Nick Wood reviews Sonia Purnell's biography of Boris Johnson, "Just Boris". Nick is former Head of Communications for the Conservative Party and now runs Media Intelligence Partners. He is a regular blogger at RightMinds. I suppose you could say that the world divides into two camps when it comes to Boris Johnson: those who think he is […]
Nick Wood is former Head of Communications for the Conservative Party and now runs Media Intelligence Partners. Nearly a decade ago Theresa May chided the Conservative Party for being the "nasty party", thereby encapsulating a long-running power struggle between modernisers and traditionalists – or more simply Left and Right inside the party. Mrs May won. […]
Nick Wood is a former press secretary to Conservative leaders William Hague and Iain Duncan Smith who is now Chief Executive of Media Intelligence Partners. Click here to read his Budget preview. Predictably enough it turned out to be a micro Budget. The Chancellor has little room for manoeuvre as he ploughs ahead with the […]
Nick Wood is a former press secretary to Conservative leaders William Hague and Iain Duncan Smith who is now Managing Director of Media Intelligence Partners. On Saturday, tens of thousands of trade unionists will parade through London in protest at the cuts. And today, George Osborne will take another small step along the path to […]
This morning ConHome assembled a panel of economic and political experts to summarise their hopes, fears, advice and expectations in advance of George Osborne's statement on the Comprehensive Spending Review. Here they give us their reaction to the statement: Sajid Javid is MP for Bromsgrove and a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee […]
ConHome assembled a panel of economic and political experts to summarise their hopes, fears, advice and expectations In advance of George Osborne's statement on the Comprehensive Spending Review this afternoon. They will also all give us their reaction later this afternoon. Howard Flight is a former Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury who is now […]
Nick Wood is a former press secretary to Conservative leaders William Hague and Iain Duncan Smith. He now runs Media Intelligence Partners. In the growing debate about the extent to which David Cameron should be honest with the British people about his post-election plans, Nick takes us back thirty years… Who said this? “We believe […]
Nick Wood is a former press secretary to Conservative leaders William Hague and Iain Duncan Smith. He now runs Media Intelligence Partners. Conservatives should stop worrying about losing the election. Instead, they should start worrying about what they are going to do when they have won it. After Alistair Darling’s pre-Budget report, it is almost […]
Nick Wood is a former press secretary to Conservative leaders William Hague and Iain Duncan Smith. He now runs Media Intelligence Partners. A Labour MP was quoted this week as likening the financial meltdown to the 1982 Falklands War, which brought Margaret Thatcher’s beleaguered Government back from the brink and helped secure her landslide election […]
Former Times journalist Nick Wood was a media adviser to Conservative leaders William Hague and Iain Duncan Smith. He now runs Media Intelligence Partners. Hats off to David Cameron and his team. By denying Gordon Brown his preferred option of an early election, the Conservatives have scored a stunning political coup and opened up the […]
Napoleon favoured lucky generals. On that basis, David Cameron should be made a Field Marshal. Last week, as the press made hay with the policy report on the environment, conjuring up lurid headlines about higher taxes on flights, driving and shopping, Cameron looked on the back foot. Then Gordon Brown’s big tent flapped open to […]
Former Times journalist Nick Wood was a media adviser to Conservative leaders William Hague and Iain Duncan Smith. He now runs Media Intelligence Partners. Nick begins his new weekly look at the media’s coverage of the week’s political events. Tony Blair dubbed Gordon Brown the Great Clunking Fist, but this week the old bruiser has […]
Former Times journalist Nick Wood was a media adviser to Conservative leaders William Hague and Iain Duncan Smith. He now runs Media Intelligence Partners. Nick begins his new weekly look at the media’s coverage of the week’s political events. For the first time since Gordon Brown became Prime Minister, David Cameron has won the weekly […]
Former Times journalist Nick Wood was a media adviser to Conservative leaders William Hague and Iain Duncan Smith. He now runs Media Intelligence Partners. Politicians face two key imperatives – to be right and to be popular. David Cameron’s biggest mistake has been to elevate popularity over being right. He has become a political fashion […]
Nick Wood is former Head of Communications for the Conservative Party and now runs Media Intelligence Partners. Leaders of serious countries like Britain need many qualities to leave their mark on history. Intelligence, energy, imagination, a strong set of core beliefs and the ability to build and manage a talented team are just some. But […]