People don’t talk about Eastleigh much – but it should loom large in our minds.
Clegg has failed to make the positive case for reform, which grieves me. And Cameron is making a case for it which will grieve much of his party.
The man in charge of home affairs policy for the ’22 says that Macmillan and Macleod are his inspiration.
A major change is underway in euroscepticism – flamboyant but futile cavaliers are being replaced by roundheads who want to win this war.
The author replies to Paul Goodman, arguing that the CountryB4Party campaign is practicable.
The Eurosceptic MP for Witham (and ConservativeHome columnist) lands a fifth of the vote.
Despite the amendment attempt, and Labour attempts to talk the Bill out, the 2017 referendum is still on track.
David Davis was among the MPs who strolled over to exchange friendly words with Mitchell. He is seen at Westminster as a vindicated man.
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter It’s no surprise that Tory MPs are joining Douglas Alexander in seeking a recall of Parliament ahead of any military action in Syria. After all, 81 of them signed a letter to David Cameron in June, demanding a vote on any decision to dispatch British arms to the rebels. And […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Tory MPs have reacted with concern to the terms of a bailout of Cyprus’ banks which will see up to 9.9% of depositors’ money confiscated as part-payment for the rescue. John Redwood has blogged that savers have been “mugged”. The unexpected raid on depositors was, he continued, “a great […]
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter With the Budget less than a couple of weeks away, I thought it would be a good time to collect some of the recommendations being put to George Osborne by Tory parliamentarians. Of course, the parliamentarians listed below may want other measures too – and there may be other parliamentarians […]
Primaries would mean people could fight for their views within their party, rather than leaving to form another.