David T Breaker: The Left blame class, they should blame themselves
Andrew Neill's BBC2 documentary Posh and Posher was a tad chippy for my tastes but served a useful platform partially to… Read more »
Brook Whelan: A fully-appointed second chamber is not ideal, but it’s the least worst option available in our parliamentary system
Brook Whelan is a Councillor in Bath and North East Somerset. The debate over House of Lords reform has been… Read more »
Andrew Lilico: What to do next on the economy
Not everyone was surprised by there being a contraction in GDP, even before spending was cut or taxes rose. I… Read more »
Matthew Sinclair: Fairness in fiscal policy
After the Emergency Budget the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Treasury engaged in an extended debate over whether the… Read more »
Lord Flight: Without Britain’s financial services industry we would all be a great deal poorer
Lord Flight is a former Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party, who is… Read more »
David Morris MP: The sexualisation of our children in the name of marketing need to be tackled
David Morris is MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale. Some weeks ago I was approached by a constituent who also happens… Read more »
Alex Deane: BBC Question Time – a great, balanced panel
Tonight, we're offered: * Chris Huhne – serving, senior, left wing Lib Dem * Chuka Umunna – serving Labour, PPS… Read more »
Tony Devenish and Stephen Sobey: The re-launch of the CPF was a positive step forward
Tony Devenish and Stephen Sobey are Conservative activists who attended today's re-launch of the Conservative Policy Forum, on which they… Read more »
Natalie Elphicke: The Conservative Policy Forum – re-launched today – will enable the grassroots to help to define a Conservative vision for our country
Natalie Elphicke is Director of the Conservative Policy Forum Today, in Birmingham, nearly 200 Conservative party volunteers are being joined… Read more »
David Mowat MP: The Scotland Bill should be amended to scrap the Barnett Formula, which remains manifestly unfair to the English taxpayer
David Mowat is Conservative MP for Warrington South and a member of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee. Today the Government’s… Read more »
Philip Booth: The Big Society will only come into being when the Government stops trying to create it and instead unleashes a tide of philanthropy
Professor Philip Booth is Editorial and Programme Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs. The Government reportedly feels that its… Read more »
Melanchthon: The Government couldn’t abolish control orders
Whether they’re called “control orders lite”, “revised control orders”, “continuity control orders”, or whatever, almost everyone agree that the announcement… Read more »
Matthew Elliott: The Australian AV experience
Matthew Elliott is Campaign Director of No2AV. Happy Australia Day to any Aussie readers! While it might seem strange to drag… Read more »
Patrick Mercer MP: The odious aspects of Control Orders remain, sadly, largely untouched by the Home Secretary
Patrick Mercer is Conservative MP for Newark. This week we have seen an attack by Islamist fundamentalists against queues in… Read more »
Robin Simcox: Theresa May has by and large got it right on Control Orders
By Robin Simcox It took a long time for them to get there, but the government has by and large… Read more »