It was the wider ECR, not most Tory MEPs, who defied Cameron on the AfD
For a refreshing change, we have European allies more eurosceptic than our party.
Welcome, Alternative für Deutschland
Today’s ECR decision is a stark reminder of the gap that separates the Christian Democrat and Conservative visions of Europe.
“No, thanks” – Better Together deploys politeness to save the Union
The unionists’ new slogan seeks to neutralise the debate and reassure voters intimidated by Yes rhetoric.
Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Cameron gives Labour nightmares
For Ed Miliband this was like being beaten up by a Bertie Wooster figure who turns out to be both clever and brutal.
British values do not exist
Gove should encourage loyalty not to lofty abstractions, but to British institutions and the British way of conducting politics.
The strength of the Conservative team, the weakness of the Labour team
The failure of Yvette Cooper and Tristram Hunt in the Commons yesterday was a symptom of a bigger Opposition problem.
Read Ofsted’s reports into the five schools which are being put into special measures
Together with the letter from Sir Michael Wilshaw, Ofsted paints a deeply troubling picture.
Cameron must do to Britain’s Islamists what Thatcher did to the trade union barons
She saw them off. The Prime Minister must do the same today – but that means getting his personnel and policy into better shape.
Cameron’s real target. Neither Gove nor May – but Ministers’ special advisers
As a former Home Office SpAD himself, the Prime Minister is preoccupied by their loyalty to the Government as a whole.
We can woo UKIP’s soft vote without compromising a future majority
Half of UKIP’s 2015 voters are open-minded about switching, and can find a place in the Conservative big tent.
The weakness of the Conservative brand v the weakness of Ed Miliband
A lesson of Newark is just how deep-set that last one is among voters.
The pointless battle over Jean-Claude Juncker
He’s a dreadful federalist – but so are all the other candidates. They’re a symptom, not the problem itself.
How we won Newark
This by-election was ultimately won by the brute force of a massive activist turnout. It was a vivid demonstration of the importance of a party’s grassroots.
May and Gove should snog and make up
The brouhaha that disrupted Queen’s Speech Day had more to do with personality than policy – as so often is the case.
Policy Exchange announce the finalists of their Garden Cities competition
From the Hoo Peninsular to the imaginary City of Uxcester, the Prize gives an insight into how a Garden City might come to pass.