERVER:
Slaughter of innocents in Rwanda |
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Published Aug 2008 |
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ROBERT Halfon, the Conservative
prospective Parliamentary
candidate for Harlow, writes
about his two-week trip to
Rwanda as part of a volunteer
project to help a country
emerging from the devastation of
a civil war in which hundreds of
thousands of people lost their
lives...
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SOUTH
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: Sport seems
to be the only thing uniting
South Africans |
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Published Mar 2008 |
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"From 1948 there was white
power, from 1994 black power,
now in 2008, there is no power".
So said an elderly lady from
Bloemfontein, reflecting on the
electricity crisis that are
causing blackouts on a daily
basis...
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TANZANIA |
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THE SOCIAL AFFAIRS UNIT:
Tanzania real change and genuine
democracy, argues Robert Halfon |
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Published Jul 2005 |
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ON returning from Tanzania,
Robert Halfon is convinced that
- after forty years of cronyism
and failed socialism - the
political movement Chadema
offers Tanzania real change and
hope for the future...
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APPRENTICESHIPS |
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HARLOW SCENE: MP's COLUMN: Let’s
create a Royal Society of
Apprenticeships |
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Published 3 Dec 2010 |
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: Let’s create
a Royal Society of
Apprenticeships |
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Published 1 Dec 2010 |
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HARLOW SCENE: MP's column |
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: Did you know
that the Freedom of Information
Act does not apply to the BBC? |
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Published May 2009 |
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At a time when the economy is in
freefall and all of us face ever
increasing bills and higher
taxes, it seems wrong that the
BBC are planning to increase the
licence fee... More...
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: Time to
emancipate Licence Fee Payers
and end the BBC’s feudal
monarchy |
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Published Nov 2008 |
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If we are to keep the Licence
Fee, then it is time to
emancipate those who are to
forced to pay... More...
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BUSINESS &
REGENERATION |
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HARLOW STAR: HALFON IN THE
HOTSEAT: The sale of the
GlaxoSmithKline North site
complex |
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Published 12 Nov 2010 |
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CCTV |
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: 90% of all
CCTV systems in operation are
not fit for purpose |
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Published Apr 2008 |
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Although we may live in a CCTV
world, for those who are
concerned about 'the
surveillance society', there is
no need to worry... More...
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CONSERVATISM |
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CONSERVATIVE HOME:
Robert Halfon MP: We should
celebrate the fact that -
despite so many threats to it -
Kurdistan remains an Open
Society |
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Published January 2011 |
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You can argue about dodgy
dossiers, you can disagree over
United Nations resolutions, you
can debate until the next
Millennium as to whether the
Iraq war was justified. One
matter that cannot be disputed
however, is that the removal of
Saddam Hussein not only saved
the Kurdish nation from being
destroyed by genocide, but also
brought about an independent,
progressive, free nation in the
shape of Kurdistan.
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FREEDOM TODAY: Conservatism and
Community |
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Published Autumn 2009 |
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If - as I
suggested in my last FREEDOM
TODAY article - conservatism is
more a way of life than an
ideology - is there then
something which conservatism
should represent? Is there a
common cause that every
conservative should be
identified with? What brings us
conservatives together?
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CONSERVATIVE HOME:
What is Conservatism About? |
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Published Mar 2009 |
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One of the
constant refrains about the
Cameron project has been ‘where
are the policies’?
Now we have a various assortment
of policies, this has changed to
‘where is the thread linking
this all together? Where is the
narration? What is the Tory
story?
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FREEDOM TODAY:
Conservative Values |
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Published Mar 2008 |
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One of the
constant refrains about the
Cameron project has been ‘where
are the policies’?
Now we have a various assortment
of policies, this has changed to
‘where is the thread linking
this all together? Where is the
narration? What is the Tory
story?
