David Willetts wants Conservatives to embrace the state (and he’s right)

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter So much Olympics-related news overnight but I must point you to a typically thoughtful… Read more »

Grassroots think Lib Dems are three times as likely to form coalition with Labour than Tories

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Lots of interesting results from the latest ConHome survey and I start with your… Read more »

Osborne is right about Balls. Tories must get behind him.

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Paul has already done a fine job of explaining the importance of George Osborne's… Read more »

Do Tory Lords rebels have 100 votes or 80?

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. The newspapers today are, of course, filled with plenty of Lords rebellion stories. The… Read more »

Guess who David Cameron has started seeing in the mirror?

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter I argue in today's Telegraph that the Prime Minister's outlook on the EU was… Read more »

Conservative leadership opens door to third runway at Heathrow

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. A story in the Financial Times (£) this morning contains the news that the… Read more »

Liam Fox’s referendum intervention makes life difficult for Cameron

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. The comment pages of the Sunday Telegraph are well-furnished today. Both David Cameron and… Read more »

ZIG! Yesterday, Cameron opposed In-Out referendum. ZAG! Tomorrow, Cameron praises renegotiation referendum

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter Yesterday, the Prime Minister said after the end of the Brussels summit: "I completely… Read more »

The lady wasn’t for turning. But the gentleman is. And, as Lord Lawson argues, this risks the Government’s credibility.

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter Do U-turns damage the reputation of the Government or not?  To take a topical… Read more »

A message from a former Downing Street aide. Too much civil service. Not enough political vision.

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter How much reform can a Government manage?  Given the timetable of five years or… Read more »

If compassion is no longer about how much money governments spend, Labour stops winning elections

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Nick Pickles of Big Brother Watch wonders if Theresa May is burying bad news today… Read more »

What does it mean to be “truly Conservative”?

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter "Be truly Conservative and the votes will come" argues The Telegraph's Philip Johnston but what… Read more »

Osborne, May, Lansley, Hammond, Mitchell and Greening all suffer big losses in association membership

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter Last week we reported on the decline in Lib Dem membership figures, which are down… Read more »

First they came for Tim Chatwin…

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter Guido Fawkes's news that Sean Worth is to leave Downing Street to join Policy… Read more »

Increasingly pessimistic Tory grassroots think Labour government is likeliest outcome of next election

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Earlier this week we published Tory members' views on party policy towards the European Union…. Read more »