If we go into the next election with too much tax cut talk it will risk our reputation for fiscal responsibility.
From illiberal liberals to the Daily Express, Nigel Farage to David Cameron, here are the factors that delivered UKIP’s success.
This week’s Budget clashes with his “absolute guarantee” on tax.
They include Andrew Feldman, whom, one minister told me, ought to be recognised as “one of the five most important Tories in the country.”
If Cameron wins re-election (and my hunch is that’s a 50/50 possibility) Boris will probably be invited to have a big job
There are no easy solutions to the challenge, however, other than hard work.
I’ve long hoped that the next Tory manifesto would offer an agenda for ensuring Britain can compete in what Digby Jones has rightly called the ‘Asian century’.
The kind of Tory Party that Cameron should have built is the one that is being set out by Robert Halfon on ConservativeHome this week.
A lot has been written about Lynton Crosby’s influence on Britain’s Tory leader. Not so much about Mark Textor – Crosby’s business partner – and the pollster who has just helped Tony Abbott become Australia’s new prime minister. I emphasise "helped" because most backroom credit for Abbott's win should go to federal campaign director, Brian […]
I've now been at The Times for just over four months and of all the articles I've published since taking over the Comment desk one of the most important was a piece by YouGov's Peter Kellner that documented declining voter faith in left-wing parties across Europe. After conducting polling in Britain, France, Germany and Sweden […]
The Prime Minister doesn’t have a serious renegotiation strategy and European leaders aren’t treating him seriously as a result.