In the 1975 referendum, the press campaigned for, and got, a yes vote. What will its influence be this time?
‘Is that it?’…’Cameron aimed low and missed’…’a waste of time and effort’…’fundamental change is not even being requested.’
In 2005, the party still only had 17 women MPs. Ten years on, it is 68. The Universities are taking note.
As the election looms, the papers are shifting back to their political comfort zones. But the consensus is that Osborne has drawn some of the sting from Miliband’s attack.
By deliberately underplaying the Conservative beliefs that help drive him, he’s had greater room for manoeuvre in putting them into practice.