Greater progress (or more conservatism) is needed to save Cameron from a right-wing backlash
Peter Oborne, on his weekly Spectator perch, is in no doubt that David Cameron caused the fall of Charles Kennedy:… Read more »
The Adrian Mole generation
In an article for the New Statesman Martin Bright examines the up-and-coming generation of MPs – particularly Cameron, Clegg and… Read more »
Cameron announces ‘national and international security’ policy group
David Cameron has appointed Dame Pauline Neville-Jones to chair the party’s policy group on ‘national and international security’. The appointment… Read more »
Ming’s ‘David Davis moment’ opens door to Chris Huhne MP and other pretenders
A leader in The Telegraph described Sir Menzies Campbell’s PMQs performance as "sorry". The Times called him "Ming the Massacred". … Read more »
Lansley and Cameron differ on smoking ban
John Reid and David Cameron will vote against a total ban on smoking in all pubs. Patricia Hewitt and Andrew… Read more »
Hain humiliated over abandonment of Northern Ireland Bill
The flat-footed Peter Hain used Boxing Day to make an attack on Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary David Lidington’s opposition to… Read more »
Campbell mocked at PMQs
Party leaders’ topics: Cameron on Iran researching uranium enrichment and meeting targets for tackling AIDS. Campbell on the "mess of… Read more »
Matthew d’Ancona: The LibDems need Clegg
Mark Oaten MP may have declared his bid for the LibDem leadership but today’s newspapers are doubtful that he has… Read more »
Labour 3% ahead in Times poll
A Populus poll for today’s Times suggests that David Cameron has improved the Tory standing but that he has yet… Read more »
iCam and iCan
David Cameron has recorded a seven minute Podcast for The Daily Telegraph about Tony Blair’s Respect agenda – more of… Read more »
US think tank calls for Tory-GOP relationship to be restored
Washington’s Heritage Foundation has just published a paper by Dr Nile Gardiner and John Hulsman entitled "Britain’s Conservatives Must Reclaim… Read more »
Cameron promises ‘subject streaming’ in schools
David Cameron used his brief time as Shadow Education Secretary to change Tory policy on tuition fees (although the Welsh… Read more »
Expect Brown and Cameron to turn competing shades of Orange
LibDem MP Vince Cable, one of 23 parliamentary supporters of Ming Campbell, has written an interesting article for today’s Telegraph. … Read more »
Ming favourite to lead depressed LibDems
A new opinion poll for BPIX finds the LibDems on their lowest opinion poll rating since 2002. It shows the… Read more »
Tebbit demands more beef from Cameron
Simon Heffer, Melanie Phillips, Peter Hitchens, Jeff Randall, Irwin Stelzer, Fraser Nelson, Geoffrey Wheatcroft… and now Norman Tebbit. Former Tory… Read more »