At the last general election, YouGov (with The Sun and The Sunday Times) began a programme of continuous daily opinion… Read more »
Wanted: High-calibre individual capable of making decisions that will affect millions of lives, including people's economic livelihoods, their liberty and… Read more »
A few days ago, I was feeling complacent. Although I wrote that there were moments when we all felt that… Read more »
Before I begin, it isn’t me. I’m not talking to UKIP. As we all head back to London for the… Read more »
In Wednesday's Times, Tim Montgomerie argued (£) that UKIP could deprive the Tories of an overall majority at the next… Read more »
I am a fan of freedom of contract. I believe it should be legal to refuse to provide services because… Read more »
As regular readers of mine will know, I was an opponent of the 2001 and 2005 campaign positionings adopted by… Read more »
Back in 2010 the Green Deal was one of the government's flagship policies: the latest big idea, getting everyone to… Read more »
Janet Daley, writing in the Sunday Telegraph made a from-the-heart plea for less focus groups and opinion polling in politics…. Read more »
In a previous piece, I discussed a little of the concept of property and its role in Conservatism. The "property"… Read more »
Twenty years ago today, the opinion pollsters were in for a long and embarrassing night. Well before the polls opened,… Read more »
Following the pasty tax, the cutting of the 50p rate and the donations-for-dinners scandal, people have started to ask, more… Read more »
Let us all give thanks for Michael Gove, a minister who not only has a clear set of Conservative beliefs… Read more »
The Conservatives have taken a hammering. Their polling numbers are significantly down, and it’s right that alarms bells should be… Read more »
Volatile is a word often used by political commentators and indeed political scientists. Latinate and polysyllabic, it sounds thoughtful, academic…. Read more »