Cheryl Gillan proposes voucherisation of charity funding
Cheryl Gillan has delivered a speech on ‘Labour’s selfish society’ today. Read it here. It won advance coverage in the… Read more »
McCain “disappointed” at new Tory Iraq policy
I received an email from a contact in the White House last week. They’d read William Hague’s response to President… Read more »
Cameron: I am a true Tory
In an article for this morning’s Telegraph David Cameron attempts to reassure ‘core voters’ that he is a "true Conservative." … Read more »
‘Browneronism’
The "UK is moving towards higher tax with no debate." So wrote the FT’s Martin Wolf in an article from… Read more »
David Cameron’s Sunday AM interview
Europe: Interviewed on Sunday AM this morning David Cameron said that Eurosceptics tempted by UKIP should vote Conservative at the… Read more »
Was Winston Churchill wrong to fight fascism?
This is the headline question of an email sent by Nirj Deva MEP (Conservative, South East) to his regional colleague… Read more »
ConservativeHome TV
The first edition of "ConservativeHome TV" can be viewed here. Tim and I are joined by Michael Ehioze-Ediae for a… Read more »
The last hawk in the shadow cabinet gets his wings clipped
ConservativeHome understands that Shadow Defence Secretary Liam Fox has been ordered to tone down his neoconservative views and row in… Read more »
Website launched to bring new accountability to Tory MEPs
Today sees the launch of a campaigning new website – MEP Watch – "aimed at bringing further accountability and higher… Read more »
Strathclyde enjoys high satisfaction ratings in ConservativeHome’s wider survey of shadow cabinet
With apologies for the lack of graphics this month, here are the December net satisfaction ratings for the shadow cabinet… Read more »
A fisk of William Hague’s statement on George Bush’s troops surge
William Hague today: “We welcome the fact that new thinking has taken place in Washington, and we continue to hope that… Read more »
71% of Tory members are satisfied with David Cameron
Dissatisfaction with David Cameron reached 32% in ConservativeHome’s previous survey of grassroots opinion. The poll was taken in the immediate… Read more »
Cam and Sam double act “has rescued the Tories’ financial fortunes”
An article in this week’s Spectator (not yet online) suggests that the Tories will enjoy a major financial advantage at… Read more »
Cameron targets Home Office yet again
In the first PMQs for four weeks David Cameron returned to a favourite PMQs topic of his for all of… Read more »
51% of Tory members are open to ‘troop surge’
The December survey of ConservativeHome readers revealed the smallest possible majority in favour of sending extra British and American troops… Read more »