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CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN
FELLOWSHIP: Compassionate
Conservatism |
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Published Sep 2004 |
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I am
delighted that Harlow is hosting
the conference and welcomes all
of you. Today we sit in the
wonderful Playhouse Theatre in
the heart of the new town. But
the first new town in Harlow was
built by the Romans and was an
important hub of the Roman
colonisation of Britain.
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CROSSBOW CONFERENCE: the party
of the poor (page 10) |
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Published Sep 2003 |
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Say that
you are a Conservative who cares
about the poor and the
inevitable response will be –
‘you must be a wet’ or ‘you must
be an evangelical Christian’, or
‘you must be a ‘moderniser’. At
worst they say ‘but you’re too
nice to be a Tory’.
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EDUCATION |
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: Robert Halfon
MP: Today marks the first step
towards giving apprentices
similar rights and benefits to
students |
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Published 22 June 2011 |
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Today is
Vocational Qualifications day,
and yet a skills deficit has
blighted our economy for many
years...
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HARLOW SCENE: MP'S COLUMN: Poet
laureate ready to meet
youngsters |
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Published 11 Nov 2010 |
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CONSERVATIVE EDUCATION SOCIETY:
Schools in our community |
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Published Sep 2008 |
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Some critics argue that Bill
Clinton’s prescription for
schools is entirely wrong. These
critics argue that schools
should take the Gradgrind
approach to education: to ensure
that students are just educated
to the best of their ability to
prepare them for the world
ahead...
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: Schools in
the Frontline of Community
engagement |
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Published Mar 2008 |
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I think Mr Dunsford is on to
something. At a time when
communities have atomised and
there is real and severe family
breakdown, schools often serve
as the last bastion of
communities...
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EUROPE |
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: The EU and
Passengers who can't carry their
bags |
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Published Mar 2008 |
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On my way to South Africa via
Virgin Airways, I was assisted
by a very nice lady with my
luggage. Her role was to help
passengers who faced walking
difficulties...
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TIMES ONLINE:
Rob on Lisbon Treaty |
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Published Jan 2008 |
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Sir, Given that Gordon Brown has
now signed the Lisbon Treaty
(report, Jan 10), we believe
that its proposals have immense
constitutional significance
amounting to a “fundamental
change” to the way in which the
UK is governed...
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EXTREME
ISLAMISM AND TERRORISM |
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: Robert Halfon
MP: Six reactions to Osama bin
Laden's death |
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Published May 2011 |
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First, America has shown yet
again how important she is for
freedom and civilisation. We
must be thankful that the US is
the world's superpower...
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CONSERVATIVE HOME:The Government allows yet
another Islamist into the UK |
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Published Nov 2008 |
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For all Gordon Brown’s ‘tough
talk’ on terrorism, in reality,
the Government is actively
permitting Islamist terrorists
entering the UK...
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: SUICIDE
BOMBING |
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Published Oct 2008 |
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“I am sure
this is the only way, and this
is the way we love”. So said Um
Anaz, an 18 year old extremist
Islamist in Gaza, when she was
justifying becoming a
suicide-bomber to a BBC Radio 4
Reporter on the Today Programme
this morning...
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CONSERVATIVE HOME:
GAZA - THE TRUTH |
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Published Oct 2008 |
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Imagine if a group of Islamic
Fundamentalists had taken over
Vauxhall in South London - the
kind on trial last week for the
poison bomb plots...
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: Celsius 7/7
By Michael Gove (published by
Weidenfeld & Nicholson) |
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Reviewed from different
perspectives by Robert Halfon
and Brian Jenner ...
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IMMIGRATION |
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HARLOW SCENE: Our immigration
officers deserve a medal |
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Published 18 Nov 2008 |
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ISRAEL |
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TFA.NET:
ROBERT HALFON argues that the
left-right battle over Israel
has never been clearer |
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Published Dec 2008 |
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: If we want an enduring
peace in the Middle East, then
Israel must be allowed to defeat Hamas in Gaza |
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CONSERVATIVE HOME:
900 days in prison and not even
one Red Cross Parcel |
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Published Dec 2008 |
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: SUICIDE
BOMBING |
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Published Oct 2008 |
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“I
am sure this is the only way,
and this is the way we love”. So
said Um Anaz, an 18 year old
extremist Islamist in Gaza, when
she was justifying becoming a
suicide-bomber to a BBC Radio 4
Reporter on the Today Programme
this morning...
