The state of the Conservatives’ relations with the unions
The past week has been instructive: things have improved, but not by enough to effect proper change.
The Conservatives are not poised to about-turn on the European Arrest Warrant
But the Government does look as if it is listening to backbench supporters of a strong Recall Bill.
Another victory in Maude’s struggle to change the culture of the Civil Service
The Prime Minister will have more influence in the appointment of senior officials. That should help Whitehall know who’s boss.
Paterson is right about the Climate Change Act
Like a latter-day Gladstone, the former Environment Secretary has come among us unmuzzled.
Osborne should cut National Insurance for poorer workers
…So many of whom are in those Northern and Midlands marginals.
Profile: Sir Winston Churchill. Not be confused with Boris Churchill, a.k.a Sir Winston Johnson
The Mayor’s book about Britain’s great Prime Minister has the valuable effect of making us look again at this titanic figure – Churchill, that is.
Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Cameron sneers at Miliband and is polite to Carswell
The Prime Minister treats UKIP’s policies with much greater respect than he treats the Leader of the Opposition.
EVEL is not enough
Britain needs a constitutional convention – and a federal solution.
The TV election debates. Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to work we go. Bring on Cameron and the seven dwarves.
P.S: Actually, it’s now unlikely that these will happen at all.
NHS reform. The problem wasn’t the plan. It was the bill.
The story of the fight over Andrew Lansley’s measure – in which this site had a hand.
The obsession with Israel is disproportionate
British MPs voting for the recognition of Palestine would not transform ISIS into liberal consumers of Love your Garden or Strictly Come Dancing.
Now Cameron needs Gove
The Chief Whip understands that it’s not just the mood of Conservative MPs that is fragile – it’s our entire Parliamentary system.
The parties, not the voting system, need to change
The post-war duopoly of highly centralised parties was an historical aberration. Parties should draw lessons from a longer view of British political history.
After Clacton and before Rochester: Immigration – and Cameron’s nuclear option
There are suggestions that the Conservatives should seek to impose emergency controls – and dare Nick Clegg to break up the Coalition.
Edward Leigh MP: The mistakes by our leadership that helped UKIP gain its first MP
The Coalition must end now.