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The campaign, week five. Johnson holds his ground – and aims to end next week where he began. With getting Brexit done.

Our nagging worry is: what about voters who may not want to get Brexit done, but are nonetheless apprehensive about Corbyn and John McDonnell’s tax plans?

By Paul Goodman | 6 December 2019 at 7:00 am | 161 comments

Now is the time to emphasise the massive tax rises which Labour’s plans would inflict on the nation

Today’s pledge of a swift Tory National Insurance cut is welcome, but more importantly it sets the stage for an attack on Corbyn’s tax grab.

By Mark Wallace | 5 December 2019 at 5:37 pm | 53 comments

What you may have missed about the Conservative Manifesto 4) It turns the screw against the BDS campaign

The move marks an intensification of the division of foreign policy along communalist lines – a regrettable development,

By Paul Goodman | 5 December 2019 at 10:30 am | 16 comments

How the Conservatives won the election – and Gove became Prime Minister

He insists that he stands ready to quit in Johnson’s favour, now that the latter has won his by-election. But the moment never quite seems to arrive…

By Paul Goodman | 5 December 2019 at 6:40 am | 93 comments

What you may have missed about the Conservative Manifesto 3) A door left ajar on fracking.

Ministers could eventually argue that in their view science suggests that fracking can be be done safely.

By Paul Goodman | 4 December 2019 at 10:30 am | 32 comments

Vox pub: In Remain-leaning London, Johnson’s cause endures, and Umunna has found no passport to Pimlico

One drinker stood up for Labour and called the Prime Minister a liar. But during several hours of talk, nobody sprang to Corbyn’s defence.

By Andrew Gimson | 4 December 2019 at 4:30 am | 80 comments

What you may have missed about the Conservative Manifesto 2) Hunting. The end of the affair.

This series turns a spotlight on the Conservative Manifesto and returns to policy announcements that some will have missed.

By Paul Goodman | 3 December 2019 at 10:30 am | 85 comments

How well is the Conservative campaign machine running this time round?

There are some signs of improvement, and some continued problems. Share your experience with us to inform our analysis.

By Mark Wallace | 3 December 2019 at 6:40 am | 205 comments

What you may have missed about the Conservative Manifesto 1) No votes at 16

This series turns a spotlight on the Conservative Manifesto and returns to policy announcements that some will have missed.

By Paul Goodman | 2 December 2019 at 10:00 am | 46 comments

No party is covering itself with glory in the aftermath of the London Bridge murders

Briefing that Johnson will “lock up terrorists and throw away the key” is taking the voters for fools.

By Paul Goodman | 2 December 2019 at 6:40 am | 96 comments

The London Bridge horror. Now is the time to deliver on the other half of Taking Back Control.

Asserting the rights of Parliament over the EU is half the European mission.  Asserting them over the ECHR is the other half.

By Paul Goodman | 1 December 2019 at 12:35 am | 121 comments

A sign of the times. The remarkable quiet that follows Labour’s commitment to decriminalise abortion up until birth

It is not only pro-lifers who might jib at the United Kingdom acquiring one of the most permissive abortion laws in the world. 

By Paul Goodman | 30 November 2019 at 12:00 pm | 65 comments

Terror attacks and the election

In 2017, they turned out, perhaps surprisingly, not to boost the cause of “the party of law and order”. What happens next this time round?

By Paul Goodman | 30 November 2019 at 7:00 am | 253 comments

ConservativeHome wins an award

The site saw off serious competition to triumph in the Politics category of the Online Influencer Awards.

By Mark Wallace | 29 November 2019 at 4:00 pm | 32 comments

The campaign, week four. Johnson pushes upwards but so does Corbyn.

The move back to two party politics of 2017 seems to be repeating itself this time round.

By Paul Goodman | 29 November 2019 at 6:40 am | 133 comments

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