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CONSERVATIVE HOME:
GAZA - THE TRUTH |
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Published Oct 2008 |
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Imagine if a group of Islamic
Fundamentalists had taken over
Vauxhall in South London - the
kind on trial last week for the
poison bomb plots...
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: Introducing
the CFI |
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Published 27 Sept 2007 |
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: The
existential threat to Israel |
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Published 8 Jun 2007 |
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: An Open
Letter to William Hague |
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Published 4 Aug 2006 |
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: Israel has to
continue to fight for existence
on a daily basis |
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Published 29 Mar 2006 |
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: Labour spin |
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Published Apr 2009 |
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Although only recently having
reached the age of just 40, I
remember well the last years of
the Conservative Government,
leading up to Labour's election
victory in 1997....
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: Brown's
'Shallow Salesman' jibe will
lose Labour votes |
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Published Jun 2008 |
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Since David Cameron became
Conservative Leader, Labour have
tried a range of critiques, none
of which have really worked with
the electorate...
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: If Ken can
make the trains run on time... |
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Published Jun 2008 |
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In a somewhat surprising article
in last week's Jewish Chronicle,
Jonathan Freedland urged Jewish
voters to discount Ken
Livingstone's anti-Semitic
remarks, his penchant for
extreme Islamists and South
American 'strongmen' on the
grounds that - at least Ken is
efficient in running London...
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: Ken's team
exploit the Holocaust – again |
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Published Apr 2008 |
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An astonishing story reached me
after an afternoon campaigning
with Boris in his double-decker
bus around North London last
weekend...
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: The break-up
of the coalitions - update |
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Published Feb 2008 |
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I am very grateful for all the
comments and advice from Centre
Right readers. In answer to the
question from 'Tory Taxcutter'
about smokers, I am in favour of
a repeal of the ban in private
clubs or working-man clubs - or
even in restaurants where there
is a strict smoking room only...
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THE MAIL ONLINE: You CAN drop
democracy from a B-52 bomber...
and how I wish my grandfather
had lived to see Gaddafi's
demise |
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Published 28 August 2011 |
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I wish my grandfather, Renato
Halfon, was alive now to see the
demise of Muammar Gaddafi. In
1968, after some anti-Jewish
pogroms, he had been forced to
leave Libya and, as an Italian
Jew, went to Rome.
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THE COMMENTATOR: Robert Halfon
MP: What are the lessons to be
learnt from the demise of
Gadaffi? |
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Published 22 August 2011 |
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First: the free world must stop
appeasing dictators. It may work
in the short term but never in
the long. The last government,
some of our universities and
businesses, lost their moral
compass when it came to dealing
with the Libyan regime....
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: Robert Halfon
MP: What are the lessons to be
learnt from the demise of
Gadaffi? |
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Published 22 August 2011 |
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First: the free world must stop
appeasing dictators. It may work
in the short term but never in
the long. The last government,
some of our universities and
businesses, lost their moral
compass when it came to dealing
with the Libyan regime....
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: Labour spin |
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Published Mar 2011 |
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Robert Halfon MP: My father
thinks he shook hands with
Colonel Gaddafi....
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KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT:
Kurdistan: triumph of democracy |
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Published Jan 2011 |
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British MP for Harlow, Robert
Halfon, has just returned from
the Kurdistan Region where he
was part of a UK Parliamentary
delegation on a fact-finding
trip to Kurdistan.....
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: We shouldn't invest too
much hope in Iran's Mousavi |
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Published Jun 2009 |
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Although I yield to no one in my
enthusiasm for ‘the Twitter
Uprising’, we should not get too
carried away with the idea that
Presidential Candidate Mir
Hossein Mousavi, is some kind of
Ghandi type figure, about to
bring unbridled freedom in Iran....
