Read more Conservative Party stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5156/conservative-party.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:42:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74491/hoffman-cant-catch-owens-in-ny-23-race.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt looks like the NY-23 race is over, again. With 3,072 absentee ballots left to be counted, conservative Doug Hoffman can't catch Democrat Bill Owens, who leads by 3,176 votes. State officials haven't called the race and won't until it's formally wrapped up, but the Watertown Daily Times...http://www.newser.com/story/74491/hoffman-cant-catch-owens-in-ny-23-race.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 7:23:07 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73220/5-things-to-watch-in-ny-23-race.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith late polls inconclusive, Josh Kraushaar of Politico runs down five things to watch in the NY-23 congressional race as returns filter in: Dede Scozzafava's supporters: The big question is whether independent-minded GOP voters will go to her endorsed candidate, Democrat Bill Owens, or Conservative Doug Hoffman. Results from her...http://www.newser.com/story/73220/5-things-to-watch-in-ny-23-race.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 11:41:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73012/hoffman-race-takes-twist-heres-what-it-means.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRepublican Dede Scozzafava's surprise decision to suspend her congressional race in New York leaves Conservative Doug Hoffman to battle Democrat Dan Owens. Here's what the political blogosphere is saying: Nate Silver , FiveThirtyEight: "Gun to my head? Sure, I'd take Hoffman at this point." But it's not that cut and dried:...http://www.newser.com/story/73012/hoffman-race-takes-twist-heres-what-it-means.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 31 Oct 2009 14:26:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/73006/gop-foe-of-conservative-hoffman-quits-race.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBig political news from upstate New York: Republican Dede Scozzafava has suspended her campaign for Congress ahead of Tuesday's election. She endorsed no one, but the move "is a boost" to Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, writes Josh Kraushaar at Politico . Hoffman is a political novice who surged into the...http://www.newser.com/story/73006/gop-foe-of-conservative-hoffman-quits-race.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 31 Oct 2009 11:04:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71857/leveling-with-voters-could-revive-gop.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe economy might be in shambles, but Republicans are offering no alternative plan to ward off mounting American debt—insisting on yet more tax cuts and refusing to cut into bloated Medicare. David Brooks suggests they take a lesson from their British cousins, the Tories, who are poised to win...http://www.newser.com/story/71857/leveling-with-voters-could-revive-gop.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 8:22:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61327/brown-survives-party-revolt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish PM Gordon Brown survived a rowdy party meeting today despite Labour’s dismal election results and a backbencher uprising, the Guardian reports. 16 Labour parliamentarians spoke in defense of Brown and five called for his resignation in the wake of a high-profile financial scandal. “You solve the problem not by...http://www.newser.com/story/61327/brown-survives-party-revolt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 08 Jun 2009 16:12:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60328/british-mp-billed-taxpayers-for-servants-wing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJust when the scandal over British MPs' expenses seemed to be petering out comes news that a Conservative legislator charged taxpayers $27,000 to build servants' quarters at his second home, the Times of London reports. Sir John Butterfill told the BBC the suggestion he had servants was a "gross...http://www.newser.com/story/60328/british-mp-billed-taxpayers-for-servants-wing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 28 May 2009 7:49:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57979/30-years-on-thatcher-still-divides.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThirty years ago today British voters elected Margaret Thatcher in a landmark election, ushering in 18 years of Conservative rule. She remains a polarizing figure: her enemies still regard her as nearly diabolical, while her admirers speak of her as a saint. The Telegraph looks back on her tumultuous 11-year...http://www.newser.com/story/57979/30-years-on-thatcher-still-divides.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 04 May 2009 8:47:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51734/uk-conservative-leaders-son-dies-at-age-6.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe eldest son of David Cameron, leader of Britain's Conservative Party and the country's possible next prime minister, died early this morning at age 6. Ivan Cameron suffered from severe epilepsy and cerebral palsy and required constant care, reports the Times of London. He was born with Ohtohara syndrome, a...http://www.newser.com/story/51734/uk-conservative-leaders-son-dies-at-age-6.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 25 Feb 2009 5:31:53 CST