Tim Montgomerie Articles

The fact is that the Conservative party should not be in the running for victory on 7 May. In electoral terms, the Tories face an uphill battle to ever win a majority again. Not since 1992 have the Conservatives secured more than 40 per cent of the vote in a British...

Of course, I have no idea what the Conservatives’ strategy for 2015 is – but after listening to swing voters in marginal seats up and down the country I have a few thoughts about what it should be if they want to win. BritainThinks’ work for Progress, Meet the Swing...

Will Cameron’s ‘blue-collar modernisation’ see the success of Thatcher or the ignominy of Hague, asks Wes Streeting While David Cameron’s speech to the Conservative party conference last month should not be overstated as a dramatic lurch to the right, his ‘aspiration...

I’m not sure why there is a habit in the Tory party of broadcasting their election strategies. Perhaps it is disinformation designed to spook us. But it usually seems reasonable stuff so we shouldn’t ignore it either as intelligence on their likely moves or to...