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ROBS BLOG:
THE TWITTER UPRISING |
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Published Jun 2009 |
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What is happening in Iran is
truly remarkable. The Iranian
Public have refused to accept
the results of the recent
Presidential Election.....
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CONSERVATIVE HOME:
Brown's oil leak |
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Published 1 Jul 2007 |
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: Robert Halfon
MP: Petrol prices are causing
unemployment. |
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Published 21 August 2011 |
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AAs Tom Newton-Dunn at The Sun
has reported, with unemployment
at 2.5 million, and petrol
prices hitting 150 pence in some
places, there is increasing
evidence that higher petrol
prices are causing higher
unemployment.....
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: Robert Halfon
MP: I am deeply uneasy about
riot police restricting
Blackberry Messenger and other
social media. |
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Published 12 August 2011 |
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A year ago, I wrote a blog
posting, noting that just as The
Economist used the price of a
MacDonald Big Mac to measure a
country's prosperity, so too,
the level of a country's
democracy could be determined by
the level of its Blackberry
usage.....
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: Robert Halfon
MP: It's cheap politics to blame
the Coalition for these riots.
The causes go deep. |
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Published 9 August 2011 |
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No doubt there are those who
seek to blame the riots on
'cuts', 'unemployment' and the
like....
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: Robert Halfon
MP: Motorists are being fleeced
by sky high petrol prices. It's
time for reform |
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Published 14 June 2011 |
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Today in Parliament, with the
FairFuelUK campaign, I am
launching a new All-Party
Parliamentary Group to look at
the high cost of petrol...
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: Robert Halfon
MP: The Taxpayers' Alliance
should embrace the unions |
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Published 11 June 2011 |
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When I was a child, I remember
going to regularly to Great
Ormond Street Hospital, where a
doctor would bang my knee with a
short stick which had a rubber
on the end. Unfailingly, like
Pavlov's dog, my knee always
jolted. I thought of that knee
jolt after reading the
Taxpayer’s Alliance response to
my article that suggested
Conservatives should embrace
trade unionism...
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: Robert Halfon
MP: Conservatives should embrace
Trade Unionism |
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Published 8 June 2011 |
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I know it’s hard. But put Bob
Crow and his ilk in a box for
one moment. Cast your mind away
from strikes or union militancy
and consider the real role of
Trade Unions..
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: Robert Halfon
MP: Saturday's riots were an
assault on the very working
people those involved claim to
represent |
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Published 28 Mar 2011 |
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I am a member of a Trade Union -
Prospect - and in no way should
we link anarchists' riots to the
legitimate rights of the TUC to
protest..
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: Robert Halfon
MP offers three definitions of
the Big Society |
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Published 14 Feb 2011 |
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As 'The Big Society' seems to be
dominating our airwaves at the
moment - with much discussion as
to its meaning, I thought I
would offer my own three pennies
worth.
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GUARDIAN.CO.UK: Robert Halfon:
Want to successfully lobby your
MP? Make it personal and make it
local |
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Published 3 Feb 2011 |
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MPs are overwhelmed daily by
hundreds of standardised emails
and requests for photocalls,
says the Conservative MP for
Harlow.
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: Why is the
Institute for Fiscal Studies
receiving millions from the
State? |
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Published 7 Dec 2010 |
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: The story of
Microsoft is the story of the
failure of Brownian Government |
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Published Sep 2009 |
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Some critics argue that Bill
Clinton’s prescription for
schools is entirely wrong. These
critics argue that schools
should take the Gradgrind
approach to education: to ensure
that students are just educated
to the best of their ability to
prepare them for the world
ahead...
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CONSERVATIVE HOME:
A duty of care |
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Published Mar 2009 |
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Last Saturday I read an article
by the Chief Rabbi, which talked
about the need for a new moral
basis to the market economy - to
return to a time when if someone
said "my word is my bond", they
meant it...
