Stephen Tall: Why I preach each fortnight to the unconverted

I offer Conservatives and Liberal Democrat different reasons for writing on this site. Both are true – but here’s a third.

Stephen Tall: How Balls & Miliband let Osborne & Clegg write their story for them

On the economy, Labour has been manoevered into going exactly where its opponents want it to be.

In praise of Steve Webb

The Lib Dem Minister’s Lamborghini defence of Osborne’s pensions plan was a reminder of his contribution to the Coalition.

The proportion of Party members wanting a pact with UKIP falls to under a third

And the percentage opposing a deal with the LibDems? 92 per cent.

Nick Denys: Our members should decide entry into a second coalition

The Party as a whole should have a say in whether what is on offer is acceptable, if that happens.

Four out of five Party members believe an In/Out EU Referendum should be a second Coalition red line

Cameron’s options for a second term of government with Clegg are narrowing.

The consequences if Cameron rules out a post-2015 coalition

Would it be better to have a second Tory-LibDem coalition stretching to 2020, or a stand-alone policy that could put Miliband in Downing Street before then?

Emran Mian: Miliband’s Cabinet Office plan would need the Treasury to make it work

As outlined, it suggests continuity with the Coalition’s approach. But there are tensions sbetween its aims and those of a future Labour finance team.

What did Michael Fallon do in a past life to deserve Minister for Portsmouth?

He laudably steps up each time the Government calls on him – being Minister for Portsmouth is a funny way to thank him.

The proportion of Party members expecting Cameron to be Prime Minister after 2015 rises

To be specific, it goes up by five points. That’s the first increase since July.

First, Norman Baker. Now Simon Hughes.

Another Liberal Democrat promoted. (And more Tories will seethe.)

Stephen Tall: The agony of the Tory modernisers

John Major, William Hague, Michael Howard, David Cameron – all promised to win over new converts, all ended up preaching to the choir. And still no sign of the promised land: an outright majority.

Stephen Tall: Lib Dems recontaminating the Tory brand? No. The Tories do it to themselves

On a range of key issues, Conservative policies are individually popular; yet, taken together, these relentlessly hardline stances give off a whiff of uncaring harshness.

Does Cameron really want rid of Jeremy Browne?

Were the next election to produce a hung Parliament, Browne would surely urge the formation of a second blue-yellow coalition.

In It Together: Andrew Gimson reviews Matthew d’Ancona’s penetrating account of a coalition that cannot explain itself

The book provides a feast of material – and is too canny to pretend to say the last word on its topic.