Peter Hoskin: The lesson of the Olympic opening ceremony? Inspire the young
I’m sorry to fray your patience with the same old question — but what did you make of the Olympic… Read more »
Bruce Anderson: How lucky Conservatives are to be governing in Coalition
With every passing day, one conclusion becomes steadily more inescapable. The Conservatives have been lucky to govern in coalition. This will strike… Read more »
Nadine Dorries MP: Feminism has advanced equality for women but it has also created unrealistic expectations
Many female MPs, especially Conservative ones of late, find it necessary to articulate a particular commitment to the cause of… Read more »
Bruce Anderson: The hypothetical tabloid Editor who goes to work for a public service organisation – and is not unworthy of our sympathy
This column is a mere pot-pourri of hypothesis and speculation. Any resemblance to persons dead, living or yet unborn is… Read more »
Sayeeda Warsi “to be cleared” by Lords Commissioner on expenses. Cameron says she will lead a “big summer” campaign for this autumn’s elections
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter The Evening Standard's excellent Joe Murphy is sometimes a means for politicians to get… Read more »
Andrew Lilico: Coalition isn’t bad in general – only coalitions based on compromising on the uncompromisable
In recent weeks the state of relations in the Coalition has led some Lib Dems to express the fear (and… Read more »
Jill Kirby: We need optimism, not mean-spirited tax grabs
“Let sunshine win the day” said David Cameron in 2006, urging Conservatives to become the party of optimism and to… Read more »
Peter Hoskin: The Olympics challenge begins after all the medals have been won
Have you heard, there are only three days to go until the start of the Olympics? Three days until —… Read more »
Bruce Anderson: Can we make any sense of the Batman shootings?
At moments, the human mind recoils in horror from the human condition. "Rachel weeping for her children, and would not… Read more »
Stephan Shakespeare: Banks, like Microsoft, should get a pollster
Everything is politics now, especially banking and technology. Business used to be able to say, 'We don't care about politics,… Read more »
Nadine Dorries MP: Women deserve independent abortion counselling and the Department of Health should deliver it
In October last year, MPs and peers were invited by the public health minister, Anne Milton, to form a cross… Read more »
Peter Hoskin: The Braveheart effect? What Braveheart effect?
I have a column in today’s Times, which — if you can vault over the paywall — is available here…. Read more »
Harry Phibbs: Alastair Burnet’s prescient comparison at the 1975 Conservative Conference of Margaret Thatcher and Ogden Nash’s Isabel
By Harry PhibbsFollow Harry on Twitter The 1975 Conservative Party Conference, held in Blackpool, was an important one for the Party,… Read more »
Bruce Anderson: Britain’s feral underclass needs tough love
There was good news this week. The last Labour government made at least one sensible appointment. It recruited a mouthy… Read more »
Andrew Lilico: A Conservative vision of the union movement
The Conservative Party has a reputation for union-bashing, even amongst Conservatives. People too easily forget that Norman Tebbit used to boast… Read more »