Nicholas Soames “insulted” by Churchill statue
The mental charity Rethink has defended a controversial new statue of Winston Churchill (pictured right). The statue, on display in… Read more »
Is tax making our pips squeak yet?
Gordon Brown, guardian of the Government’s purse-strings, is losing kudos by the day… Charles Moore on Inheritance tax: "The threshold… Read more »
Falconer rejects English votes for English laws
Since becoming Tory leader David Cameron has accepted devolution to Scotland and Wales as settled but he has also raised… Read more »
Ken Clarke admits that he would have provoked Tory civil war
A few interesting quotes from a Ken Clarke interview in today’s Independent: "Kenneth Clarke has admitted he could not have… Read more »
Another day, another Labour sleaze story or two
Labour’s decision to lend Rover Cars money in the run-up to last year’s General Election has been criticised by the… Read more »
Cameron hit by flu
David Cameron stayed in London today to recover from "a bad dose of flu", it’s the first time the 39… Read more »
What David Davis actually said
The Daily Telegraph may still be broadsheet-sized but it is in danger of following other newspapers down the low road… Read more »
54% of Tory members say the war in Iraq was a mistake
In additional to the regular tracker questions on David Cameron and the top ten shadow cabinet members, the ConservativeHome Members’… Read more »
Hague is favourite shadow cabinet member (and getting more so)
CLICK GRAPHIC TO ENLARGE —> William Hague continues to be the most popular figure in David Cameron’s shadow cabinet. 66%… Read more »
Support for David Cameron remains as broad – but not as deep
During today we’ll be publishing the latest results of the ConservativeHome Members’ Panel: Being unveiled now are the monthly tracking… Read more »
Ming’s subdued debut at PMQs
Party leaders’ topics: David Cameron tackled Blair on Health: "The NHS Chief Executive said last night that it was going… Read more »
What is a right-wing play?
There was a really interesting discussion on Radio 4’s Today programme this morning. Nicholas Hytner, director of the National Theatre,… Read more »
Cornerstone’s Julian Brazier MP: Arts degrees leave students worse off
Julian Brazier MP, writing for the socially conservative Cornerstone Group of Tory MPs, believes that more of the money spent… Read more »
David Davis: Why has no action been taken over Muslim cartoon protests?
David Davis has written to the Home Secretary about the anti-cartoon protests of early February. This is the text of… Read more »
Tories and Labour at 35%
March’s Populus poll for The Times puts both main parties at 35%. The LibDems are up two points to 20%. … Read more »