News Hours before Tory conference starts – ANOTHER Tory MP defects to UKIP First Douglas Carswell quit the Tories to join UKIP. Now Mark Reckless has acted like his name and… 27th September, 2014, 3:14 pm
Comment English votes for English laws. Yes, but is that it? ‘English home rule at heart of Tory campaign’, The Daily Telegraph‘s headline screams the morning of Ed Miliband’s… Jon Wilson 24th September, 2014, 9:37 am
News Hammond rules out air strikes in Syria, two hours late Cameron contradicts him Yesterday, Philip Hammond Defence Secretary ruled out air strikes in Syria. At a press conference in Berlin, he… 12th September, 2014, 11:32 am
Comment Lord Hill’s appointment must signal the beginning of a clear EU reform agenda Whilst the main focus this week has rightly been on the Scottish independence referendum, Jean-Claude Juncker’s announcement today… Gareth Thomas 11th September, 2014, 11:55 am
News Tory grassroots demand Cameron ditches “leftie nonsense” to win election Conservative Party members think that for David Cameron to win the next election, he needs to ditch the, er, “leftie… Conor Pope 8th September, 2014, 9:54 am
Comment PMQs review: A sober tone reminds us of the important role our Parliament can play The return from the summer break left no shortage of topics for the first Prime Minister’s Questions of… Conor Pope 3rd September, 2014, 2:03 pm
Comment Irreconcilable differences and unreasonable behaviour I committed one of those Twitter no-nos last week when the news about Douglas Carswell quitting the Tories… Stefan Stern 1st September, 2014, 8:17 am
Comment Labour’s Lessons from a Sikh Wedding Season There’s been a fair bit written about the Sikh community in the nationals in the last few days… Parmjit Dhanda 30th August, 2014, 2:39 pm
Featured David Cameron only has himself to blame for his problems with UKIP This week’s defection by Douglas Carswell to UKIP was a hammer blow for the Prime Minister’s authority. David Cameron… Michael Dugher 29th August, 2014, 2:42 pm
News New education secretary Nicky Morgan is “continuity Gove”, says Hunt Today, Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt will give a speech in which he will say, although Michael Gove might be… 18th August, 2014, 8:43 am