When it comes to Attack Dogs, Osborne’s still a Big Beast

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. George Osborne is no less a pupil of Gordon Brown than Ed Balls, at… Read more »

Cameron should end the Coalition in September 2014

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. David Cameron gave Conservative MPs "a very strong indication" at the recent Parliamentary Party… Read more »

Ministers can’t just carry on attacking the ECHR. They must pledge to take Britain out of it.

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. I suspect that Chris Grayling would like Britain to leave the ECHR.  I have… Read more »

(1) I don’t buy the idea that Cameron is a major asset to the Tory Party… but (2) he shouldn’t be ousted… and (3) he can still win the next election

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Photographs in this post are the copyright of i-Images Matthew Parris has conducted an… Read more »

Cameron toughens his position on immigration but is he serious about the issue?

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Tighter and tighter caps on welfare. An In/Out referendum. A penny off the price… Read more »

Osborne gambles Britain would rather vote for a political party that cuts the price of beer than a government that solves Britain’s debt problems. He might be right.

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Tory MPs are reportedly pleased with the Budget. George Osborne got a good reception… Read more »

Osborne promises to help people who want to own a home, start a business, go out to work, enjoy retirement… but can he deliver?

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Ed Balls and George Osborne were just getting going at the end of this… Read more »

UKplc is flatlining but Labour has no lead on economic competence. What will happen if there’s a modest economic recovery?

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter On first reading the latest YouGov poll for The Sunday Times makes grim reading… Read more »

Who will run the 2015 election campaign?

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter Yesterday's meeting of the Conservative Parliamentary Party has already been well covered.  James Kirkup… Read more »

Four headline conclusions from Saturday’s Victory 2015 Conference

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter On Saturday ConservativeHome held our Victory 2015 Conference – on how we might win… Read more »

Tories could gain 17 seats from the Liberal Democrats but risk losing many, many more marginal seats to Labour

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Lord Ashcroft's latest mega poll focuses on the country's 213 more marginal seats. It… Read more »

Which of the following three tasks will be the hardest for the Conservative Party to accomplish at the next election?

Unseating Liberal Democrat MPs who are dug into their seats? Presenting Ed Miliband as a high-taxing, high-spending Labour leader who… Read more »

Cameron adopts ConservativeHome’s And Theory of Conservatism

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Last Wednesday I announced that I was moving to The Times. For its eight… Read more »

Tory HQ think they can keep Labour to 35% of the national vote but that if UKIP splinter the Tory vote that’ll be enough to install Miliband as PM

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter W1W 7PQ are being cancelled. Ministerial schedules rearranged. Day return rail tickets to Eastleigh… Read more »

A crackdown on immigration and on benefits abuse? The Tory leadership ought to be careful…

By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Take a run through this morning’s papers, and you’ll clatter into this story in the… Read more »