Unhappy LibDem voters defect to Labour
If today’s YouGov poll for the Daily Telegraph is to be believed the LibDems are in serious peril. Anthony King… Read more »
Maggie Merkel – the new Thatcher?
This (not online) comes from Bret Stephens in The Wall Street Journal: "When Chancellor Angela Merkel began her keynote address… Read more »
Oborne recommends that Tories distance themselves from Bush
David Cameron is receiving conflicting advice on relations with America. The anti-war Peter Oborne thinks that drawing closer to Bush’s… Read more »
Simon Hughes: I’ve had gay sex
Simon Hughes has vowed to stay in the LibDem leadership race despite having been "outed" as gay. Mr Hughes recently… Read more »
Boris Johnson “inclined” to back Assisted Dying Bill
Tory MP Boris Johnson has used his Telegraph column to discuss Lord Joffe’s Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill. … Read more »
Cameron: We don’t do flags on the front lawn
Later today David Cameron will present the Greatest Briton Award. According to The Telegraph, contenders include Ellen MacArthur, the yachtswoman… Read more »
Remembering Darfur
The International Development Committee of the House of Commons has just released a report on Darfur. Its title is as… Read more »
Low key affair in the Commons
Party leaders’ topics: David Cameron on independent trust schools and school freedom. He described the education reforms as ‘vital’, just… Read more »
What can the CamCons learn from the CanCons?
Following Stephen Harper’s success in Monday’s elections Michael Howard rushed to the microphone to draw parallels between the British and… Read more »
LibDem candidate flies to Cameron’s “positive, constructive and optimistic” nest
The Tory blogosphere has been alive with the possibility of LibDem to Tory defections for some time. Iain Dale wrote… Read more »
Is your glass half full or half empty?
Although a weekend poll for Mori put LibDem support at just 15% an ICM poll for today’s Guardian puts them… Read more »
More tax anxiety
Concerns about Tory tax policy are reaching a crescendo. Yesterday’s ToryDiary post which highlighted concerns from other quarters attracted a… Read more »
Cameron and Osborne spurn Murdoch’s tax advice
Yesterday Rupert Murdoch gave a rare interview and encouraged David Cameron to shrink the government’s burden on "over-taxed" Britain. The… Read more »
Tory members give top ratings to Hague and Davis
Yesterday we posted the main results of January’s ConservativeHome.com Members’ Panel. 82% of 1,351 Tory members told ConservativeHome that they… Read more »
Supporters appear slightly less enthusiastic about Tory fortunes than members
The final numbers from the ConservativeHome.com Members Panel survey cover the views of those who identify themselves as Tory supporters… Read more »