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Jonathan Algar, Antonia Cox, Nick Faith, Peter Franklin, David Green, Peter Hoskin, Andrea Leadsom MP, Andrew Lilico and Simon Richards assess the Chancellor’s work.
Johnathan Algar, Antonia Cox, Nick Faith, Peter Franklin, David Green, Peter Hoskin, Andrew Lilico, Andrea Leadsom MP and Simon Richards give their views.
Nick Faith is Director of Communications at Policy Exchange. Follow Nick on Twitter. Who do you trust more to handle the public finances? This is the most pertinent question a pollster can ask. Regardless of how big a lead Labour has in the polls – and trust me that lead is not nearly as big as it […]
Nick Faith is Director of Communications at Policy Exchange. Follow Nick on Twitter. “Now let’s see if I’ve just cost us the election.” This line delivered by George Osborne to his advisers after his party conference speech in 2009 helps explain the Chancellor’s long term political calculations. In the midst of the financial crisis and a deteriorating […]
Nick Faith is Director of Communications at Policy Exchange. Follow Nick on Twitter. Tory high command has appointed Lynton Crosby to head up their 2015 general election campaign. With two and a half years to go, the man who masterminded Boris’ two Mayoral election victories will want to hit the ground running when he steps in to […]
Nick Faith is Director of Communications at Policy Exchange. Follow Nick on Twitter. Despite Ian Blair’s protestations, England and Wales will have 41 newly elected Police & Crime Commissioners (PCCs) on November 16. The first 100 days of any new administration – while purely symbolic – are often scrutinised by political opponents and the media. […]
Nick Faith is Director of Communications at Policy Exchange. Follow Nick on Twitter. My brother-in-law to be is a self confessed ‘spreadsheet monkey’. He’s also politically extremely savvy and has come up with a very interesting piece of analysis that highlights the Conservative Party’s urban problem. He has produced a table listing 32 marginal seats […]
Downing Street needs to be laser-focused on the issues which matter most to voters – not gimmicks or distractions like privatising Channel 4.