Alex Morton: Our immigration system should be based on permits and have a cultural compatibility test
To defeat populists on the right, liberal conservatives must show that immigration, like globalisation, benefits this country and its people,
Economic Policy
Only a Conservative government will save Britain from a borrowing crisis, says George Osborne (BUT HOW?)
Image from Tory campaign stunt at Battersea Power Station. George Osborne has written for The Telegraph today and has warned… Read more »
Fear of double dip recession is driving Labour towards March General Election
Voter confidence in the Darling-Brown economic team has been knocked downwards in the first test of public opinion since this… Read more »
David Cameron compares Brown and Darling to joy-riders smashing up the (economic) neighbourhood
David Cameron has today launched one of his most hard-hitting attacks yet on the Government, comparing Gordon Brown and Alistair… Read more »
How many ducks did you spot?
George Osborne got it right. This was the pre-election report of a government ducking the hard choices. Over the next… Read more »
Responding to PBR, George Osborne says the greatest golden rule is you can never trust Labour with the economy
Highlights, not verbatim: Labour has ducked the big choices. They won't tell people how they'll balance the books before the… Read more »
Darling raises National Insurance by another 0.5%, announces £0.5bn tax on bank bonuses and forecasts £178bn deficit for this year
Highlights, not verbatim: 1.18pm: The choice for Britain is between continuing recovery and wrecking recovery. 1.17pm: Guaranteed real increases in… Read more »
George Osborne targets Labour’s “endless announcements” as fears grow of recession worse than the 1980s
Shadow Chancellor George Osborne has issued this statement: “With unemployment rising faster than anywhere else, and businesses closing every day,… Read more »
Osborne backs Labour’s “trillion pound bailout”
Interviewed on the Today programme George Osborne said that the Government had run out of options and has little choice… Read more »
Ken Clarke returns… as Shadow Business Secretary
Tory sources have confirmed that Ken Clarke is returning to the Tory frontbench. As we predicted last week, the Tory… Read more »
Almost perfect
Credit where credit’s due. Today’s debt campaign launch was almost perfect: The ad is clever (although I hope we’re not… Read more »
Dad’s Nose. Mum’s Eyes. Gordon Brown’s Debt.
David Cameron has just launched this long poster – it will appear across the country (sorry it’s split in two… Read more »
Cameron and Osborne are close to a winning economic message (and a project for government)
On Coffee House yesterday Fraser Nelson was marvelling at the size of Barack’s. Much bigger than Gordon’s. Even Angela Merkel… Read more »
David Cameron won’t move George Osborne
11.15am update: The Evening Standard is reporting that George Osborne is to cut back his workload on strategy and election… Read more »
Punk tax-cutting?
Danny Finkelstein – one of politics’ nice guys – grabbed attention with his "punk tax cutters" soundbite but it hasn’t… Read more »