'Oh dear, I think you're a bit out of touch' Nigel Farage on Michael Portillo

'The stale prescriptions offered by the likes of Alan Johnson are the road to defeat and working class disappointment' Len McCluskey

The settled opinion of the Westminster commentariat has judged the 2 political...

In the eyes of Plato, a portrait painter whose work bore no resemblance to their subject was guilty of misrepresenting "the nature of gods and heroes." Oliver Cromwell, in a similar vein, insisted that artists portray him "warts and all."

Unlike Plato, few would argue David Cameron's status as either...

We're Still Waiting for an Electoral Breakthrough

The Corby by-election result was part of Ukip's continuing failure to gain significant traction when it matters most. If the party is planning on improving on their general election result in 2010, consistently exceptional results in by-elections is the key. To...

'Coalitions, although successful, have always found this, that their triumph has been brief... England does not love coalitions.' Benjamin Disraeli, 16 December 1852

As the Lib Dems' annual get-together reaches an end, tarnished by vitriol as persistent in opinion polls as newspaper editorials, it has appeared for some time...

Cameron's reshuffle looks like it will be one for the purists within the parliamentary party and the grassroots at large- a reshuffle made up of the Tory right, by the right and for the right. ConservativeHome, a bellwether for the opinion of significant swathes of the party's active members and...

Attempting to write a contemporary blog on Westminster politics during the summer recess is a difficult task. Indeed at times it can feel fundamentally pointless when compared to the holiday snaps of Cameron in his 'usual', 'casual' blue shirt and the inevitable 'socks and sandals' barbs aimed at Nick Clegg-...

Lazy clichés, as a general rule, are best avoided by political hacks and commentators. Yet the likening of the current coalition government to a marriage has been a constant theme for analysts of all creeds in the last two years, and it has never resonated quite as strongly as it...