The same-sex marriage bill. Bad when it started. Just as bad now. It should be opposed today.
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. No political party should alter a bedrock institution without the following conditions applying –… Read more »
Lord Feldman should ring each Conservative Association Chairman to thank local activists for their work
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. This weekend of the “mad, swivel-eyed loons” row will swiftly be followed by Commons… Read more »
Party Chairman Lord Feldman denies calling Party members “mad, swivel-eyed loons”
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. Andrew Feldman has issued a statement as follows: "There is speculation on the internet… Read more »
If the Conservative Party is in decline, whose fault is that?
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. There are activists in every Party whose eyes aren't entirely steady in their sockets. … Read more »
How Jeremy Hunt plans to improve the NHS (and boost his own standing)
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. The Financial Times this morning reports the conduct of a Cabinet Minister who arrived… Read more »
In public, Tory MPs are backing rebels. But in private, they’re voting for loyalists.
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. That over 100 Conservative MPs voted for John Baron's amendment yesterday evening suggests that… Read more »
Lewis Sidnick to be a Contributing Editor to ConsevativeHome
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. Lewis Sidnick will be providing support to ConservativeHome and ConservativeIntelligence as a Contributing Editor. Lewis… Read more »
Cameron’s been likened to Major. More votes like this one, and the comparison will be with Lord North.
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. Parliament means Party, and Party means Whips. In other words, MPs must always form… Read more »
Do Conservative MPs really want to win the next election?
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. The main argument for the Baron/Bone amendment to the Queen's Speech, which regrets the… Read more »
A failure of leadership that leaves Cameron as a latter-day John Major
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. David Cameron has promised an In-Out referendum on the EU in the next Parliament. … Read more »
The quiet march of Philip Hammond
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. Michael Gove was asked during a dinner with journalists at last year's Party conference… Read more »
Cameron should vote for the amendment on an EU referendum bill
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. The Coalition is likely to be and look rudderless in its last six months,… Read more »
Majority Conservatism: Five ideas for Cameron – 5) Work some magic on Merlin
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. In the Grummidge West office of my political hero, J Alfred Prufrock MP, are… Read more »
Clegg’s treatment of Elizabeth Truss’s childcare plans throws a harsh light on the Coalition’s future
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. Roy Jenkins used to argue that the Conservatives dominated British politics during the last… Read more »
Majority Conservatism: Five ideas for Cameron: 4) Take up John Penrose’s plan to combat rip-off utilities
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. Lower earners are being hit by rising energy costs, as are those who aren't… Read more »