Why Downing Street believes it won the War of Jenkin’s Letter

It thinks that there has been a backlash against the missive – especially from members of the 2010 intake and Tory MPs in marginal seats.

Brady and Jenkin urge Cameron to ditch the Lib Dems next year

By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter By way of an addendum to my post yesterday, it’s worth noting that both Graham… Read more »

The No Leaking Stories Group?

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. "Well, gentlemen, I see we have a good gathering tonight," said side-burned Forth, like… Read more »

Bernard Jenkin MP: Why I, a practising member of the Church of England, will vote for same-sex marriage today

Bernard Jenkin is the Member of Parliament for Harwich and North Essex and Chairman of the Public Administration Select Committee. Follow Bernard… Read more »

Am hearing that a handful of Tory MPs will vote with Labour and the LibDems AGAINST boundary fairness…

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter On ConHome 45 minutes ago and on Comment Is Free yesterday two Tory MPs… Read more »

Bernard Jenkin MP: Clegg’s hypocrisy on boundary changes

Bernard Jenkin is the Member of Parliament for Harwich and North Essex and Chairman of the Public Administration Select Committee. Follow Bernard… Read more »

Bill Cash and Bernard Jenkin launch paper questioning economic value of EU’s single market

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Earlier today MPs Bernard Jenkin and Bill Cash launched a paper entitled "The EU… Read more »

Jeremy Heywood considered the possibility of a Plebgate conspiracy, but left it at that

By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter On the whole, Tory MPs don’t have much love for Jeremy Heywood, the Cabinet Secretary…. Read more »

Boris Johnson and Michael Gove sign up to new Tory-led campaign for same-sex marriage

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter As reported widely in today's written and broadcast media a new Tory-led group has… Read more »

Conservative MPs (including David Cameron) respond to Barack Obama’s election victory

By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Here's David Cameron's statement: “I would like to congratulate Barack Obama on his re-election. I… Read more »

Bernard Jenkin MP: If David Cameron doesn’t adopt a clear European policy soon, Labour may beat us to it

Bernard Jenkin is the Member of Parliament for Harwich and North Essex and Chairman of the Public Administration Select Committee. … Read more »

Mitchell: This evening’s ’22 meeting “was divided 50/50”

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter Michael Crick tweeted earlier this evening: "Four MPs at 1922 Committee critical of Andrew… Read more »

Tory MPs take the opportunity to give Clegg a kicking

By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Our Parliamentarians are back in town — and, boy, don’t we know it. There have… Read more »

Bernard Jenkin MP: Nick Clegg’s new wealth tax idea is “an easy pre-conference clap line”, but an impractical idea

Backbench Tories irked by Lib Dem threats over Lords reform

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Since the interview with a recently-departed senior Nick Clegg aide, Richard Reeves, in this morning's… Read more »