Raised by a single mother on a council estate, and a devotee of social justice, the Welsh Secretary has been making waves.
Conservative MPs are against panicky measures to boost their party’s poll ratings. But there is support for more projection of the Tory team as a whole.
A more classic case of the state crowding out family and civil society through regulation and subsidy is difficult to find.
The Liberal Democrats and Labour are dog whistling to an extremely well-funded anti-prisons lobby.
“You can see her thinking: ‘I’ve gone into politics to make a difference and now I’m on television desperately trying to act like I don’t know the colour pink.'”
There are two reasons not to take this route if one has a strong party preference. One comes from the head, the other from the heart.
They know that higher education does not justify the costs of universal provision, but can’t or won’t admit it.
I believe we’ll win. But I could be wrong. So all this could be only a few weeks away…
The new 80,000 places that Labour wish to introduce will not be available for those who need them most.
Shadow Chancellor sets out Labour plan to repeat tax on bonuses for ‘one year’ and create ten-year bonus repayment window.
Plus: Rubbish in the Sun. Andy Carroll is out. A mystery Tory is in – with an au pair, at any rate. My controversial book on the NHS. And: Lord Fink is right.
The former ground the Commons to a halt in his campaign for Home Rule. That wouldn’t be so easy for the SNP. But they will make their presence felt…
The Shadow Business Secretary wouldn’t have been stumped on LBC if he read ConHome.
They are more reliant than ever on union funding – but the policies they have to adopt in return just make their fundraising efforts even harder.
Plus: This week’s focus groups. Straw-Rifkind fallout. The latest party political broadcasts. And: if the leaders were holiday destinations, which would they be?