He’s back! How Number 10 shut the whips out from the last reshuffle. The Clegg & Farage debate: I was there. And finally: my smut pledge to ConHome readers.
The man in charge of home affairs policy for the ’22 says that Macmillan and Macleod are his inspiration.
Number 10 wants to turn the barrage of statistics claiming success into a story about protecting voters in an uncertain world.
The Eurosceptic MP for Witham (and ConservativeHome columnist) lands a fifth of the vote.
Also: Could Mitchell return as Chief Whip? Why I despair of the Party’s internet strategy. How to write CVs. Why I must be mad. And finally: don’t say “If you like”.
Sajid Javid, Esther McVey. Nicky Morgan. Greg Hands – it’s turning out much as predicted. Women, Blue Collar Tories and Friends of George (not necessarily in that order).
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. Stop me if you've heard it already, but ConservativeHome has the crucial detail from the Tory awayday – namely, that Robert Buckland's table won the quiz at yesterday evening's dinner. Take a bow, too, Henry Bellingham, Nicky Morgan and Christopher Pincher, whose knowledge, according to my source, won the […]
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. Having reshaped his Cabinet substantially last summer – sacking two Cabinet Ministers in the process – David Cameron is unlikely to do so again during this one. This is because to do so would both risk destabilising his already fractious Parliamentary Party, and offend his instinct to keep changes […]
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. There's was legend in my family that the Jewish Chronicle once reported a race with the headline: "Goldstein seventeenth". I apologise if my headline is also somewhat parochial, and rather less accurate. But as far as I can see Cairns was the fastest Conservative MP round the course. A […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. The Daily Mail this morning reports on the 118 Conservative MPs who have written to constituents indicating their opposition to gay marriage proposals. The Mail says "Their opposition has been expressed in letters and emails sent to constituents who have contacted them with their own concerns", and points out that […]
Nicky Morgan, Conservative MP for Loughborough, is this week's ConservativeHome Diarist. Follow Nicky on Twitter. Juggling Being an MP requires the ability to keep a lot of spinning plates in the air at the same. I am asked to write this week’s diary as I am standing in the playground at Queen’s Park, Loughborough with […]