All Roads Lead to Lancashire
by Daniel Hewitt - Political Reporter
If you’re looking for a litmus test for the national political mood, look no further than Lancashire.
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Cameron: Suarez 'set the most appalling example'
David Cameron said his own intervention in Luis Suarez's 10 match ban for biting an opponent was merely that of a "concerned father" and added that the player's punishment was a matter for the Football Association.
The Prime Minister said earlier this week: "I think it would be very understandable if (the panel) took into account the fact that high-profile players are often role models."
The FA stated the standard three-match ban for violent conduct was "clearly insufficient" in Suarez's case when announcing he had been charged.
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers claimed that that remarks from both Cameron and the FAhad affected the impartiality of the independent panel hearing his case.
Mr Cameron told BBC Radio Five Live this morning: "I made my own views clear just as a dad watching the game. I've got a seven-year-old son who just loves watching football and when players behave like this it just sets the most appalling example to young people in our country."
Pressed on whether a 10-match ban was appropriate for the offence, he added: "That's up to the FA, it's not my decision."
Read: Brendan Rodgers 'very shocked and bitterly disappointed' over ban
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Cameron: Thatcher 'saved our country'
Lady Thatcher didn’t just lead our country, she saved our country.
From @David_Cameron on Twitter:Tickets 'will be expensive' says PM
The Prime Minister says the money to pay for HS2 will need to come from 'a balance' between the Government and 'the train user' - but expensive tickets are necessary for 'Britain to be a success'. See the full interview above.
David Cameron on HS2: This is going to happen
David Cameron was resolute when asked about Tory opposition to the HS2 project: "This is going to happen. I have been a strong supporter right from the start." The Prime Minister continued:
– Prime Minister David CameronThese are difficult economic times, but I think that is precisely the time you should be planning for the future, working out how we link up the cities of our country, how we reduce journey times, how we spread wealth and prosperity around the country.
We do need to rebalance the economy, it has been too dominated by the South and by certain industries and high speed rail will really help to create a better balanced economy.
David Cameron tells us how he's trying to avoid Britain having a 'lost generation'
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The impact the government's Start Up loans could have on the North West
David Cameron to announce funding for start-ups
The Prime Minister will be in Lancashire to annouce an extra thirty million pounds in funding for the start-up loans scheme
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Cameron: Task is to 'keep Britain safe'
In his speech to business leaders, David Cameron is expected to acknowledge that we're living in "perilous economic times".
"Turn on the TV news and you see the return of a crisis that never really went away: Greece on the brink…the survival of the Euro in question," he is expected to add.
"Faced with this, I have a clear task: to keep Britain safe.
"Not to take the easy course - but the right course."
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