The Tory tradition is wide, not exclusive, and should encompass those who have felt forced to join UKIP
Why the Freedom Festival gives me hope for the right.
There was a trap in yesterday’s speech which the Tories must not fall into.
The Labour leader’s speech is typically confused. Here are the key questions it raises.
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The Institute of Directors, the Economist, the Centre for Entrepreneurs, the CBI…none of them cared for James Brokenshire’s speech.
For all his talk about taking on UKIP he really sees them as his best hope for portraying Euroscepticism as an unappealing cause.
If the Conservatives doesn’t win a majority in 2015, one of the reasons will be their 2011 decision to stick with First Past The Post.
And the percentage opposing a deal with the LibDems? 92 per cent.
When it comes to the policy priorities of men and women, there is little to choose between their likelihood to vote Tory.
Tory voters are even willing to keep Clegg on if it means preventing Labour’s return to government.
The man in charge of home affairs policy for the ’22 says that Macmillan and Macleod are his inspiration.
Polling that I conducted on UKIP this week suggests that multi-party politics is winning support.
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We and the country cannot allow Ed Miliband to win, and Nigel Farage to help him to do so.