In this third part of ConHome’s series, David Cameron’s former family adviser calls for Surestart reform and marriage support.
Ed Balls refused to dance with Andrea Jenkyns, the Yorkshire lass standing for the Conservatives, but should be worried that he could lose his seat to her.
Plus: Theresa May faces the Pale, Male and Stale. Leslie on special ops. Dog bites Redwood. And: Hugo Swire, former owner of Hong Kong.
“The Cabinet Office really should have given some guidance here… they’ve made a mess of this.”
Plus: A present for Jacqui Smith. In memory of Constance Henriette Dale. I am reviving my blog. And finally: A truly disgusting reference to vibrators.
“I sense you know it but if you doubt it read the comments beneath your letter”
Plus: My partner votes for a nutter. Downing Street disasters. West Ham’s agony. The gifted Suzanne Evans. And finally: What I might do to really, really annoy you…
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 Thirsk & Malton MP claims that her deselection is being looked into “at the highest level” within the Conservative Party.
One million unemployed used to be intolerable. Now we barely notice 2.5 million.
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. The Christmas and New Year season is a time for playing Monopoly with your family. But something strange has happened to our set. The benign and mustachioed elderly gentleman, himself clearly a survivor from the pre-Big Bang age, has vanished from the box. The top hat, dog, thimble and […]
Under the Coalition, progress was very slow. With a majority, it can be different. The Director of the Centre for Social Justice sums up this week’s ConHome series.