Yes, a great night for UKIP. But what will matter most next May is the marginals.
Which of the three main parties will it put over the line in these seats – and which, if any, could it win itself?
Meet John Manzoni, the new guardian of Civil Service reform
Or is he? Much will depend on how much support this businessman within Whitehall gets from No.10.
The Conservatives have a good chance of winning Rochester and Strood
Mark Reckless, the UKIP candidate in Rochester, is nothing like as popular as Douglas Carswell is in Clacton.
The newspapers discover freedom and the risks of snooping powers, at last
The Sun and the Mail on Sunday have been targeted using RIPA, a measure they once supported. It’s time to strike a new balance between freedom and security.
Clegg got lucky in 2010 – a 2015 coalition negotiation will be a much tougher business
Like a gambler who won big on his first flutter, the Lib Dem leader is overconfident. In reality, his hand is weak.
Five reasons Rochester and Strood can be won
The campaign is yet to start, Reckless is no hero and grassroots Tories are up for the fight. It’s all to play for.
International institutions should not equate membership with morality
We must stop conflating international institutions with the ideals they profess to uphold, for the former rarely live up to the latter.
Is UKIP set to damage Labour more than the Conservatives?
Fascinating research from the Fabian Society.
Grayling takes the Conservatives to the brink of ECHR exit – a giant step away from Europe
Macmillan and Heath and Thatcher (in government, anyway) went one way. Now Cameron is going the other.
Are press cheerleaders for Cameron’s tax cuts being fiscal hypocrites?
How do we answer charges that if Miliband announced a policy like this he would be accused of gross irresponsibility?
As today’s headlines show, Cameron is winning over the press
The near-clean sweep of this morning’s papers shows remarkable success in persuading those who haven’t always been kind to him.
The Conservatives should help poorer taxpayers first
The 40p tax reduction plan fits uneasily both with deficit reduction and smart politics.
Conservatives – The Grown-Up Party. Not the snappiest election slogan. But a truthful one.
David Cameron’s Party has one big advantage over the core vote targeting of Labour and UKIP.
Full text of David Cameron’s Party Conference speech
“You never pull one person up by pulling another one down”
The immigration question: all agree that there are no easy answers
Or at least Owen Paterson MP, Sunder Katwala, Mark Field MP and Isabel Oakeshott agree on that. They were speaking at one of our fringe events.