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Heartstrings and Pursetrings - Dave's 'Big' Appeal to Britain

Iain Anderson | Posted 10.10.2012 | UK Politics
Iain Anderson

In my blog following Labour conference - I asked David Cameron to grab back One Nation from Ed Miliband. Today he set out a way to do that. But it can't just be about one conference speech. He needs to land that idea in the electorate's mind day after day until May 2015.

The Hidden Story of Cameron's Reshuffle- A Rejuvenation of the Whips Office

Alan Wager | Posted 31.10.2012 | UK Politics
Alan Wager

The collapse of the ministerial careers of Davis and Fox show the stark influence Cameron's reshuffle will have. Lyndon Johnson once said of J. Edgar Hoover that 'it's probably better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in'. Giving an increased number of new MPs a stake in the coalition government's future looks set to be the wisest feature of this upcoming reshuffle.

ConHome: Osborne Has Six Weeks To Save His Economic Policy

conservativehome.blogs.com | Posted 12.12.2011 | UK Politics

A little while ago the Chancellor gave the €urozone six weeks to save itself. Osborne has about the same time until 29th November, when he delivers ...

Top Tory: Ed Balls Is Right

Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 04.12.2011 | UK Politics

Ed Balls is right - the Conservative party have an "insufficient" growth policy, according to top Tory activist Tim Montgomerie. ConservativeHome e...

Ashcroft versus Baldwin: Round II

The Huffington Post | Dina Rickman | Posted 11.09.2011 | UK Politics

Fresh from accusing Tom Baldwin of commissioning a private investigator to blag details of a bank account, Lord Ashcroft has stepped up his attack on ...