David Cameron, human shield
Party members blame him for the Government’s problems and credit his Ministers for its successes.
Lewis Baston: Will UKIP escape the fate of its predecessors, who were swallowed by the Conservatives?
From an alleged member of ‘The Cult of the Clitoris’ to the Anti-Waste League, insurgents on the right flowered in the inter-war period.
Theresa Villiers MP: Where next after Haass?
If Northern Ireland’s leaders are prepared to make compromises on ‘the past’, then so is the UK Government
Mike Weatherley MP: The problem with secondary ticketing
Secondary ticketing resellers are causing dramatically inflated prices for fans and taking away revenue from performers.
David Cameron provides a cribsheet to his campaign plan
The Prime Minister writes in The Times about the next phase of his long-term economic plan.
Five trends, battles and challenges to watch in this new year
Osborne’s balancing act; Farage riding a tiger; Backbench rebels; Labour miserablists; and a few crucial days in May.
Stephen Tall: Five predictions for 2014
Okay, I’ll stick my neck out…The polling averages for the partieswill be Labour 36 per cent, Conservatives 33 per cent, Ukip 14 per cent, Lib Dems 10 per cent.
A New Year’s resolution for the Conservative Party: sort out these lefty quangocrats
More than three years after the election, why is an Ed Balls stooge on the public payroll backing a smacking ban?
Priti Patel MP: Romanians and Bulgarians – it’s Labour’s fault
Cameron is right to seek restrictions on free movement within the EU
Kate Maltby: Farage has upstaged Cameron over Syrian refugees
His announcement perfectly suits his quest to dispel UKIP’s image as the new nasty party.
How Scotland was lost – and what happened next
We report from 2023 on the consequences of a Yes vote.
Dominic Raab MP: We need more conviction MPs – and fewer political clones
That’s to say, we need proper open primaries, a robust right of recall, fewer MPs and Ministers – and the Commons controlling its own business.
The uber-modernisers should show the Conservative Party a little bit of love
If they don’t, what’s presumably their target audience is unlikely to listen to them.
Lord Risby: It’s time to replace the Levy with a true sporting right
The future of horseracing, Britain’s second-largest sport, is threatened. It’s time for radical reform to put it on a secure footing.
Andrew Lilico: Most of Britain would benefit from more immigration, not less
Much of the UK is not remotely full – more people would benefit all of us.