By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. I went to Eastleigh on Wednesday to "add my strength to yours", as Fotherington-Thomas used to say in the Molesworth books, and was given pledge letters to deliver in two areas. There will always be errors in a canvass, but three of the households to which the letters were […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter A quick blog to conclude this ConHome series on 'the little guy'. There has been some debate in threads and on Twitter as to whether we've got the name right for describing a Conservatism that demonstrates solidarity with those in society who may lack money, power, opportunity, fair treatment […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter One of the great challenges of our time – in all more mature economies – is to improve the wage-earning potential of the working population. Britain has some of the best schools and universities in the world but if we are to succeed in ensuring every child and future […]
By Harry PhibbsFollow Harry on Twitter As Tim wrote in The Times (£) on Monday, the Conservative MP for Harlow, Robert Halfon, has the championing of the little guy at the heart of his beliefs. His philosophy can be applied to policy in a number of ways. But one aspect that Mr Halfon keeps at the […]
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter “The government is on track to preside over the lowest level of house-building since the 1920s.” Those are the words of Policy Exchange’s Alex Morton — and they go some way to capturing the great housing problem in this country. But there are other indicators, too. Did you know that […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter In today's Times (£) I write about my friend Robert Halfon and what I call the little guy conservatism that he has championed as Harlow's Conservative MP: "At the heart of his belief is a bias towards the little guy. Eighteen months ago when the Tories were considering cutting […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter You may have been away for Christmas and the New Year or simply switched off. You may therefore have missed Paul Goodman's four reasons why Cameron couldn't win a majority at the next election. I begged to differ. So did Grant Shapps. Most interesting, however, were the responses of […]
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. In last weekend's Sunday Telegraph, the foundation of my article arguing that David Cameron won't win an overall majority in 2015 was a estimate made by Peter Kellner of YouGov. He has previously set out why Mr Cameron needs a seven point lead over Labour to gain one – […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter After Stephan Shakespeare I was probably one of the first pessimists about Tory chances at the next election. In October 2011 I launched these Conservative Majority pages because of my concerns that the party still had to climb a huge mountain at the next election. I set out the […]
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter This is the fifth offering in our six-part week-long series looking at 'The Wrong Right'. In three of its parts, Tim Montgomerie looked at the malign influence of a right-wing entertainment complex, the need to update centre right thinking on blue collar Britain and why Conservatives need (more than […]