Seventeen years ago today Margaret Thatcher failed to win the first leadership ballot by enough votes
With apologies to our younger readers but can you believe it? It’s been seventeen years since Margaret Thatcher won the… Read more »
Nominations for Outstanding Parliamentarian
The second category in the Conservative Movement Awards 2007. Your nominations and citations are sought for the Member of Parliament,… Read more »
Patrick Mercer on the “appalling” reaction of Tory supporters to his working for Brown
Highlights of an interview with the civil service newspaper, Whitehall and Westminster World: How did Tory supporters react? "Their reaction… Read more »
Nominations for Lifetime Achievement
The first category in the Conservative Movement Awards 2007/08. Your nominations and citations are sought for this award recognising the… Read more »
The good news is that Labour is in trouble (the bad news is that so is Britain)
A week ago I spoke to North Shropshire Conservatives as the guest of Owen Paterson MP. It was my first… Read more »
Conservative Movement Awards 2007/08
This time last year ConservativeHome held its inaugural Conservative Movement Awards evening. It was a very enjoyable occasion and we… Read more »
Ben Brogan’s favourite website…
…is PlayPolitical. The Daily Mail’s Political Editor wrote about this very briefly on Friday. Thanks Ben! PlayPolitical.com is part of… Read more »
Tories “happy” for fight with education establishment in order to implement national reading test for six and seven year-olds
The Conservatives are to replace the Key Stage One test with a new simple test that will establish whether six… Read more »
New poll confirms that the Tories have become a 40%+ party
A YouGov survey for The Sunday Times puts the Conservatives 6% ahead of Labour. Labour are down 3% to 35%,… Read more »
Mr Brown can’t play within a team, can’t pick a team and can’t manage a team
One good way of judging any leader is the quality of their appointments. All of Brown’s big appointments are looking… Read more »
Can Cameron end the Labour Party’s “special relationship” with black voters?
The cover feature in this week’s New Statesman is a report on the Tory relationship with Britain’s black voters –… Read more »
George Osborne is Politician of the Year
The dramatic political effect of Shadow Chancellor George Osborne’s inheritance tax announcement has been recognised today by The Spectator’s annual… Read more »
Don’t risk it, Australia
This is the latest election video from downunder. It warns that a vote for Labor’s Kevin Rudd will endanger all… Read more »
Labour MPs in marginal seats abused their parliamentary allowances
ConservativeHome can reveal that MPs re-standing in Labour’s fifty most marginal seats increased their spending on taxpayer-funded postage by 35%… Read more »
Who was the best leader: Hague, IDS or Howard?
It’s been a quiet news day so far. So, time for a debate… The three leaders the Party had after… Read more »