“Politics” may not have popular appeal, but issues do

Finally, the parties are beginning to change the way they start conversations with potential voters.

We know what the Liberal Democrats are against in government, but what are they for?

Danny Alexander would rather have his cold, blood-spattered, lifeless body hauled off to the morgue than see a cut in the top rate of tax

The 2020 Group of Conservative MPs prepares to help shape the next manifesto

We can look forward to proposals on the economy, society and governance from the group that wants to revive the optimism of the early Cameron project.

Let’s turn the Party into a network of local campaigning alliances

If groups of Tory MPs want to pledge sometimes to defy the Whip, that’s all to the good.

Brady says that Conservative backbenchers will vote on any proposed Coalition deal after the next election

The Chairman of the 1922 Committee tells Andrew Gimson that David Cameron has agreed to a written protocol of which such a vote will be a part.

The Johnson manifesto

Jo’s, that is – not Boris’s. The Head of the Policy Unit will have a big hand in the plan for the 2015 election to be confirmed today.

Ryan Bourne: The OBR should not audit manifestos of political parties

Not only would it be another burden on the taxpayer, it wouldn’t add anything of use to the public debate.

Osborne’s tax pledge heralds a class war, 2015 General Election

There will be lots of issues at the next election – the Government's record on the economy, welfare reform and… Read more »

How Cameron could end the Coalition

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. LibDem bloggers Stephen Tall and Mark Pack, and Mike Smithson of Political Betting, raised… Read more »

Cameron should end the Coalition in September 2014

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. David Cameron gave Conservative MPs "a very strong indication" at the recent Parliamentary Party… Read more »

Ministers can’t just carry on attacking the ECHR. They must pledge to take Britain out of it.

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. I suspect that Chris Grayling would like Britain to leave the ECHR.  I have… Read more »

The next manifesto should include “new ideas” from the past

By Harry PhibbsFollow Harry on Twitter It is true the Lib Dems often act as a drag on this Government. Yet… Read more »

The next manifesto. The ’22s policy committees start work. But where do they fit in?

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. The intention had always been that, at some point mid-Parliament, these committees would "go… Read more »