Conservatives must champion “the consumer, the taxpayer and the entrepreneur”

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Matt Sinclair of the TaxPayers' Alliance has written a good blog over at Coffee… Read more »

Osborne blocks Davey bid for wind power subsidies as Energy Permanent Secretary quits

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter The Financial Times (£) reports this morning that George Osborne "is blocking a new… Read more »

Osborne’s fuel duty news and his Treasury golden rule: never, ever allow oneself to be outsmarted by Ed Balls.

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter George Osborne's decision to halt August's planned fuel duty rise and freeze it for… Read more »

Tory movement against wind farms and HS2 is gathering momentum

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter The environment is becoming a new source of potential tension within the Coalition and within… Read more »

George Osborne says he is willing to give more money to the IMF – if €urozone members contribute

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Interviewed from Mexico this morning's Murnaghan show on Sky News, George Osborne defended his… Read more »

Chris Huhne’s “Lord, make me chaste – but not yet” agreement

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Chris Huhne is very excited about the Durban climate agreement but for once I have… Read more »

Osborne puts Cameron’s huskies on to a tight leash

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter. I know how to enjoy myself and so am spending today and tomorrow reading… Read more »

Electricity, gas and petrol prices outstrip the NHS, unemployment, cuts, crime, and tuition fees, as voters’ top concern

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter The Daily Telegraph reported this morning: "The Prime Minister has been warned that government… Read more »

The politics of the squeeze

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter. Sky is reporting an Asda supermarket survey this morning and its finding that the… Read more »

Tory MP Ian Taylor attacks Greenpeace’s “hypocrisy” in opposing nuclear energy

Tory MP Ian Taylor, Chairman of the Conservative Party’s Science and Technology taskforce, has issued a statement today urging Britain… Read more »

Stopping grassroots-leadership tensions going nuclear

A little earlier I posted an overview of this morning’s Cameron press conference.  I asked one question myself – on… Read more »

Liam Fox: A strategy for keeping the lights on

Liam Fox, Shadow Defence Secretary, has given a ‘big picture’ speech this morning on energy security and the way Britain’s… Read more »

Are Cameron’s Conservatives now opposed to privatisation?

I’ve just received a press release from CCHQ with the following headline: "Government plan to privatise Sellafield ‘neither wise nor… Read more »

FT: Tories may not back Blair on nuclear power

"We must make the case for civil nuclear power to tackle the energy crisis with least damage to the environment."… Read more »

Chris Patten urges stronger line against Tsar Putin

It’s not often I agree with Chris Patten but he talked a lot of sense on last evening’s World Tonight… Read more »