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Tory Party Promises To Abolish IR35
News While IT consultants try to work out how the recent high court ruling on IR35 affects them, the Conservative Party has vowed to abolish the controversial tax if it wins the coming General Election. Now, in its manifesto, the Conservative party has...
[May 11, 2001, 16:43]
A Year Ago: Tory MP Says Don't Blame Hackers
News A senior Conservative MP believes hackers may not be responsible for hacking into the Tory party's bank account, despite reports in the national press. Tory chairman Michael Ancram last night called in Scotland Yard to hunt for computer hackers he...
[November 24, 2000, 5:01]
Tory MP Says Don't Blame Hackers
News A senior Conservative MP believes hackers may not be responsible for hacking into the Tory party's bank account, despite reports in the national press. Tory chairman Michael Ancram last night called in Scotland Yard to hunt for computer hackers he...
[November 24, 1999, 13:19]
ID Card Bill Gets Tory Boost
News In a statement, the Tory leadership said: "The Party will give its support in principle at this stage" but the volte-face doesn't mean the Conservatives will raise no objections to the bill's terms. Tory leader Michael Howard has quashed...
[December 14, 2004, 13:55]
How Will The Election Affect IR35?
News Tory Party promises to abolish IR35 Now the Tory Party says that if it wins the election, it will scrap the unpopular rule. Fri, 11 May The Conservative leader says he will get rid of the controversial IR35 tax rule if his party wins the election
[May 19, 2001, 10:06]
Vote-swapping Site Aims To Defeat Tories
News There are dozens of UK seats with majorities of under 2000 that could very easily be swung by voteswappers -- contributing to a historic Tory meltdown that might bring them to their senses and stop the party dragging British politics towards the...
[April 19, 2001, 8:04]
Jane Wakefield: Will Technology Catch Election Fever?
News Some over-eager Tory geek has registered www.newlabour.co.uk and redirected visitors to the Conservative Party's official site with the message.please wait while we redirect you to common sense". Not to be outdone, the Socialist Workers have taken...
[May 15, 2001, 8:44]
Tory Rage Over Ofcom Stitch-up
News The selection process for the position is not set to begin until next year, and the Tory party has branded the notion of appointing such a highly political figure for an independent watchdog role as "absolutely unacceptable".
[August 21, 2001, 9:26]
Election 2001: Tory Manifesto Embraces Freedom Of The Net
News The Tory e-manifesto additionally voices concern over the financial impact this Act will have on businesses forced to comply. The Conservative party is proposing a laissez-faire approach towards regulating the Internet space, in contradiction with...
[May 22, 2001, 12:46]
Politicians Go In For Some IT Bashing
Blog Although mistaking the Tory party for anything more than an extremely skilled spin device at present - think a Dyson washing machine - would be a serious mistake, we were slightly impressed by Shadow Chancellor George Osborne's very tech-savvy...
[March 19, 2007, 16:10]
Commons Passes ID Card Bill
Talkback If the reasons given by the Tory Party for abstention are correct, they should have voted against the Bill. As a traditional Tory suppoter, I find that encreasingly it is the House ofLlords which provides the opposition which represents my views...
[February 14, 2005, 20:42]
Clarke Pledges To Push On With ID Cards
News We believe there's wide support… but there was a big wobble on the Tory side. Clarke blamed the conservatives for preventing the legislation going through parliament before the election and claimed the opposition party had "decided to kill it".
[April 6, 2005, 17:35]
Election 2001: Political Parties Show Their IT Stripes
News Tory manifesto embraces freedom of the Net The Conservative party said it also recognises the need for improved education to bridge the skills gap and added, rather vaguely, that 'freeing up' schools and universities will allow greater flexibility...
[May 25, 2001, 10:57]
The Politics Of Open Source
Leader But his recruitment of a Cambridge academic to create a procurement strategy that encompasses open source is politically sound — as was the Tory declaration that they'd cancel all contracts connected with the ID card scheme.
[March 8, 2007, 14:06]
Two Tribes That Need To Talk
Leader But then, Schmidt's bemused reception at the Tory party shows that technologists are at just as much a loss when it comes to knowing how to talk to governments. Google's chief executive, Eric Schmidt, says that techies should teach governments, and...
[October 18, 2006, 14:15]
It's Time For An Inquiry
Leader Their calls now have cross-party parliamentary support in the form of Ribble Valley Tory MP Nigal Evans and Burnley Labour MP Kitty Ussher. Bust companies breed unhappiness among customers and staff. Feelings run high.
[August 5, 2005, 15:35]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog After thinking for a bit, I realise why it looks so worrying -- it's very similar to the old Tory party torch) and pulled out a small selection of brightly coloured plastic bits. Wake up, get out of bed, drag a comb across.oh, hold on, it's 4am and...
[January 30, 1999, 8:39]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News After thinking for a bit, I realise why it looks so worrying -- it's very similar to the old Tory party torch) and pulled out a small selection of brightly coloured plastic bits. Wake up, get out of bed, drag a comb across.oh, hold on, it's 4am and...
[January 30, 1999, 8:39]
Liberal Democrats Accused Of Double Standards Over Patents
Talkback I wouldn't be surprised if some Liberal Democrat (and labour/tory) MPs would rather they still wore tights and ruffles in parliament given their aversion to any late 20th century technology (apart from certain over-zealous home secretaries, who...
[June 24, 2005, 9:39]
News Burst: Tories Hunt For Bank Hackers
News Tory chairman Michael Ancram last night called in Scotland Yard to hunt for the computer criminals believed to have hacked into files covering donations from billionaire tycoon Michael Ashcroft. The Conservative Party is claiming that computer...
[November 24, 1999, 9:31]
