Results tagged “David Cameron”

Friends and family of those killed in the IRA bombing of Canary Wharf gathered at the graveside of one of the victims to mark the 16th anniversary of the attack.

The memorial service took place just after Prime Minister David Cameron repeated his support for a campaign calling on compensation from Libya for providing Semtex used in the blast.

By Giles Broadbent

David Cameron calls for more commercial movie-making. And as if by magic, following this grand utterance, a giant light bulb illuminates above the head of the directors of Hedgehogs At Dawn and Munchbubble The Shoemaker and they down tools and make The Young Wizard and The Young Wizard II: Dance-Off At T'Pithead instead.

By Giles Broadbent

Difficult, without the summary removal of the human heart, to be unmoved by the Military Wives Choir and their Christmas No.1 Wherever You Are.

A flutter not caused by the unkempt melody or the sub-par caterwauling, but because of the sincerity which, in a season when we were softened by mince pies and nostalgia, landed with a homely thud, like a charging child into a voluminous parental jumper.

The Olympic Park is playing host to the Cabinet today to mark 200 days to go until the start of the Games.

David Cameron and his ministers have swapped Downing Street for Stratford for their first meeting of 2012 and are expected to discuss ways of ensuring the Olympics brings lasting benefits to the UK.

By Jim Fitzpatrick

The biggest political contest will take place in London between Boris and Ken for the Mayoralty of this great City this year.

Both David Cameron and more so Ed Miliband are nailing their colours to the masts of their respective candidates but Ed must have more to lose if Ken Livingstone doesn't pull it off.

Hopes of compensation for victims of the IRA bombing of South Quay were raised this week after David Cameron said it was a "vitally important issue" to the Government.

It came after the Prime Minister was asked in Parliament by MP for Belfast North Nigel Dodds about support for victims of Libyan-sponsored terrorism.

By Jim Fitzpatrick

Compared to other parts of London, Tower Hamlets got off lightly in the recent riots - but not if you were one of the victims, either personally or through your business.

The Prime Minister David Cameron focused on gang culture as the root of many of our problems. I agree with him.

Barclays boss Bob Diamond is in the centre of a security row today after he claims he landed the plane bringing Prime Minister David Cameron's back from Africa.

David Cameron made a fleeting visit to Canary Wharf on Monday afternoon to launch radical Government reform of the public sector.

However, the event at the East Wintergarden in Bank Street was dominated by the latest developments emanating from the the News International offices in Wapping.

A campaign to encourage young people to get involved in sports rather than knife crime will see stabbed MP Stephen Timms take on a police basketball team on Friday (May 20).

Mr Timms who was knifed in his constituency surgery is taking part in Carry A Basketball, Not A Blade, an annual tournament organised by the Newham All Star Sports Accademy.

Construction of the London 2012 Handball Arena is now complete, making it the third venue on the Olympic Park ready for the Games next year. The construction milestone was marked by a visit to the venue by Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg as they announced new measures to support youth employment, inspecting work carried out by apprentices on the Olympic Park.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg criticised David Cameron at the launch of his campaign for the alternative vote system in Canary Wharf.

Mr Clegg was at the East Wintergarden on Saturday morning to address the Liberal Democrats' London region spring conference at the East Wintergarden, and urged party members to get behind the voting reform.

PRIME Minister David Cameron has thrown his weight behind the campaign for compensation to the victims of the IRA Docklands bomb and also praised the "courage and determination" of the east Londoners affected by the blast.

In a letter sent last week to one of the victims, Jonathan Ganesh, Mr Cameron condemned the past sponsorship of Irish terrorism by Libya and said he hoped ongoing talks would end in "reconciliation" for those injured and the families of those who died in bombings that featured explosives supplied by the African country.

Party leaders have joined forces to speak of their shock after last week's stabbing of Labour MP Stephen Timms.

The MP for East Ham is still in hospital after he was attacked at a constituency meeting last Friday.

This should have been a conversation about film.

After all, it's not as if Ken Loach doesn't have a few to choose from after nearly five decades. But it's like arm-wrestling a construction crane. Sooner or later, you can't resist the temptation to start talking about politics.

Britain can expect a budget within 50 days should the Conservatives win the General Election.

David Cameron made the pledge at an event at Thomson Reuters in Canary Wharf this morning as he outlined the Tories' plans to bring the UK out the current economic slump.

Tower Hamlets Council cabinet member Anwara Ali has left Labour for the Tories, saying she has become "disillusioned" with the party's NHS reform.

The Bow West councillor's defection will come as a blow to the ruling party, as the GP was lead member for health and well-being in the borough.

Tory leader David Cameron praised the University of East London when he visited its Docklands campus this week.

Cameron was speaking to students, staff and reporters at the event over a range of issues, including MPs expenses and his future plans, as well as a vision for a "new form of politics".

Tributes have been paid to Sunday Mirror journalist Rupert Hamer who was killed in a bomb blast in Afghanistan on Saturday morning.

Rupert died when the vehicle he was travelling in with American troops in south Afghanistan was hit by an improvised explosive device. Sunday Mirror photographer Phil Coburn was seriously wounded in the same incident.

Iain Duncan Smith's bid to lead the country from the inside ended with his removal from the Conservative party leadership in 2003.

The politician is now trying to influence Britain from the political fringes, at the helm of the Centre for Social Justice think-tank.