Theresa May tops our Cabinet League Table for the very first time
At the end of 2012, the Home Secretary had a net satisfaction rating of 33 per cent. Now, she’s soaring higher than anyone else on 84 per cent.
Peter Hoskin joined ConservativeHome as an Associate Editor in July 2012. Previously, he was at The Spectator for over four years, where he edited the magazine's website and its political blog Coffee House. He has written, and continues to write, on poltics and culture for a range of publications, including The Spectator, The Times, The Daily Beast and Tatler.
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At the end of 2012, the Home Secretary had a net satisfaction rating of 33 per cent. Now, she’s soaring higher than anyone else on 84 per cent.
Join us as we blog today’s ConservativeHome conference, featuring speeches from George Osborne, Lord Ashcroft and others.
Politics is about to become a game of “Do you agree with Nigel?” Sadly, that doesn’t leave much room for optimism.
The Lib Dem leader is stuck between his party’s left and its right, and is struggling to please either. Will there be a reckoning?
His assurances about the publication of the Chilcot Report are designed to calm those calling for answers.
The latest entry in our Film Club is Lindsay Anderson’s ‘If….’ (1968), a movie that straddles the two great British cinematic traditions.
Are migrants rushing over from Eastern Europe? Or is the rush over? Today’s figures raise as many questions as they answer.
We shouldn’t exaggerate the levels of tension within the Coalition, but this latest spat is still worse than usual.
Other things that stand out: Cameron’s descent, Javid’s solid debut and the Scotland Effect.
Today’s papers report that Team Cameron has struck on a format for next year’s television debates. Should the UKIP leader really be included?
Here are eight reasons – from the deficit to house prices – for Conservatives to refrain from complacency.
The plotters may have sheathed their knives, but they’re not exactly happy and that unhappiness could make itself known once again.
Eds Miliband and Balls are straining to point out how Osborne’s fiscal plan has gone off course – but so did New Labour’s, in the good times.
More complicated than Cameron and Osborne are admitting in their joint appearance today, at least. The Coalition’s record is patchy.
ConservativeHome reviews Moira Buffini’s play ‘Handbagged’. Its politics may be to the left of the Iron Lady’s – but it’s still a brilliant evening at the theatre.