Grayling and May in pincer movement on the ECHR
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. Chris Grayling says in tomorrow's Sunday Telegraph that if David Cameron is returned with… Read more »
Now’s the time for Honest Dave, Mark II
Trust in politics, ever notice how it keeps coming up as an issue? In the past few weeks alone, we’ve had two… Read more »
The National Union of Ministers’ target is IDS’s budget – not the health and aid ring-fences
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. Theresa May was reported earlier this week to have led a Cabinet charge by… Read more »
Cameron’s Conservatism is too small, too narrow, too unambitious, too unbalanced, too inconsistent
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter THE PERSISTENCE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRAT VOTE IN EASTLEIGH WILL WORRY TORY STRATEGISTS BUT… Read more »
Net immigration falls by a third. Theresa May is delivering.
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Some good news this morning on an otherwise disappointing day. The Coalition's immigration policies… Read more »
There are three groups of Tory MPs when it comes to economic policy. George Osborne aims to please two of them.
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter George Osborne's meeting with Tory MPs went well yesterday evening according to all reports… Read more »
Tory HQ think they can keep Labour to 35% of the national vote but that if UKIP splinter the Tory vote that’ll be enough to install Miliband as PM
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter W1W 7PQ are being cancelled. Ministerial schedules rearranged. Day return rail tickets to Eastleigh… Read more »
You’re just like Gordon Brown. Cameron begins new push to paint Ed Miliband as an unrepentant big spender.
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter It was not Ed Miliband's best PMQs. On the face of it he had… Read more »
After Rennard, Parliament may seek to bar sexism, with good consequences – and bad ones
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter In my sole venture into school drama, I played Arthur, "a very junior Home… Read more »
Tory Cabinet ministers and Lib Dems have one message for Osborne: Cut the ring fences
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter George Osborne is getting a very similar message from his Conservative and Liberal Democrat… Read more »
Michael Fallon launches Thatcherite attack on Labour’s failed approach to regulation of banks and the NHS
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter In an address to the Centre for Policy Studies tonight the Business Minister Michael… Read more »
The Budget will be remarkable for its continuity. This Chancellor – rightly – isn’t for turning.
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter I don't know how many people have actually read the Moody's report from Friday… Read more »
George Osborne needs to develop an interest in boring spending cuts
By Harry PhibbsFollow Harry on Twitter Has public spending been cut by the Coalition Government? Figures from The Treasury suggest that… Read more »
Afriyie targets “sneering” Osborne
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. "According to a recent article in these pages," Adam Afriyie writes in today's Mail… Read more »
Party leaders fail to follow the equality rules they impose on others
By Harry PhibbsFollow Harry on Twitter This morning there is still an official Lib Dem denial that Nick Clegg was aware… Read more »