Conservative MPs did not want to vote for a referendum on the Alternative Vote, a system they dislike. Many did not want a reduction in the number of MPs and the boundary changes that entails so soon after winning their seats for the first time. They did not want to support the increased External Action Service of the EU or the expanded EU budget. They did not like the 5 year Parliament bill, the increase in the EU and Overseas Aid budgets nor some of the defence cuts.
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The mood of Parliament - 0 views
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Conservative MPs did not want to vote for a referendum on the Alternative Vote, a system they dislike. Many did not want a reduction in the number of MPs and the boundary changes that entails so soon after winning their seats for the first time. They did not want to support the increased External Action Service of the EU or the expanded EU budget. They did not like the 5 year Parliament bill, the increase in the EU and Overseas Aid budgets nor some of the defence cuts.
Software that tracks people on social media created by defence firm - 0 views
Fox announces study into Trident before full defence review - Herald Scotland | News | Politics - 0 views
NIO facing the axe in Brown government revamp - Local & National, News - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - 0 views
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Mr Woodward has been tipped to take over as Defence Secretary — one of the plum Cabinet jobs. It is a proposed move that has caused dismay and resentment in some sections of the Labour Party, since Mr Woodward has been in their ranks for less than a decade. He defected from the Tories as an MP in 1999 and was given a safe Labour seat two years later. And the current Defence Secretary, former NIO Minister Des Browne, is being weighed up for a return to Belfast as the head of the new department.
Special Investigation: English Defence League and the hooligans spreading hate on the High Street | Mail Online - 0 views
Ex-defence minister joins arms firm behind MoD £1.5bn overspend | Politics | The Guardian - 0 views