I concluded that UKIP could not offer the articulate vision of the future that the residents I represent want.
If the parties support campaigners appropriately, then there will be good to be gained from this election.
A winding road through the Cumbria countryside helps to show, with many others like it, that small improvements can help make big things happen.
Downing Street can win votes in the regions without resorting to Blair’s pork-barrel spending.
The former pit worker is the man to make the Conservatives a true One Nation party.
It will then be time next weekend to dust ourselves down, and remember what truly unites us all.
Jeremy Middleton, former Parliamentary candidate and Chairman of the National Conservative Convention, will now run as an independent.
Nicky Morgan’s department is the untouched by devolution – yet it can make the biggest difference in creating the Northern Powerhouse,
It may be that the tight timetable of the devo-deals process has left the public feeling shut out of the discussion.
It can no longer afford to be caught between the noise of Scottish nationalism to the North and a resurgent Leeds and Manchester to the South.
When Scots start to become impatient with higher taxes or see the fallout from anti-business rhetoric and policy, they will know who to blame.
The results here find the Tories struggling to break through, but also a strong indication of the rewards should they do so.
For economic, moral and political reasons we should introduce a new generation of Enterprise Zones to heal the wounds of the 1980s.
We need to devolve to the cities and shires alike.
If the Business Secretary wants to become the man for enterprise, he needs to challenge his own bureaucrats.