The Conservatives must mean business

There is a golden chance for Cameron after Miliband’s speech yesterday to show that lower taxes and less regulation are the route to better public services, lower energy bills and more homes

Mark Field MP: If trust in the City is to be restored, ethics and self-interest must work together

I am certainly not advocating the return of “light touch regulation”. But in its place has come a Government that guarantees against financial failure.

Labour wants a return to the 1970s: Britain can do better than Miliband

So far the leader of the Labour Party has been a chrysalis. Today he emerged, arguing the best way to solve problems is centralised control.

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Garvan Walshe: Don’t be fooled by Rouhani

Iran’s President simply speaks softly. But the words he whispers are those any goon’s sophisticated front-man: “You’d rather deal with me than with the menacing meathead behind me, wouldn’t you?”

Stephen Tall: How Germany’s result could tempt me to vote Tory in 2015

Cameron could immediately make an offer to the Lib Dems to join him once again in what would “this time, be a liberal Conservative government, a One Nation Coalition”.

Andrea Leadsom MP: Our friends in Europe want reform. We must press for treaty change.

The changes needed to shore up the Euro will require some Treaty change. This certainly seems to be the expectation in the Netherlands.

Priti Patel MP: The six principles the Party leadership must assert at Conference

What we need to hear in the days ahead are policies based on our principles that draw a clear distinction between us and the other parties.

Robert Halfon MP: How Conservatives should champion the living wage

“Achieving a Living Wage makes social sense, but it is important politically as well.”

The unveiled threat to religious liberty

So, if we are to ban the face veil worn by some Muslims, then why shouldn’t we ban all forms of attire that isolate their wearers from the mainstream?

Pickles on Britishness – condemning hate merchants of the UAF and the EDL

The Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles gave a speech recently on Britishness. Mr Pickles noted that the challenges… Read more »

Iain Dale: I blame that bonking couple for all those LibDem cock-ups

Iain Dale presents LBC 97.3 Drivetime programme 4-8pm every weekday. He also blogs at www.iaindale.com. Follow Iain on Twitter. The poor old LibDems suffered… Read more »

Time for a grown-up debate on early years education

At what age should children start school? It’s a debate whose participants tend to talk at cross-purposes, because those who favour an older starting age usually also favour high-quality pre-school education for the children they’d take out of the primary system.