Charlotte Leslie MP: My part in Michael Cockerell’s Inside the Commons
My enthusiasm for opening up Parliament to the people is put to the test in a new BBC TV series.
Lord Flight: Economic management. Labour, nil points. Conservatives, neuf points. But here are a few reservations.
I am critical of some measures which the Government has taken to accommodate some of Labour’s class warfare propaganda.
Prison rehabilitation: the moral, conservative mission
Cutting crime, cutting taxes and rehabilitating convicted criminals go hand in hand.
Stephen Hammond MP: How the next Government should deal with infrastructure
Reject the “British disease”. Welcome the era of the customer. Meet the financing and technology challenges. And finally: show ambition.
Maude’s full letter announcing his decision to leave the Commons
“The time comes with all things to move on.”
Laura Sandys MP: Homes rented from private landlords should meet the Decent Homes Standard.
Why should those who have to rent privately have any different level of comfort or have to pay double for their energy compared to those who live in council properties?
What the Conservative leadership should learn from Ed Miliband
And not just in a negative sense. The Labour leader has his good points too.
Iain Dale: The works that win the Political Book Awards
Plus: David Davis, worst ties offender. Re-predicting my election predictions. Labour’s plight in Scotland and Wales. And: Why books by female political authors aren’t stocked.
Eric Pickles MP: Antisemitism must not be allowed to gain even a toehold in Britain
Labour-run Leicester banned Israeli-manufactured products. The Tower Hamlets Mayor tried to create his own municipal foreign policy by flying the Palestinian flag.
Heresy of the week: Here’s one kind of public debt on which Britain should go Greek
Fundamentally bad deals like the PFI should be renegotiated
Any new coalition agreement should require the consent of “the wider party” – the members, not just MPs
As more details of the plans for coalition talks emerge, the leadership must be straight with the grassroots.
The problem of productivity
The economy’s doing well, but productivity levels are still to recover from the recession. Should we care?
Lord Ashcroft: Revolt on the Right provides a timely triumph at the Paddy Power Political Book Awards
The book explained the rise of UKIP yet it was published on the eve of the 2014 EU elections and before the defections of Douglas Carswell and Mark Reckless.
Labour’s long-term decline as the party of trust on the NHS
Its own record on outsourcing and safety, fading memories of the Attlee settlement and voter distrust in politicians are slowly eating away at its position.
Should Britain stay in or leave the EU? Take our survey to have your say.
Our monthly poll. Plus: what should Cameron’s “red lines” be in any Coalition negotiation?