The Tory vision: We will all have rights – just some will have more rights than others
I suggested earlier this week that the Tory plans to repeal the Human Rights Act were legally illiterate.…
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Polls, polls – and incredibly bad reporting of opinion polls
Yesterday’s papers carried news of a YouGov poll that put Labour 7 points ahead of the Tories. Today’s…
20 things Cameron forgot in his conference speech
Yesterday David Cameron stood up in Birmingham to set out his vision to the country. He announced £7.2…
Game On
So now we know what we truly always knew. The Tories are Tories. They are going to fight…
Cameron’s Tax Cut is a Tax Con – but it’ll be popular, and highlights Labour’s missed opportunity
David Cameron’s conference speech today was well-delivered, punchy and memorable. It had a clear top line to grab the…
5 thing I’ve learned at Tory conference (so far)
I’m almost 24 hours in to my first Tory conference, which is a strange experience for a Labour-supporting…
How the Labour leadership misunderstand two of their biggest problems
Even before Ed Miliband entered the stage last Tuesday afternoon to give his conference speech, a few of…
The Tories’ miserable little offer for Britain – and why it’s not working for them
Shock and dismay were the order of the day on Sunday at Tory conference, as Lord Ashcroft revealed…
I bet Labour will win the Rochester and Strood by-election
I am new to dabbling in political betting and may not quite have got the hang of it,…
Labour’s London Mayoral hopefuls should lay off the Mansion Tax
Over the summer, I wrote a piece for the Evening Standard in which I worried openly about: “Labour…
