It doesn’t matter if we think we’re not racist. But it matters if ethnic minorities think we are.
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter Before the last party conference, Tim Montgomerie reported that most voters aren't worried that… Read more »
Cut EU spending. Cut aid. Charge for missed appointments. Cap family benefits. Tory members vote for their preferred deficit reduction measures…
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter In the latest monthly survey of members we asked respondents to describe certain revenue-raising… Read more »
IDS urges Eurosceptics to give Cameron more credit (while flirting himself with leaving EU)
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Making an argument that was also made on ConHome's Deep End on Friday, Iain… Read more »
Tory MPs and members grudgingly move towards acceptance of higher council tax on high value properties as price of deficit reduction deal
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter 1.15pm update: Dom Raab MP has made it clear that the report referred to… Read more »
69% of voters see Tories as divided as Cameron is urged to hold EU referendum (only 35% see Labour as divided)
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter ComRes has completed a survey for the People's Pledge campaign in David Cameron's own… Read more »
Cameron plays the “national leadership” card against Boris
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Boris having a dig, even just a friendly dig, at the Tory leadership? We’ve seen… Read more »
Old or young, a similar set of political problems
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter The past week has been neatly bookended by two policy stories. One is about the… Read more »
The dark facts of government appear to have dimmed David Cameron’s sunny optimism about localism
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter The last Tory manifesto made much of what it called “collaborative democracy” — pushing power… Read more »
Cameron’s speech at the recent Tory Conference was one of his best ever. Agree or disagree?
Lynton Crosby should be put in charge of the Tory General Election campaign. Agree or disagree? This week's parliamentary rebellion… Read more »
John Hayes: Tilting at wind farms, pushing for Cabinet promotion
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter Ed Davey is the Climate Change Secretary, John Hayes is his junior Minister, and… Read more »
Nick Clegg and David Lidington make the economic argument for staying inside the EU
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter If David Cameron is looking for help from Nick Clegg in defusing tensions over… Read more »
Ten snap reactions to yesterday evening’s EU budget Government defeat
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter David Cameron was forced to shift his position on the EU budget during Prime… Read more »
Miliband buries himself during a ghoulish session of PMQs
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Europe, wind farms, Trident, boundaries — this Halloween edition of PMQs promised to be rather… Read more »
John Hayes lets his rhetoric get away from Coalition policy — but does he have the blessings of the Tory leadership?
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter “Death knell for wind farms,” blares the front page of today’s Daily Telegraph. “Minister signals… Read more »
Today’s Commons vote is about much more than the EU budget
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter Imagine yourself to be a Euro-sceptic backbench Conservative MP this morning who simply wants… Read more »