WATCH: Cameron – “Is the cause of a modern, compassionate Conservative Party lost? Absolutely not.”

He explains why he believes Gyimah, his former PPS, and others are making a mistake in switching to the Liberal Democrats.

James Frayne: Less affluent, small-c conservatives in Labour-held seats are the key targets for Tory campaigning

By contrast, the potential audience for a reboot of Cameronism is small and far harder to reach.

James Frayne: Onward, the new think-tank, is rightly focused on what matters to provincial Britain

It would be easy, but mistaken, to take the path of least resistance and simply re-enact the dated Cameron ‘modernising’ agenda.

Peter Franklin: Ruling political tribes 1) Labour. How the Left came in from the wilderness and drove the Blairites out.

Since I last surveyed the political landscape in 2013 and 2014, some ruling tribes have been cast down, and some formerly lost tribes have risen to rule.

Brady calls for more balance in the party’s politics

Graham Brady has recorded some frank advice to the party for Radio 4’s The World This Weekend (to be broadcast… Read more »

Michael Gove: The battle of ideas is being fought on Cameron’s terms

In an article for The Observer the shadow housing minister Michael Gove argues that David Cameron is setting the political… Read more »

A smaller state needs a stronger society

Earlier today I highlighted Oliver Letwin’s socio-centric article in The Times and worried about his opaque choice of phrases.  In… Read more »

Post-Thatcher Conservatism is sociocentric and framework-based ($%#@!)

Oliver Letwin is undoubtedly a massive influence on David Cameron.  He was the first senior Tory to back Mr Cameron’s… Read more »

Danny Kruger’s Conservatism of individuals, families and communities

Social decay is Britain’s most serious weakness says Danny Kruger in a pamphlet entitled ‘On Fraternity’ to be published tomorrow… Read more »

David Brooks could be a new guru for David Cameron

I posted a report on David Cameron’s child wellbeing speech on Friday morning and still hope to write an analysis… Read more »

England expects every man will do his duty

David Cameron today used this famous Horatio Nelson quote (albeit substituting England for Britain and adding "and woman") in a… Read more »

Guardian reader to be David Cameron’s private secretary

See here.  Hat-tip to ToryRadio.

Cameron’s appeal to ‘Waitrose voter’

Richard Reeves – in the Labour conference edition of the New Statesman (not yet online) – thinks Brown et al… Read more »