The Conservative Party clearly has a UKIP problem, but it also has an urban problem. Too many Tories seem to recognise one without acknowledging the other.
Despite appearances, Labour hasn’t lost the plot – quite the opposite in fact.
A resurgent reforming centre would speak for those of us who don’t want populism, but do want a genuine alternative
When this country needed a stable government, the Lib Dems stepped up to the plate
As a new dictator and rising Islamism threaten Maldivian democrats, we Conservatives must make our professed friendship count.
Scotland’s referendum proves that our democratic system can engage voters. Yes, it needs to change. But let’s not fall into the American-style trap of denigrating it .
While London as an economic entity is doing very well, the same doesn’t apply to ordinary working Londoners
A new spectre is haunting Europe – the spectre of populism.
If politicians can’t think aloud in either public or private then they won’t think at all
Perhaps what we’re seeing from young people is a disenchantment with the simplicities of both right and left.
On both sides of the Atlantic, reformist conservatives are trying to change their parties.
The sharpest tools in the box won’t help you if they’re all the same
At the University of Essex, a small but dedicated group are replacing left wing dogma with freedom, choice and opportunity.
Sharp differences in opinion can be found in all the major parties, but in the Labour Party they don’t matter.
The former Defence Secretary’s ConservativeHome address at the Conservative Party Conference earlier this afternoon.