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: The future of
democracy by Walkers Crisps |
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Published Mar 2009 |
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What is the biggest vote
currently facing the nation? Is
it the local elections? The
European elections. Fat chance.
Does the answer lies in crisp
packets?..
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: Government
attacks Imigration officers |
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Published Dec 2008 |
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So said former Labour Home
Office Minister Fiona Mactaggart
at a Labour Progress Conference.
This was reported to me by an
Immigration Officer and I was so
astounded that I did a Google
search and found it on BBC
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CONSERVATIVE HOME:
The trivialisation of evil |
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Published Jun 2008 |
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In 1963, Hannah Arendt, watching
the trial of leading Nazi, Adolf
Eichmann in Jerusalem, described
Eichmann’s actions as ‘the
banality of evil’...
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CONSERVATIVE HOME:
Dr Atkins – the Galileo of
Dieticians? |
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Published Apr 2008 |
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Reading an excellent book by
journalist William Leith, The
Hungry Years, a quirky and witty
look at food and other
addictions, I was reminded that
almost exactly five years ago,
ground-breaking proponent of a
low-carb diet, Dr Robert Atkins,
died after slipping on his way
to work...
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: It's time for
charities to do more and
campaign less |
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Published Mar 2008 |
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In a somewhat sinister article
in Wednesday's Guardian, it is
reported that charities may lose
funds if they lobby against the
Government...
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: Mr Haw does
it again |
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Published Mar 2008 |
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In a rare and welcome display of
liberty from this most
authoritarian of Governments,
comes news that the Home
Secretary/ Justice Department is
to repeal restrictions from
demonstrating outside
Parliament... More...
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PARTY FUNDING |
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GUARDIAN.CO.UK: Its time to
level the playing field |
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Published Mar 2008 |
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Complaints about Michael
Ashcroft funding marginal seats
is really just a Labour red
herring (Tories surge past
Labour after election dithering,
October 12)...
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CONSERVATIVE HOME:
'Lord Ashcroft merely levels the
playing field' |
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Published Oct 2007 |
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ConservativeHome has long
believed that political parties
should not be dependent upon the
state or a few big donors for
their income...
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CONSERVATIVE HOME:
Robert H Halfon: Action is
needed to help candidates meet
the costs of standing for
parliament |
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Published Dec 2005 |
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It is a privilege being a
Parliamentary Candidate and
having the chance to serve a
Constituency as an MP. But,
whatever the kudos, it is not
much fun being financially
stretched in the process...
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REFORM |
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HARLOW STAR: Halfon in the hot
seat |
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Published 25 Dec 2010 |
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: Fans should
be empowered to hire and fire
the board of the Football
Association |
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Published 5 Dec 2010 |
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HARLOW SCENE: Explaining the
Spending Review details |
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Published 28 Oct 2010 |
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SOCIAL JUSTICE |
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: It's time to
support our atomic test veterans |
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Published Oct 2009 |
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AFTER the Gurkhas, there is
another group of veterans that
strongly need our support...
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CONSERVATIVE HOME: Five reasons
why the Comprehensive Spending
Review is good for the poor |
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Published 22 Oct 2010 |
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SRI LANKA |
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ROBS BLOG: It's time to
support our atomic test veterans |
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Published 22 May 2011 |
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Last Wednesday, I was invited to
give a speech to thousands of UK
Tamils who were in Trafalgar
Square, to commemorate the
genocide of their compatriots in
Sri Lanka. For many years,
Tamils have been systematically
persecuted and have been victims
of genocide - most notably in
1983 and in the offensive of
2008-9...
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TECHNOLOGY & THE INTERNET |
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HARLOW SCENE: We need a bill to
protect us from Google |
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Published 4 Nov 2010 |
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TELEGRAPH.CO.UK: Individuals
need protection from Google |
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Published 28 Oct 2010 |
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MAIL ONLINE: Other nations stop
Google acting like a Peeping
Tom. Why can't we? |
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Published 28 Oct 2010 |
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