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In the later years of her Premiership, Margaret Thatcher was often reduced to wry bewilderment by her Cabinet colleagues' ingenuity… Read more »

Last week’s economic news was mixed, biased towards the negative. Starting with the good news, exports picked up in August,… Read more »

I must admit, even as a former political journalist, I find all this Fox hunting a bit of journalistic hyper-ventilation…. Read more »

Despite a concentrated media campaign, opponents of the Health and Social Care Bill failed to halt its progress in the… Read more »

Despite the wishes of the party leadership, the issue of Europe refuses to go away. It is a drama in… Read more »

It is good news that Jeremy Heywood is to succeed Gus O’Donnell as Cabinet Secretary – and a good indication… Read more »

I return to the question of the next election, even though it is far away. Our view of what will… Read more »

Politics has only an erratic relationship with fairness. That is fortunate for Ken Clarke. If he had been treated fairly,… Read more »

Sir Mervyn King was in apocalyptic mood last Thursday. “This is the most serious financial crisis we have seen, at… Read more »

The debate about the reform of the human rights legislation continues furiously after the conference, with David Aaronovitch in the… Read more »

I have been coming to Tory conferences since 1976 and this is the flattest that I can remember. There are… Read more »

Conservatives are more radical than progressives. That is the conclusion from poll we published yesterday about desire for major changes… Read more »

Picture by Nick Pickles Two years ago in Manchester Boris wowed the Tory faithful (and infuriated his party leader) by… Read more »

It may seem too early to be considering strategies for the 2015 campaign, but today's electoral maths makes an overall… Read more »

Away from the fringes on energy policy, away from the pressure group receptions awash with plonk, away even from the… Read more »