Lord Ashcroft: Special Report: St Helena – the island of fading hopes and dreams
It is an attractive destination, with a friendly population and a fascinating history, but it has been badly let down by officialdom.
Lord Ashcroft: My new Brexit poll. People are tipping further away from the Prime Minister’s deal.
Meanwhile, there is little common ground in which to find a solution which would satisfy many Remainers and Leavers simultaneously.
Lord Ashcroft: Tanzania – a case study in the bulging textbook of aid failure
Magufuli talks of the ‘harmful effects of birth control’ and attacks women using contraception as ‘lazy’, but we give £45 million to boost family planning in his nation.
Lord Ashcroft: My Brexit poll. It’s good for May…but bad for her deal
By a 20-point margin, voters as a whole said MPs should “vote to reject the agreement even if it is not clear what the outcome would then be”.
Lord Ashcroft: “I was like, we must pick one of these? But I’m pleasantly surprised.” My pre-election focus groups from California.
Despite his dominance of the national scene, Trump was hardly a consideration for most of our participants when it came to deciding how to vote this week.
Lord Ashcroft: “Why should I change what I think or do so that I can win?” My interview with John Kasich.
The Governor of Ohio won over four million votes in the battle to become the Republican nominee for President two years ago. Will he run again?
Lord Ashcroft: ‘The Democrats feel like the middle ground now, and that’s a bad thing’. My pre-midterm election focus groups from Iowa and Minnesota.
Trump is mostly a factor for his strongest supporters and opponents.
Lord Ashcroft: “We’re no longer Democrat and Republican. We’re socialism against conservatism.” My new pre-midterm election focus groups from America.
Voters seem more divided than ever.
Lord Ashcroft: The Tory MPs who say “they have sent in letters they haven’t”. Or “withdrawn letters they never sent”.
Brady reports no confidence moves against May that might not be no confidence moves at all.
Lord Ashcroft: A Defence Secretary who believes that the UK should consider getting stuck in to other people’s wars
At a ConHome conference interview yesterday, Williamson suggested we should do so if it will save or improve lives without disproportionate cost.
Lord Ashcroft: How’s this for a slogan? The Conservatives will make your life a bit better.
And: Churchill-mania, Moggmania, and the passion of Rory Stewart. Plus: too many lobbyists.
Lord Ashcroft: They want a People’s Vote. So what was 2016, then? A Penguins’ Vote?
P.S: Re my health. At 72, everything works as it should, with one exception – but help is at hand from modern medicine…
Lord Ashcroft: The Two Divides – Austerity, Brexit and the problem of building a winning coalition
When we asked people what mattered most to themselves and their families Brexit dropped to third place, with the cost of living at the top of the list.
Lord Ashcroft’s Conference Diary: How Leave voters reflect – good humouredly, mostly – on being called knuckle-dragging bigots
Plus: Labour anti-semitism, May’s African dancing. Will Mordaunt speak to the conference? And: will Russia take on NATO?
Lord Ashcroft: What my poll of six thousand voters tells us Americans think about Trump
I suspect his opponents will make little progress as they continue to talk about conduct while his electoral coalition is more interested in delivery.