WATCH: Paul Goodman reviews David Cameron’s year

The death of Lady Thatcher dominated the year for Conservatives

Now is not a time for the Tories to sound ingratiating

If I were a floating voter, I think I would find these attempts to gain my support rather patronising.

Lib Dems in Glasgow cannot hide harmony in Downing Street

By Andrew GimsonFollow Andrew on Twitter At the heart of government, Conservatives and Liberal Democrats get on surprisingly well. Nothing the… Read more »

Nigel Evans thanks his friends and colleagues for their “unstinting support”

By Andrew GimsonFollow Andrew on Twitter Nothing during Prime Minister’s questions was as striking as the personal statement made by Nigel… Read more »

Cameron’s good decision on Syria and aid

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. This site is quick to boo David Cameron when it disagrees with him –… Read more »

Over two-thirds of Tory members now believe Cameron will be Prime Minister after 2015

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. This month, 24 per cent of respondents said that there will be a Conservative… Read more »

There should be no second Commons vote on Syria. We must stay out of its civil war.

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. I sent out yesterday the following series of tweets on Syria, which re-iterated the… Read more »

An inner Cabinet. More status for Whips. Changes in his circle – and at the Foreign Office. What Cameron should do next.

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. Yesterday evening's vote makes no real difference to anything.  The economy will continue to… Read more »

How David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg could become more authentic

By Andrew GimsonFollow Andrew on Twitter As our politicians return from their holidays, they renew their desperate quest for authenticity.    … Read more »

Cameron suffers the worst foreign policy defeat in modern times

By Mark WallaceFollow Mark on Twitter. Having had a few hours to mull the implications of last nights extraordinary defeat for the… Read more »

Cameron hasn’t solved his Party problems this summer – and his Syrian humiliation proves it

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. Some believe that the executive should control foreign policy, others that the legislature should… Read more »

Is there anyone left who still supports HS2?

By Mark WallaceFollow Mark on Twitter. Things just keep getting worse and worse for HS2. After the IEA's cost warning, the revised… Read more »

The Commons must have a say on any strike against Assad

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. It's clear that the instincts of David Cameron and William Hague, as well as… Read more »

In praise of older politicians

By Andrew GimsonFollow Andrew on Twitter Labour needs to bring “grown-ups” such as Alistair Darling and Alan Johnson into the shadow… Read more »

Is Stephen Fry right about Russia and the Winter Olympics?

In an open letter to David Cameron, Sebastian Coe and others, Stephen Fry has called for a “absolute ban on… Read more »