Conservative Ministers furious over LibDem adviser appointments

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. New Governments often over-react to the errors of the one before.  Tony Blair succeeded… Read more »

Werritty may have gone to ground, but the Fleet Street Fox hunt carries on

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. What's in a paper's online comment section in the morning sometimes lags behind its… Read more »

Why Cameron wants to save Fox

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. It is a statement of the obvious to say that the Coalition is not… Read more »

David Cameron asks Cabinet Secretary for report into Liam Fox allegations by Monday

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. In a video made yesterday (and linked to here today), the Secretary of State… Read more »

Theresa May, the cat that walks by herself

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. The Financial Times today profiles Theresa May, correctly clocking her reliability, her workrate, her… Read more »

Tory members now oppose HiSpeed rail, want David Davis back at the top table and think Cameron was right on Libya

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter. Click on graphic to enlarge. The latest ConHome survey of Tory members is featured… Read more »

The steady rise of Philip Hammond

No big movements emerge from this month's shadow cabinet ratings although it is notable that Ken Clarke and George Osborne… Read more »

Andrew Mackay speaks about his role as David Cameron’s “mine sweeper”

One of the most important – yet relatively unnoticed – players in Team Cameron is Andrew Mackay, the Bracknell MP… Read more »

Give us your questions for Theresa May

Theresa May, who was appointed shadow secretary of state for work and pensions last week, has agreed to answer questions… Read more »

Alan Duncan remains popular with grassroots despite ‘friendly fire’ from CCHQ

Alan Duncan is receiving quite a bit of friendly fire at the moment.  An unnamed Tory MP tells today’s Telegraph:… Read more »

Six hopes for a Conservative reshuffle

I bumped into four MPs in Westminster yesterday.  Three of them talked about the Tory reshuffle and one predicted it… Read more »

The Tory operation makes a strong start to 2009

The Conservatives can be pleased with their media impact since Parliament recessed for Christmas: The party dominated the holiday period:… Read more »

Frontbencher of 2008

The second of our picks of the year.  Earlier today we each chose our Backbencher of 2008. Jonathan Isaby’s pick:… Read more »

Grassroots want the ‘big beasts’ in the shadow cabinet

According to the Daily Mail "senior Tory sources" have refused to deny that Ken Clarke is about to return to… Read more »

Hague threatened to quit if outside interests were banned

Further to Jonathan’s post earlier today, the Daily Mail is reporting that "William Hague threatened to lead a Shadow Cabinet… Read more »