Polls put main parties neck-and-neck
The latest Telegraph/ YouGov poll confirms the recovery of the Liberal Democrats. A 5% bounce back from their troubles of… Read more »
EPP leaders threaten Cameron
William Hague’s decision to delay exit from the EPP is looking more and more hi-risk. ConservativeHome feared that delay would… Read more »
Theresa Villiers defends jailing of David Irving
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Theresa Villiers MP, defended Austria’s decision to jail David Irving for ‘Holocaust denial’. Speaking… Read more »
Howard Flight is back
Sandra Howard famously said that her husband didn’t have a short fuse… he had no fuse at all. The former… Read more »
Kinnock and Howe want to abolish the mile
The UK Metric Association wants all signs on Britain’s roads converted from miles by the time of London’s 2012 Olympics… Read more »
George Osborne seeks to ride the Celtic Tiger
A leader in today’s Telegraph notes the impact of Gordon Brown’s fat government on the UK economy: "The transfer of… Read more »
It’s time for Cameron to stand up to big donors
Stuart Wheeler, the multi-millionaire spread-betting tycoon, is in the news again. Mr Wheeler has been consistently prominent in Tory affairs… Read more »
UKIP rebrands as ‘Independence’
Confirming its anti-Tory positioning, UK Independence Party chairman David Campbell Bannerman, great nephew of former Liberal Prime Minister Sir Henry… Read more »
Hague opens fire on Biggles Brown
UK politics is becoming more American. The last election has only just been fought but the next is already well… Read more »
Conservatives councils (still) cost you less
This morning’s Today programme led on promises from the great centralisers of NuLabour to decentralise power to local communities. They… Read more »
Tory lead up to 3%
"The Tories would need a swing of around 7% to win the next election outright. The 3% swing they have… Read more »
Tannock: EU is “complicit” in Hamas victory
Tory MEP Charles Tannock has tackled the issue of Hamas’ rise to power in today’s Wall Street Journal Europe. He… Read more »
Goodman, Key and Young are best responders
A post on Guido Fawkes earlier today alerted me to the excellent WriteToThem.com website and its MP Responsiveness League Table. … Read more »
The iron triangle of leader image, party unity and economic competence
Writing for The Parliamentary Monitor at ePolitix.com, Sir Bob Worcester of MORI warns against premmature judgments about David Cameron’s leadership. … Read more »
UKIP to swing Thatcher’s handbag at Cameron
An interview with Nigel Farage MEP on last night’s Westminster Hour confirmed UKIP’s determination to undertake a significant repositioning and… Read more »