I have written the following article on blogging for today’s Business: "All over the world bloggers have toppled leading politicians and journalists. Businesses are the latest targets of their campaigns. Disgruntled customers know that a rubbish reply from a plc’s customer relations department is no longer the end of the road. They can start up […]
There is an article in today’s Times which offers a very partial account of the last five weeks I’ve spent in the USA. The headline over the article – “Tories copy Republican dirty tricks on the web” – doesn’t begin to capture what I’ve learnt. Tom Baldwin, the reporter, takes my observations about the campaign […]
I’ve just watched President Bush’s State of the Union. Not a great speech although it did include some very welcome extra investment in green technologies. The one very strong part of the speech came with President Bush’s remarks on the wiretapping "scandal". The tenor of the remarks suggested that Bush is gambling that American voters […]
The turnaround in the Canadian Tories has been impressive, despite Stephen Harper’s "negative charisma". The election is on Monday and.. "..the Conservatives are within reach of a majority government and the Bloc Quebecois is closing in on the Liberals in the race for the official Opposition" (The Gazette) The Liberals have been embroiled in scandal […]
We’re not all experts on using HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language, a type of programming code), so here’s an idiot’s guide to enhancing your comments in three simple ways. 1) Take a relevant quote, put it on the commenting plate and garnish with a "<i>" before it and a "</i>" afterwards – italicising in this […]
FAO: Anyone going to hear David Cameron’s speech to the Centre for Social Justice tonight (sold-out last week). As there aren’t going to be any refreshments at the event, Mark Fulford suggested us ConHomers should all go for a drink or two afterwards. So if you are around, we will colonise a corner of the […]
Tonight (Tuesday) at 10:30pm, Newsnight will be taking an interactive look at David Cameron’s Conservative Party. You can watch the show online. My understanding is they will be discussing what all the recent changes mean with Oliver Letwin and a panel (including me – I’ll be speaking from the Beeb’s Washington DC studio (I’m currently […]
David Cameron has recorded a seven minute Podcast for The Daily Telegraph about Tony Blair’s Respect agenda – more of which the Prime Minister is about to announce. In his broadcast the new Tory leader says: "I think Tony Blair has missed the main point – which is a bit odd, since it was a […]
Not content with denying Liam Fox the job of Shadow Foreign Secretary, the Conservative Party website has now dropped Liam Fox from his position of Shadow Defence Secretary. See this on Recess Monkey. At least conservatives.com is still live. As Guido noted earlier – Labour’s site is one of the casualties of the Hemel Hempstead […]
Welcome to ConservativeHome’s new site. ‘ToryDiary’ replaces the leadership blog which ‘closed’ yesterday with the landslide election of David Cameron. The story of that landslide election is told in ConservativeHome’s exclusive 3,500 word essay. An essay that AndrewSullivan.com described as a "fascinating, detailed, insider account" and National Review called "definitive". The Leadership blog will stay […]