Plus: Boris’s multiple problems. The Chancellor’s dodgy figures. Euro referendum recriminations everywhere. And: SNP MPs in white Y-front shreddies.
Whatever one’s view of Cameron’s former head of strategy, he cannot simply be written off as some crusty reactionary.
We should start by recognising that current public services are not quite fit for purpose, and that cuts afford us an opportunity.
A stress on character is at the heart of the reforms which Cameron described yesterday and which Gove is implementing.
Acting on Centre for Social Justice insights has become become central to the Prime Minister’s legacy aspirations.
Today is the tenth anniversary of his election as Conservative leader – the most electorally successful one in modern times bar Thatcher.
Last Parliament, the Government seemed to be guided by academics and their books. This Parliament, less so.
Plus: Thither goes Harry Cole – to the Sun. Here comes Tim Montgomerie – on a diet. And: Tracey Crouch, sports mastermind.
The early training that David Cameron and his team received in the Conservative Research Department proved decisive.
Hilton and the Prince of Wales are natural allies.
Despite his passion for the possibilities opened up by new technology, his biggest idea is an old one: the traditional family.
Hilton is right: Labour’s leader may never be Prime Minister, but he’s re-engaging people in politics. Can the Conservatives really say the same?