“Just a small island … no one pays any attention to them…” (See graph)
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. (Hat-tip: Andrew Lilico, who sent us the graph.)
Whitehall reform isn’t just about ministers versus civil servants, but also ministers versus backbenchers
I know, I know – I’ve talked about Whitehall reform once today, which is already unhealthy. But there is actually cause to… Read more »
The small stuff that’s preventing the Government from delivering the big stuff (such as Universal Credit)
This isn’t exactly a boom time for that commodity called “government competence”. After the National Audit Office’s uncomplimentary prose about the delivery of… Read more »
Michael Gove defending teachers from their unions
By Harry PhibbsFollow Harry on Twitter Last week Michael Gove gave a speech which, among other things, differentiated between opposing trade… Read more »
IDS is pressing ahead with Universal Credit by 2017
By Harry PhibbsFollow Harry on Twitter A difficult day for the Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith with a critical… Read more »
Heartless? Ignorant? The truths and myths about public opinion on international aid spending
By Mark WallaceFollow Mark on Twitter. As we've already heard throughout our series this week, the debate on increasing or decreasing spending… Read more »
Conservative members still want the Coalition to end shortly before the election (and are opposed to the idea of another afterwards)
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Another set of not-much-change-from-last-month survey results – but we’ll note them down anyway, for completeness’… Read more »
After the summer bounce, the autumn lull – our latest Cabinet league table shows little meaningful change from the last
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Last month, I characterised our Cabinet league table as a “summer bounce”, with stronger numbers… Read more »
Both the Prime Minister and Ed Miliband would benefit from a lighter touch at PMQs
By Andrew GimsonFollow Andrew on Twitter After detecting incontrovertible signs that the British economy is recovering, Ed Miliband took refuge in… Read more »
The wrong sort of Aid
By Harry PhibbsFollow Harry on Twitter This is the third piece in our series debating the pros and cons of International… Read more »
What Britain can do to help Syrians
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. Supporters and opponents of military intervention in Syria should be able to agree on… Read more »
Unclear, riven with unintended consequences and open to abuse: the Lobbying Bill is a bad law
By Mark WallaceFollow Mark on Twitter. In the spirit of open debate, ConHome has just published an article in support of the… Read more »
Over two-thirds of Tory members now believe Cameron will be Prime Minister after 2015
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. This month, 24 per cent of respondents said that there will be a Conservative… Read more »
Boris, Gove and May all up in our next Tory leader poll
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. Boris is up from 21 per cent to 23 per cent. Michael Gove is… Read more »
This talk about the minimum wage reflects the Tories’ growing optimism about the recovery
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Ahem. Remember when I said, about ten days ago, that it’s worth keeping an eye… Read more »