Derek Thomas selected to contest St Ives in 2015
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Another day, another candidate selected for 2015. The seat in question is St. Ives in… Read more »
Posts by Peter Hoskin
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.
Follow @Welcome to Gloomsville, George Osborne
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter It must be particularly difficult for George Osborne to get out of bed this week… Read more »
David Cameron’s running battle with military chiefs
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Of all the headlines about David Cameron’s decision to intervene—and intervene more forcefully—in North Africa,… Read more »
The Algerian hostage situation has “effectively ended” — William Hague and David Cameron respond
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter As we heard from Philip Hammond earlier, the hostage situation in Algeria now appears to… Read more »
The Guardian kicks Balls when he’s down
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter It’s only 239-words long, but this Guardian editorial packs quite a wallop — particularly if… Read more »
What the Tory modernisers did next
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter I’ve just finished reading Bright Blue’s pamphlet Tory Modernisation 2.0, which was unleashed on a… Read more »
Rowena Holland selected to contest Nottingham South in 2015
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter A short post to congratulate Dr Rowena Holland on being selected as the Conservative candidate… Read more »
David Cameron’s statement about the situation in Algeria
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter THE PRIME MINISTER (WITH, LEFT, HIS CHIEF OF STAFF ED LLEWELLYN) LEAVING DOWNING STREET TO… Read more »
Extracts from the speech that David Cameron would have delivered today
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Before Downing Street decided to postpone David Cameron’s Europe speech, it had already dispersed extracts… Read more »
David Cameron goes softly, softly on child benefit
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter If you feel like reading something about David Cameron that isn’t related to Europe, then… Read more »
David Cameron calls off his Europe speech
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter The speculation and anticipation surrounding David Cameron's Europe speech had already reached fever pitch —… Read more »
Jonathan Evans will stand down as MP for Cardiff North in 2015
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter It has just been announced that the Conservative Party’s Jonathan Evans — who won the… Read more »
Labour and the Lib Dems stake out their positions ahead of David Cameron’s Europe speech
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Today’s the day for pre-emptive strikes. Ed Miliband, Douglas Alexander, Nick Clegg and Vince Cable… Read more »
There may be trouble ahead for Theresa May over immigration
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter 2012 was, on the whole, a stabilising year for Theresa May. The wrongheaded speculation about… Read more »
Can Steve Hilton be tempted back to Government? It doesn’t sound promising…
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Even from America, Steve Hilton makes waves that lap at our shores. The Sunday Times… Read more »