campaigning Articles

Cameron is not just out of ideas – he never had one. Futility is easily revealed by hindsight but when William Hague presented his shadow cabinet with copies of Philip Gould's 'The Unfinished Revolution' – inscribed with 'know thine enemy' – he might have been hoping...

Anybody who is reading this is probably taking a short break from phoning, leafletting, doorknocking and poster-erecting. My message to you is ‘Keep at it – it is working’. Last week I experienced the election campaign equivalent of Peter Mandelson’s old mantra that...

Switchers from the Conservative party hold the key to victory next month In the final weeks before the general election, as the rapid pursuit for promises becomes more fraught, the election campaign metaphorically turns into the final dash in 1990s television...