The Conservative Party must prepare for a comprehensive relaunch at the end of this parliament
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Last week I listed seven reasons why the Tories COULD win the next election. Reason… Read more »
Mountain to climb but not Mission Impossible — Seven reasons why the Tories CAN win the next election
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter A few months ago when I started arguing that the next election might be difficult… Read more »
Building a Conservative Majority (18): Sustained outreach to Britain’s churchgoers
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter The Conservative Party is correctly making a big effort to build better relations with Britain's… Read more »
If a Tory majority is unlikely should Cameron double down on his alliance with the Liberal Democrats?
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Stephan Shakespeare, CEO of YouGov and ConservativeHome columnist, was one of three speakers at last… Read more »
Labour may have lost the election but unions are still getting subsidies and Left-wingers are still running public bodies
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter On Wednesday evening ConservativeHome held an event to discuss how the Conservative Party might win… Read more »
Chris Grayling urges Cameron to find more “EU veto moments” as part of his five point election-winning plan
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Yesterday evening ConservativeHome held an event to discuss how the Conservatives might win the next… Read more »
David Cameron’s five-point plan to win the next election
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter Senior CCHQ sources tell me that plans for fighting the next election are already… Read more »
Building a Conservative Majority (17): Ministers mustn’t be allowed to park the problem of voter fraud just because Boris won
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter The best joke of the London Mayoral election count – with its several-hour delay… Read more »
How Conservatives might reach the North and address its “party of the rich” challenge
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter On ConHome yesterday Paul Goodman dug deeply into Lord Ashcroft's new research and its insights… Read more »
“For the rich. Selfish. Rubbish.” Lord Ashcroft’s new study shows what ethnic and religious minorities think of the Conservative Party. (But it’s not all bad news, especially among Hindus and Sikhs…)
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter The dismal illustration above is taken from the biggest-ever study of the attitude of… Read more »
Not Woodwind Conservatism. Not Brass Conservatism. But Full Orchestra Conservatism.
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter One of the most boring, inaccurate and simplistic things that emerges from the commentariat is… Read more »
Building a Conservative Majority (16): More political firepower for ministers
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter This Building A Majority section of ConHome has five component parts: Majority – a belief… Read more »
Building a Conservative Majority (15): Reintroduction of the 10p tax band
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter The raising of the income tax threshold may not have been the policy of the… Read more »
“The number-one driver of not voting Conservative is not being white”
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter The title of this blog was an observation reportedly made by Andrew Cooper – the… Read more »
Building a Conservative Majority (14): A new Party Chairman with the authority to rethink Tory electoral strategy
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter In today's Times I reflect on the enormous power of George Osborne: "Mr Cameron is… Read more »