Plus: The Whips need to get a grip. I greet the recovery of the pound. I fear for the future of our high streets.
The Conservatives ought to learn from him. Plus: Vote, vote, vote for Widdecombe. Fire and Fury is damp and limp. My teeth, oh, my teeth. And: My quest to enter Phillip Lee’s brain.
The moral that many of his colleagues will quietly draw is that you cannot rely on the Conservative Party to treat you fairly if you run into trouble.
The Chancellor pretended to be bold when he was actually being cautious.
Gavin Williamson is gifted, well-connected, successful – and not devoid of ambition. His former deputy is now Chief Whip. This is a controversial appointment.
By challenging the German system of consensus politics, Cameron made himself a hero for a day.
Does Ed Miliband see taking more money in tax as the way to help people out of the “cost of living crisis”?
But Cameron too often sinks to his opponent’s petty partisan level.
by Paul Goodman Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon) returned to Labour's debt legacy – "The shadow Chancellor was wrong blindly to dismiss what is happening in the gilt markets. I read the yield curve this morning, just as he did, and it is clear that 10-year gilts yields are low at the moment. If the market believed […]
Julian Smith is the Member of Parliament for Skipton and Ripon, and Co-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Micro Businesses. Start-ups and small businesses are the growth engine for Britain’s economic future. There are over four million businesses in the UK with fewer than ten employees, accounting for over seven million jobs. Regulation, […]