The LibDems have long squeezed votes from the two bigger parties. Labour has squeezed LibDem ones in the polls. Will the Conservatives now gain too?
Plus: Farage knifes Hamilton. Hopeless Miliband. Useless Clegg. Truth from Phibbs. Katz among the pigeons. And: I’m forever, forever, forever blowing bubbles.
The Conservative Party is starting to value its activists again
Over a thousand people (including me) have already signed up on Facebook to say they will attend the Rally Against Debt in London on Saturday May 14. Their Facebook site says more about what is planned: A well mannered, polite rally for civilised people who don't wish to see their hard earned money being spent on […]
Historians have recently highlighted Winston Churchill's warning against the Alternative Vote. He said it would mean elections being determined by "the most worthless votes given for the most worthless candidates." The whole speech is well worth reading. He is supportive of electoral reform but he says the proposed change to AV "adds new features of caprice and uncertainty […]
Harry Phibbs is a councillor in Hammersmith and Fulham and a regular contributor to the Social Affairs Unit’s blog. Increasingly our opponents seem to be focusing on dissent within the Conservatives. This poses a dilemma for Conservative Home as a public forum for debate and constructive criticism of the Conservative leadership. Given that hostile journalists […]
Harry Phibbs is a councillor in Hammersmith and Fulham and a regular contributor to the Social Affairs Unit’s blog. Congratulations. By now you should have caught up on some sleep, booked a date for a thank you party for the activists in your Ward to whom you owe your election, filled in the form for […]
Harry Phibbs was elected as a local councillor in Hammersmith and Fulham in May for the Ravenscourt Park Ward – gaining the seat from Labour and so contributing to the sweeping Conservative victory after decades of Labour control. He is also a journalist working for the Evening Standard’s Londoner’s Diary and a regular contributor to […]
Harry Phibbs reviews Roger Scruton's Green Philosophy: How to Think Seriously about the Planet (Atlantic Books. £22). The decision of David Cameron after he became Conservative leader to "bang on" about the environment was welcomed by some – those who felt it showed the Conservatives were becoming more modern and decent, less selfish and narrow […]