Conservative thinktank Renewal's new pamphlet The Party of Opportunity is intended to blow away the idea that the...
Conservative thinktank Renewal's new pamphlet The Party of Opportunity is intended to blow away the idea that the...
In the wake of Rochester, the rise of United Kingdom Independence party and the appeal of populism across Europe, it...
A confession, dear reader: I did not watch the whole speech. When I heard that the hall was to be in raptures for a...
This August has been the serious season. Ukraine, Israel-Gaza, Isis, Syria have all reminded us of the perils of an...
Elections are always about the future. Tony Blair emphasised this point in his Philip Gould Lecture, perhaps because...
We don’t like to talk about reshuffle insignificance, because it rather rubs people’s face in it. If Andrea...
I am an absurdly unsuccessful politico. In almost two decades of political involvement, my highest elected office was...
Forget Black Rod banging at the Commons entrance and the Earl Marshal's impressive White Wand, (quiet at the back,...
Let me count the ways I am a rubbish activist. I loathe leafleting. I do not like bothering voters with impertinent...
Labour’s had a bit of a polling shock. A Tory lead has been a bucket of cold water in the face of Labour’s optimists,...
Are we being bold? Are we? I’ve recounted my hatred of boldness as a political value in this column, but I fear I am...
One of Tony Blair’s chief complaints about the west’s debate on Islamic extremism is an almost wilful refusal to...