Why low turnout in tomorrow’s police commissioner elections won’t matter
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter IPSOS Mori predicts that the turnout in tomorrow's Police and Crime Commissioner elections will… Read more »
The Post-Bureaucratic Age comes back to life
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Forget the huskies — computers were a considerably more important part of the early Cameron… Read more »
What will George Osborne do about fuel duty?
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter In the end, last night’s vote on fuel duty did not yield the scare it… Read more »
There he is! The submarine Chancellor surfaces to display his social liberalism in the Times
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter George Osborne uses the Treasury as deep water in which to conceal himself, coming… Read more »
The biggest Commons obstacle to the new boundaries could be Conservative MPs themselves
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter Reports suggest that Downing Street may seek to push the proposed boundary reforms through… Read more »
Theresa May vows to fight on, despite Abu Qatada’s latest legal victory
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Abu Qatada – known in the tabloids as "Osama Bin Laden's right-hand man in… Read more »
A measly 5% of Britons would vote for an anti-state party and it’s time for all Tories to drop the libertarian language
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Last month ConHome asked YouGov to ask people which of three visions of a… Read more »
Warsi says that the party must win minorities to win majorities. She’s right.
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter The Sun reports that Sayeeda Warsi will say in a speech today that –… Read more »
We already have OFFA. Now its time for OFUC – to boost the number of Conservatives on public bodies
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter Quoting figures from the Public Appointments Commissioner's Annual Report, Tim Montgomerie recently highlighted the… Read more »
With Number 10 fearing that rebelliousness is reaching epidemic proportions Liam Fox issues plea for unity and discipline
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Liam Fox has a must-read piece in today's Mail on Sunday. He warns against… Read more »
The BBC is simply too big to be properly governed. It’s time it was broken up.
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter The last few weeks have been terrible for the BBC. First was the Jimmy… Read more »
Cameron’s Leveson problem is Farage’s media opportunity
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter More than the 40 or so Conservative MPs who signed it will agree with… Read more »
Bullying MPs won’t help the cause of press freedom
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter On ConservativeHome today Nadhim Zahawi MP makes the case for independent and statutory regulation… Read more »
George Osborne is refusing to add to overall tax burden in Autumn Statement but may change balance between richer and poorer Britons
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter The Times has an important report (£) this morning suggesting that Iain Duncan Smith… Read more »
Justin Welby is a good choice for Archbishop of Canterbury
By Harry PhibbsFollow Harry on Twitter The Church of England's decline has slowed, but not halted. Average church attendance in 2010… Read more »