Tag Archives: Conservatives
It is the parties that left their voters, not the voters that left their parties.
In a statistic I saw quoted in The Spectator’s lead feature today, “The death of the Lib Dems,” it reminded me that last year Labour and the Conservatives only managed … Continue reading
Saturday Morning Roundup
So had a chance to catch up with a few items that I had glossed over throughout the week. Osborne’s interview declaring himself as definitely a “fiscal Conservative” seems a … Continue reading
Thoughts on Ken Clarke’s Prison Policy
Ken Clarke surprised ministers, the public, and Conservatives yesterday announcing that fewer people would go to prison. The right-wing tabloid press are all in disarray this morning harking back instead to Michael … Continue reading
Does fear of old-school Toryism affect the vote?
I was talking to a friend yesterday who goes to the University of Kent in Canterbury. The students there seem mostly from affluent, Home Counties and West Country, backgrounds. According … Continue reading
Monday Morning: Mrs Speaker Vs. Joanne Cash
Camilla Long wrote an on-the-campaign-trail with Joanne Cash in yesterday’s Sunday Times. The headline was a misquote claiming Cash said “Canvassing is like a ghastly cocktail party,” hours later Mrs … Continue reading
A Con-Lib Coalition
“It seems to me that, distilled to their essentials, the polls in aggregate reveal four basic truths about the mood of the British public in late April 2010. First, disgusted … Continue reading
Move over Paxman, Dermot’s in town
Last night, David Cameron gave a solid interview to Paxman, and the way that we know that, is that it hasn’t dominated any news cycles this morning. As James Forysth … Continue reading
Thoughts on the Campaign Trail
I’ve been watching a lot of BBC Parliament these past few days, catching up at night with the debates and conferences I’ve missed. Today saw David Cameron in Burton, a … Continue reading
The Future of Four Party Politics
A few of my left-leaning friends saw it their opportunity to gloat yesterday, not only did their preferred party win the debates, but polls (at least immediately) are showing the … Continue reading
Lord Pearson and Flat Tax
Lord Pearson came off very well on the Andrew Marr show, and did summarise the euroskeptic fear very aptly. He acknowledged that while a lot of the Conservative Party was … Continue reading
