Boris back on top in our Party members future leadership survey
Liam Fox is up to fourth.
Interview: Jeremy Hunt – “I’m the first Health Secretary to speak out about poor care in the NHS”
“Polly Toynbee hasn’t written about me for six months…Mind you, if you write that, there will be a stinker of an article.”
Looking at Labour 3) How local are the next generation of Labour MPs?
What proportion of them are local to their seat, and/or hold elected positions on a council?
Graeme Archer: Not-working: class and politics
I look much more like a Greek Marxist than I do a British Tory. And so do most people.
Lord Ashcroft: My latest poll finds the SNP ahead in 13 out of 14 Labour-held Scottish seats
If these results were replicated in May, Douglas Alexander would lose his seat. So, too, would the Liberal Democrats’ Danny Alexander.
Daniel Hannan MEP: The best answer to the West Lothian Question is localism
P.S: We need it for its own sake anyway.
Another fudge on English devolution is a risk to the Union and our party
Insufficient and unequal devolution got us into this mess – only full and fair Devo Max for all the Home Nations will settle the matter.
How Britain banned itself from smoking
In the Seventies, almost half of all people smoked. Nowadays, it’s less than one-in-five – but the smoking ban didn’t make much of a difference.
Sir Malcom Rifkind MP: MPs from outside England should not be prevented from voting on matters before Parliament
On English bills, MPs with English constituencies should have a vote in a new Grand Committee. But the whole Commons should vote at Third Reading.
Rebecca Coulson: We must not let obfuscation cloud the realities of tax
Clearly communicated economic policy will win us the election – the opposition spew jargon because they feel the need to hide their inadequacies.
Garvan Walshe: Europe’s far left: Good for Putin, dangerous to democracy
To Hungary and Cyprus, Putin appears to have added a third, slightly less marginal, ally – Greece. Will Spain be next?
Matthew Elliott: The ten changes we need in our relationship with the EU
To avoid dangerous ambiguity, we need a clear idea of what change would be required to make staying ‘In’ acceptable. Here’s ours.
Lord Ashcroft: Labour and the Conservatives both slip one point to 31 per cent
Plus, which cartoon character best represents each party leader?
The many plates that Nicky Morgan must spin
The Education Secretary had a tough act to follow and a sometimes troublesome department – and she isn’t helped by meddling from Downing Street.
John Redwood MP: England wants to get EVEN. Now Hague must ensure that it does.
If, once the overall budget has been set by the UK Parliament, MSPs take decisions on the NHS in Scotland, shouldn’t English MPs alone do the same for England?