7.45pm WATCH: Miliband – Blair isn't a war criminal 6pm Peter Walker on Comment: The consequences of the defenestration of Godfrey Bloom 1pm Mohammed Amin on Comment: "I was phoning homes in West London. From both peoples’ names and from their accents, I could tell that many of the people I was telephoning were from […]
5.30pm LeftWatch: "One of the underlying statistics in today's Sun poll left me absolutely gobsmacked: a massive 71 per cent of voters claim it isn’t clear what [Miliband] stands for – up ten per cent from last year. That should trouble the Labour operation deeply." The more Ed talks, the less people understand 4.30pm WATCH: […]
6pm From Sue Cameron in the Daily Telegraph: Sorry, but police and political cover-ups won’t cut it any more. 5pm From Michael Crick in the Spectator: Why are the police still investigating Plebgate a year on? 4pm From Matthew Parris in the Times (£): I wish I had trusted my instincts on Plebgate 3pm From […]
5.30pm ToryDiary: "Here was an unaccustomed effort within the Lib Dems to build up a leadership cult. They were practising power worship. Mr Clegg accommodated the power worshippers. Thus there were a few insidery anecdotes – something about sorting out the furniture when he first became Deputy Prime Minister and also something about meeting Andy […]
MIDNIGHT ToryDiary: EXCLUSIVE – CCHQ declares Conservative Party membership to be 134,000 6pm ToryDiary: Danny Alexander can't bring himself to celebrate wealth creation 3.15pm ToryDiary: "The political and economic failure of the European project is starting not only to sway the European electorates, and it seems popular scepticism is starting to seep into the seats […]
5.30pm LeftWatch: Beneath the tedium of the Lib Dem conference is an ideological battle between social democrats and classical liberals 4.15pm Cllr Victoria Borwick on Comment: Why aren't the Conservatives encouraging more events like Conservative Renewal? 3.15pm ToryDiary:"Should the Labour Party get the most votes it is most unlikely that they will need to be […]
7.30pm WATCH: Vince for leader! Coalition with Labour in 2015! Higher taxes! Meet the Lib Dem Councillors 4pm LeftWatch: Further evidence that Ed Balls wants the economy to fail, so he can succeed 1.45pm ToryDiary: "The Swiss story is precisely what British eurosceptics need. We must put forward a positive, viable vision for our future without the […]
4pm ToryDiary: "This proposal for a plastic bags tax is a cynical, gimmicky piece of green wash." A plastic bag tax would hit the poor and small shops but wouldn't help the environment 2pm Brian Monteith on Comment: Scottish Conservatives facing a humiliation 1pm MPsETC: Lorraine Fullbrook announces she is standing down as MP for […]
4.30pm Alex Morton on Comment: How to give retail the power to compete Noon ToryDiary: "Barker's stress on competition is a reminder that while Conservatives can have spikily different views about the causes of climate change and pace of decarbonisation, they agree about the role of competition." An attack on climate change sceptics by Greg […]
8pm WATCH: Boris tells Labour London Assembly member Andrew Dismore to "Get Stuffed" 6pm Michael Fallon MP on Comment: How our share sales plan will boost Royal Mail and secure the universal service 5.30pm LeftWatch: "A year ago, I imagine Plan B was pretty popular, but now he's off the playlist for obvious reasons." We present […]
11pm MPsETC: Read the full text of Grant Shapps' letter to the UN Secretary-General in protest at their biased Housing investigator 4pm Peter Wilding on Comment: "Europhobes will of course ignore all this. For them the rhetoric is sexier than the reality. Butthe fact is that the British Government has a serious reform plan, has […]
7.45pm WATCH: Pro-HS2 campaign releases new video laying claim to the Victorian engineering tradition 6.15pm Eric Pickles MP on Comment: "For the first time troubled families are being shown a bit of tough love. For too long the system allowed them to be cuddled into the system, giving the most vulnerable no obvious exit from the cycle […]
7pm WATCH: Clips from Cameron's and Osborne's statements today… David Cameron: "A political settlement is the only way to a stable, inclusive and democratic Syria" The economy is "turning a corner", says George Osborne 5pm ToryDiary: More evidence emerges that young voters are shifting to the right – this time on the welfare state 2pm […]
6.15pm WATCH: A pair of clips from earlier today… The G20 discussions about Syria were "heavy going", says Hague There's "no simple solution" to the A&E situation, argues Anna Soubry 1.30pm On Comment, Laura Perrins asks: What is a ‘sex expert’ and where can I find one? "The point is, that this area is just too […]
3.30pm International: What does Abbott's win mean for Cameron? Noon ToryDiary: "Before the G20, we were already the second largest supplier of aid to Syrians, committing a package of assistance worth almost £350 million. Cameron announced at the summit that total UK funding for assistance in Syria and neighbouring states will rise to £400 million." […]