People will never vote Tory out of love: and we wouldn’t want them to
The Conservatives failed to hold Eastleigh in a by-election in 1994 after a tragic scandal which only harmed the man involved. The Lib Dems held it in 2013 after their candidate finally admitted to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
So what does actually work?
The cover of the document launching the government’s latest initiative: What Works There has been much back and forth in the last few weeks about manion taxes, reintroduction of the 10p tax rate,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The ConHome #Victory2015 conference asks: How do we show that we’re on...
#bbpBox_310453221653110787 a { text-decoration:none; color:#0099B9; }#bbpBox_310453221653110787 a:hover { text-decoration:underline; }Very moving @ConHome end of #Victory2015 : standing ovation for...
View ArticleI am a Seven Per Center
I was listening to a discussion between some Conservative MPs and a commentator today, and it struck me that what is going on in the Tory party at the moment is very much linked to the need for a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The possibility of reality must match the rhetoric
The Guardian frontpage, 1 May 2013 (via @suttonnick) The Guardian this morning is running an ‘exclusive’ about the Ministry of Defence asking the Department for International Development for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What really matters?
The front page story of the Telegraph on Saturday had an extraordinary snippet: Frank Luntz, an American polling expert, visited Downing Street and addressed a group of advisers. The friend said: “The...
View ArticleCreative politics: why big bold leaps are necessary
This whole Europe debate generally bores me senseless. I find it hard to get worked up about the substance of it but the way that all sides behave over it disappoints me. David Cameron has always known...
View ArticleCutting the cost of living: simplifying energy tariffs
Last autumn the Prime Minister promised to take action to cut through the bewildering number of energy tariffs that we were left with by the last Labour Government and to put every consumer on the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
“Seriously, what’s the point?”
#bbpBox_336565631740678144 a { text-decoration:none; color:#0084B4; }#bbpBox_336565631740678144 a:hover { text-decoration:underline; }Tory MP on Feldman: "It doesn't matter whether he said it or not"....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Can we have a 2020 Vision for Britain?
Image from the Mayor of London’s launch pack I hesitate to add to the Boris frenzy but today the Mayor of London launched 2020 Vision, London’s blueprint for the future. It’s a lovely document, nicely...
View ArticleThe moral and national imperative for aid and development
I had been planning on having the summer off and not writing anything here till September, in the hope that the happy progress that was made in the early summer would continue and we would head into...
View Article
